AUBURN, Ala. | Alabama State dropped their final non-conference match of the season, falling to Auburn 5-0 late Sunday afternoon at the Yarbrough Tennis Center.
 
Auburn (10-12) claimed the doubles point with wins at number one and number two doubles for the 1-0 overall lead. The Auburn team of Edward Nguyen and Matteo De Vincentis defeated the Hornets' team of Alexis Collard and Andrej Trajkovski, 6-1 at number one doubles to take command of the doubles point early. They were able to clinch the point when the Alabama State team of Tomas Fernandez and Carl-Louis Luckmann fell at number two doubles 6-2 to the team of Tad Maclean and Lorenzo Rodriguez.
 
Alabama State (10-8) fell behind 2-0 in singles play when Chris Andre fell 6-4, 6-0 at number four singles to Auburn's Lorenzo Rodriguez, before Trajkovski fell 6-3, 6-0 to Michael Durham at number six to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
 
The match was clinched when Alejo Calvis fell at number five (6-4, 6-1), while Fernandez dropped his singles match to 109th-ranked De Vincentis.
 
Alabama State does not return to action until the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships April 13 in New Orleans (La.).
 
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