Women's Tennis Opens OVC Play with Win over UT Martin

Friday, March 9

JACKSONVILLE

Noon

Jacksonville State University

University of Tennessee at Martin

The Jacksonville State men's tennis team deafested West Alabama, while the women's tennis team fell 4-3 to West Alabama. Genevie Ulanday

3/9/2018 7:28:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Jacksonville State women's tennis team opened its Ohio Valley Conference slate with a 5-2 win over UT Martin at the JSU Tennis Courts on Friday.

The Gamecocks (8-1, 1-0 OVC) swept the doubles point and took four of the six singles matchups en route to their eighth victory of the season.

Following the doubles point, the Skyhawks (0-8, 0-1 OVC) took the first two singles points of the afternoon. Jemima Potter topped Alessia Locati in two sets No. 2 and Malin Buechner fell in two sets to Andrea Plantada at No. 3.

Following the slight slide, JSU went on to win the next four contests to win the match. Genevie Ulanday won at No. 1 in straight sets, followed by Elena Tendero at No. 3, Diana Monsalve at No. 5 and Alba Conejero at No. 6.

The Gamecocks are back in action March 16 when they continue their OVC schedule at Eastern Illinois.

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