In men's action, sickness again hurt the Hornets as number one singles player Dylan Cleary did not even make it to the courts and number three Adam Coyne had to retire in the first set.  The game against the SWAC's top team was made even harder before the match started.
 
"The men played without Dylan who is our number one as he continues to fight the flu," Head Coach Anuk Chrisitansz said.  "Adam (Coyne) tried to go but had to retire in the first set due to fighting the sickness so we really couldn't get going the way we wanted.  Alcorn went undefeated in the conference so that tells you how good they are and to not be able to play them at full strength really hurt our chances."
 
"Alcorn came out and really took it to us and played like they wanted to go undefeated so you have to take your hat to the way they played.  They are a very good team."
 
Alcorn did win the doubles point as the Hornets managed to keep it close, but went down early in singles play 2-0 when Coyne retired due to sickness.  From there it was just too much for the Hornets to come back from as Alcorn defeated ASU 4-0.
 
The Lady Hornets won the doubles point, but was unable to capitalize on the early success in falling 4-1 to the Lady Braves.
 
"Our women had their chances and after winning the doubles point we had the momentum," Christiansz said.  "When we got to singles we just did not play well.  We had our chances as most of the singles matches were close but we just could not finish.  It has been a problem all year so we now need to continue to work on finishing matches and maybe by the time the tournament gets here we will be ready."
 
ASU finishes 3-2 in the conference and is now 6-12 overall.  The Lady Hornets are 3-4 in SWAC play and 8-13 overall.
 
ASU will now turn its attention towards the SWAC Tournament which will be April 25-27 in New Orleans, La.  ASU does have a couple of matches scheduled before the start of the tournament.  They are scheduled to face Southern Mississippi in Mobile April 5 at 12:30 p.m.
 
Alcorn State 4, Alabama State University 0
Mar 30, 2014 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Blacu Underwood Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

1. Ronald Mataba (ALST) vs. Ernesto Santillan (ASU) 4-6, 0-2, unfinished

2. Takura Mlambo (ALST) vs. Lucas Morviac (ASU) 6-2, 4-6, unfinished

3. Nischay Rawal (ASU) def. Adam Coyne (ALST) 5-0, retired

4. Maxim Tkachenko (ASU) def. Jarred Thompson (ALST) 6-2, 6-3

5. Stefan Vojnic (ALST) vs. Nikita Kostikov (ASU) 7-6 (11-9), 1-0, unfinished

6. Garry Singh Amor (ASU) def. Digvijay Narvka (ALST) 6-1, 6-1

 

Doubles competition

1. Nikita Kostikov/Ernesto Santillan (ASU) def. Stefan Vojnic/Jarred Thompson (ALST) 8-4

2. Ronald Mataba/Adam Coyne (ALST) vs. Garry Singh Amor/Nischay Rawal (ASU) 7-6, unfinished

3. Maxim Tkachenko/Lucas Morviac (ASU) def. Takura Mlambo/Digvijay Narvka (ALST) 8-6

 

Match Notes

Alcorn State 7-7/5-0

Alabama State University 6-11/3-2

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

T-2:40 A-20   Alcorn State University 4, Alabama State University 1 Mar 30, 2014 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Black Underwood Tennis Complex) Singles competition 1. Kersten Vanem (ALC) def. Arantxia Wijingaarde (ALSTW) 6-0, 6-0 2. Sumeera Kamil (ALC) def. Pauline Denis (ALSTW) 6-4, 6-4 3. Melissa Telfer (ALSTW) vs. Aakanksha Punj (ALC) 6-4, 1-6, 1-2, unfinished 4. Ekaterina Potapova (ALC) def. Brankica Orlovic (ALSTW) 6-3, 6-4 5. Irina Cvijovic (ALSTW) vs. Merlin Tipp (ALC) 6-3, 6-5, unfinished 6. Patricia Normand (ALC) def. Nathalie Lorenco (ALSTW) 6-2, 6-2   Doubles competition 1. Kersten Vanem/Sumeera Kamil (ALC) def. Arantxia Wijingaarde/Nathalie Lorenco (ALSTW) 8-2 2. Pauline Denis/Melissa Telfer (ALSTW) def. Merlin Tipp/Ekaterina Potapova (ALC) 8-3 3. Brankica Orlovic/Irina Cvijovic (ALSTW) def. Chansonique Rutherfo/Aakanksha Punj (ALC) 8-5   Match Notes Alcorn State University 3-10/3-4 Alabama State University 8-13/3-4 Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,6,2,4) T-3:00 A-20