MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Alabama State tennis hosted North Alabama at the Olean Black Underwood Tennis Complex with both teams coming from behind to pull out thrilling 4-3 wins.
 
The men started out losing the doubles point and fell behind 2-0 after dropping the first singles match.  From there the Hornets had a lot of work to do.  Singles wins from Dylan Cleary, Adam Coyne and Stefan Vojnic had both teams even at three with the match coming down to the final singles play at four singles.
 
Jarred Thompson was able to come through with a thrilling 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 win in the in the game giving ASU four match wins and a 4-3 victory.
 
The women's match was close all the way just like the men's.  The Lady Hornets managed to win the doubles point, but quickly fell behind 3-1 after UNA picked up three quick singles wins.
 
The Lady Hornets got singles wins from Arantixa Wijingaarde and Irina Cvijovic to even the score at three with all the marbles falling on Nathalie Lorenco at six singles.
 
Lorenco fell in the first set 6-4, but battled back to win 6-4 in the second set.  With the sets even at one Lorenco jumped out on top winning the first three games only to see UNA battle back to within 5-4 before Lorenco put the game, set and match away winning two of the final three games for a 7-5 win.
 
"These were huge wins for our programs," Head Coach Anuk Christiansz said.  "Last year our men lost to them 6-1 and the women fell also, so to see us be able to win this year speaks volumes about how hard these teams play.  These are good games for us to go through leading into the SWAC Round Up this weekend."
 
ASU men push their record to 5-9 on the season while the women are now 7-9.  The seven wins for the Lady Hornets represents the most wins for the program in over five years.
 
ASU will play host to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) final Round Up of the season this Friday and Saturday, March 28-29.  ASU opens play at 9 a.m. Friday against Southern University and will face Alcorn State at 3 p.m. later in the day.
 
The SWAC Round Up will be played at three different locations in Montgomery.  Some will be played at Lagoon Park Tennis Center and others will be played at O'Connor Tennis Center, while ASU will host several matches at the Olean Black Underwood Tennis Complex.  All of ASU's matches will be played at Olean Black Underwood.
 
Alabama State University 4, North Alabama 3
Mar 26, 2014 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Black Underwood Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

1. Dylan Cleary (ALST) def. Benjamin Poire (UNA) 6-4, 6-2

2. Max Druppel (UNA) def. Ronald Mataba (ALST) 6-2, 6-0

3. Aliaksei Kavalenka (UNA) def. Takura Mlambo (ALST) 6-2, 7-5

4. Jarred Thompson (ALST) def. Ali Murad (UNA) 7-6, 2-6, 6-2

5. Adam Coyne (ALST) def. Jonathan Vick (UNA) 6-3, 6-3

6. Stefan Vojnic (ALST) def. Alex Weber (UNA) 6-1, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Benjamin Poire/Ali Murad (UNA) def. Dylan Cleary/Jarred Thompson (ALST) 8-5

2. Adam Coyne/Ronald Mataba (ALST) def. Rob Whitsitt/Aliaksei Kavalenka (UNA) 8-2

3. Max Druppel/Alex Weber (UNA) def. Takura Mlambo/Digvijay Naruka (ALST) 8-5

 

Match Notes

North Alabama 6-8

Alabama State University 5-9

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

T-3:25 A-20

 
Women
Alabama State University 4, North Alabama 3
Mar 26, 2014 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Black Underwood Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

1. Arantxia Wijingaarde (ALSTW) def. Olivera Ngouabeu (UNAW) 6-2, 6-4

2. Natalia Barragan (UNAW) def. Pauline Denis (ALSTW) 6-3, 6-4

3. Bruna Vieira (UNAW) def. Melissa Telfer (ALSTW) 6-0, 6-0

4. Avery King (UNAW) def. Brankica Orlovic (ALSTW) 6-2, 6-3

5. Irina Cvijovic (ALSTW) def. Madison Patey (UNAW) 6-0, 6-0

6. Nathalie Lorenco (ALSTW) def. Morgan Jose (UNAW) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Natalia Barragan/Avery King (UNAW) def. Arantxia Wijingaarde/Nathalie Lorenco (ALSTW) 8-4

2. Pauline Denis/Melissa Telfer (ALSTW) def. Olivera Ngouabeu/Bruna Vieira (UNAW) 8-4

3. Brankica Orlovic/Irina Cvijovic (ALSTW) def. Madison Patey/Morgan Jose (UNAW) 8-4

 

Match Notes

North Alabama 7-9

Alabama State University 7-10

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

T-3:45 A-20