Men's Box | Women's Box

STATESBORO, Ga. – The Jacksonville State men's team recorded a 4-3 win over Nicholls State, while the Gamecock women fell to the NCAA Division II top-ranked team Armstrong State on the opening day of the Georgia Southern Invitational.

JSU men improved to 4-8 overall on the season and the women dropped to 2-9 on the season.

In the men's match, JSU got off to a great start by winning the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and 3.  The JSU duo of Austin McCormick and Jaryd Reese posted a 6-3 win over NSU's Evan Karatzas and Max Sinn.  Jax State clinched the point at No. 3 after Mathias Chaim and Pedro Wagner topped Sam Meessen and Bernard Wezeman.

Chaim and Wagner would figure in to the final team score with wins in the top-two singles matches.  Chaim disposed of Kieran Cronin at No. 2 in straight sets – 6-1, 7-5.  With the match all knotted at three, Wagner's three-set win at No. 1 clinched the match for the Gamecocks.  Wagner claimed the opening set, 6-4, but dropped the second set by the identical score. The senior sealed the deal with a 6-4 third set win.

Freshman Andres Gomez won in three sets over Oscar Reeve at No. 6.

In the women's match against the No. 1 team in NCAA Division II, Armstrong won all nine matches.  The match was played under Division II scoring rules with each match counting as a point.  ASU quick-worked JSU at all three doubles matches and that dominance continued in singles play.  The Gamecocks picked up just nine games-won.  JSU's Claudia Marsala fell in straight sets to No. 4 Lena Lutzeier at No. 2.  ASU's third player, the top-ranked player in Division II, Alejandra Cisneros downed JSU's Diana Mirceta, 6-1, 6-0.

The men's squad will face host-Georgia Southern on Sunday, while the women will take on Nicholls State on Saturday.