Men's Box Score | Women's Box Score

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Jacksonville State men's tennis team closed out the Southern Miss Invitational on Sunday with a 6-1 win over Alcorn State to finish the opening weekend of the season with a pair of wins.

The Gamecock women wrapped up the weekend with a 7-0 loss to the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.  JSU's women's squad completed the invite with a 1-2 mark after notching a win on Saturday over William Carey.

The play of freshmen Liu Shao Chun and Rarael Lowande caught the attention of first-year head coach Andres Amores.  Shao Chun completed the weekend spotless in singles play after turning in his third win of the season on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4 win over ASU's Kilian Salgado.  He also posted a 3-1 mark in doubles play with Lowande.  The rookie duo collected their third win together after topping Kilian Salgado and Y. Yarbarough.  Lowande made quick work of Yarbarough in singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6.

Mathias Chaim recorded a win at the top singles spot over ASU's Nikita Kostikov, 6-3, 6-2.  Austin McCormick aided in JSU's win with a straight sets win at No. 4.  Newcomer Vinicio Hadlich finished off the scoring with a three set win at No. 3 over Vasudev Vijayaraman.  Hadlich won the opening set before dropping the second set to force a 10-9 third set win.

In the women's match against host-USM, the highlight was a win by Jax State's No. 2 double team of Sadey St. Amant and Diana Mirceta.  The duo defeated USM's pairing of Marta Ruszczynska and Rikeetha Pereira, 7-5.  St. Amant, playing in her home state, went 2-1 on the weekend in singles, while Mirceta split her two singles matches. 

Both teams return to action on Friday, January 29 in Mobile, Alabama to face in-state rival South Alabama.