JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State men's tennis team earned back-to-back wins over Jackson State and the University of Alabama at Huntsville at the JSU Tennis Courts on Friday and Saturday.
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"This was an excellent weekend for JSU tennis," head coach
Andres Amores said. "Both of our teams fought really hard to earn wins in our first home invitational. I was very happy with the way everyone competed."
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Jacksonville State 5, Jackson State 1
The Gamecocks topped the Tigers 5-1 in their second home contest of the spring. JSU swept doubles to take the point, and the starting six suffered just one singles loss.
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Doubles Results – JSU 1
Reese/Gomez def. Jacobs/Gkontsaris • 6-4
McCormick/Morck def. Alawi/Prasad • 7-5
Cucalon/Caffarena def. Swanier/Mendieta • 6-2
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Singles Results – JSU 4, Jackson State 1
Alawi def.
Reese • 6-4, 7-6
Caffarena def. Swanier • 6-0, 6-1
Cucalon vs. Jacobs • 6-2, 6-1
Morck def. Gkontsaris • 6-2, 7-5
Agost def. Mendieta • 6-0, 6-2
Gomez def. Prasad • 6-4, 3-2
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Jacksonville State 7, UAH 0
JSU swept UAH 7-0 in a convincing win to wrap up the weekend's matches. The Gamecocks allowed the Chargers just 45 overall points and one set victory.
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Doubles Results – JSU 1
McCormick /Gomez def. Holmes/Pring • 6-1
Cucalon/Caffarena def. Rohrbach/Christen • 6-2
Chaim/Agost def. Miller/Stone • 6-4
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Singles Results – JSU 6, UAH 0
Caffarena def. Pring • 6-0, 6-2
Cucalon def. Miller • 7-6 (6), 6-4
Morck vs. Rohrbach • 6-1, 6-2
Gomez def. Christen • 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Chaim def. Palomino • 6-1, 6-3
McCormick def. Stone • 6-4, 6-4
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The Gamecocks are back in action next weekend in Montgomery, Ala. JSU is set to compete in the three-day Alabama State Invitational beginning Friday, Feb. 10. The Gamecocks take on Alabama A&M on Friday, Presbyterian on Saturday and Alabama State on Sunday.
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