Alcorn State Box Score
Jackson State Box Score
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Jacksonville State women's tennis team improved to 3-0 with wins over Alcorn State and Jackson State on Sunday. The Gamecocks shut out Alcorn State 4-0 before downing Jackson State 4-2 in the day's final match.
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JSU took two of three sets in doubles play to claim the doubles point and took all three finished matches in singles competition to complete the perfect score. Alissa Locati,
Diana Monsalve and
Marine Alberteau each took singles victories in two sets, while the teams of
Genevie Ulanday/
Elena Tendero and Alberteau/Monsalve secured the doubles points over the Braves.
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Alcorn State was only able to muster one doubles set win, and three singles matches went unfinished.
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The Gamecocks then downed Jackson State in the 3 p.m. match, but the Tigers did not go as quietly as Alcorn. Jackson State picked up two singles wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, but the bottom half of the JSU order was able to secure the season's third win.
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Tendero won a three-set match over Nina Zhang, while Monsalve and Alberteau each won in two. Jackson State's Tyler Smith and Lucia Solis, the victors at No. 1 and No. 2 in singles play, teamed up to win a doubles set, but the combinations of
Malin Buechner/
Alba Conejero and Monsalve/Alberteau helped lay claim to the doubles point.
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The Gamecocks remain the road for their next matches, competing in the Alabama State Invitational Feb. 17 and 18 in Montgomery, Ala. JSU returns home Feb. 20 for a noon match against Kennesaw State.
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