MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Jacksonville State men's tennis team picked up its first win of the season with a sweep of Alabama State, while the JSU women notched a win over ASU on the first day of three matches in the capital city.

Jax State moved to 1-3 on the season with the 7-0 win, while the Gamecock women evened their season's mark to 2-2 after posting a 6-1 win over the Hornets.
In the men's match, JSU won all three tightly-contested doubles matches to gain the doubles point.  The top tandem of Pedro Wagner and Jefferson Wendler-Filho turned back ASU's team of Dylan Cleary and Jarred Thompson, 8-4.  At No. 2, Jaryd Reese and Felipe Wenzel edged Adam Coyne and Ronald Mataba, 8-7.  JSU closed out the doubles sweep after Dylan Gee and Mathias Chaim downed ASU's pairing of Digvijay Naruka and Takura Mlamb, 8-6.

In singles, the Gamecocks maintained the momentum from sweeping doubles to post wins at all six singles.  Wagner picked up his first win as a Gamecock after disposing of Cleary in three sets.  After Cleary won the opening set – 6-4, Wagner bounced back to win the next two sets – 6-3, 7-5.  Reese also had a three-set battle at the No. 2 spot with ASU's Mataba.  Reese mirrored what Wagner did at No. 1 as he lost the first set, but turned it around to win in straight sets – 7-5, 6-4.  Wenzel and Mlamb went the distance as Mlamb won the first set 6-2 but could not withstand Wenzel's comeback to fall 6-2, 7-5.

Wendler-Filho, Gee and Chaim won in straight sets at No. 3, 4 and 5 respectively.  The wins by Wendler-Filho and Chaim were their first in a JSU uniform.

In the women's match, Jax State won the doubles point after winning all three matches.  The No. 1 tandem of Raisa Guasti and Olivia Nguyen turned in an 8-6 win over ASU's Arantxia Wijngaarde and Nathalie Lorenco.  JSU's Claudia Marsala and Alexsandra Cmiljic made quick work of Pauline Denis and Melissa Telfer at No. 2, 8-2.  Danielle Kerindi and Zoe Bizinos closed out doubles with an 8-6 victory at No. 3 over Brankica Orlovic and Irina Cvijovic.

Freshman Sadey St. Amant needed little time to discard Brianna Fairley at No. 6 – 6-0, 6-1.  Guasti's duel with ASU's Wijngaarde went three sets before Guasti coming out on top in the third-and-deciding set.  Guasti claimed the opening set – 6-1, before falling in the second set – 6-3.  Guasti won the match with a 10-5 third-set win.

Marsala ousted Telfer at No. 3, while Nguyen and Bizinos carded wins at No. 2 and 5 respectively.  ASU's lone point came after Cvijovic edged Kerindi – 6-4, 6-4.

Both squads will face Kennesaw State on Saturday on the ASU campus.