Racers Men's Tennis Blanked By Jacksonville State

Friday, April 6

Bennie Purcell Courts

Noon

Murray State

Jacksonville State

Photo by: Murray State Sports Information

4/6/2012 6:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis

The Murray State men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 match at home Friday to Jacksonville State at the Bennie Purcell Courts in Murray, Ky.

The Racers fell to 3-10 and 1-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference.

MSU dropped all three doubles matches when Arthur Valle and Daniel Heibel dropped an 8-6 decision, while Tyler Jeffers and Jose Berardo lost 8-2. Joao Camara and Max McLean were defeated 8-3.

In singles play, MSU's Valle pushed his match in the No. 1 singles slot to three sets before losing a hard-fought match to JSU's Axel Sundberg 6-1, 2-6, 6-0.

MSU comes back Saturday at noon to face Tennessee State at home.

Jacksonville State vs Murray State
Apr 06, 2012 at Murray, Ky.
Jacksonville State 6, Murray State 1

Singles competition
1. VALLE, Arthur (MUR) def. SUNDBERG, Axel (JSUM) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
2. SANTOS, Igor (JSUM) def. BERARDO, Jose (MUR) 6-1, 6-3
3. MARCEC, Nenad (JSUM) def. HEIBEL, Daniel (MUR) 6-1, 6-0
4. COWLING, Jordan (JSUM) def. McLEAN, Max (MUR) 6-1, 6-3
5. WATANABE, Felipe (JSUM) def. JEFFERS, Tyler (MUR) 6-3, 6-4
6. WENZEL, Felipe (JSUM) def. MITRIC, Aleks (MUR) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. SUNDBERG, Axel/MARCEC, Nenad (JSUM) def. VALLE, Arthur/HEIBEL, Daniel (MUR) 8-6
2. COWLING, Jordan/SANTOS, Igor (JSUM) def. JEFFERS, Tyler/BERARDO, Jose (MUR) 8-2
3. WATANABE, Felipe/WENZEL, Felipe (JSUM) def. CAMARA, Joao/McLEAN, Max (MUR) 8-3

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (,2,1,3); Singles (2,3,4,1,6,5)