MOBILE, Ala. – The University of Tennessee Southern men's tennis traveled to Mobile to compete in the NAIA Kickoff Invite hosted by the Southern States Athletic Conference over the weekend. Teams from the Sun, Appalachian, and the Southern States conference competed in a round robin format.
UT Southern defeated Ave Maria 4-2 on Friday and knocked off Milligan 4-2 on Saturday. UTS improved to 3-1 on the spring.


UTS vs AVE MARIA
DOUBLES

1. Rage Matuck/Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana (UTS) def. Anderson Duggan/Andreu Solvia (AMU) 6-2
2. Nickolas Rosa/ Felipe Dias (UTS) vs. Juan Garcia/Nolan Smith (AMU) 4-4, unfinished
3. Gaspar Audisio/Ryosuke Furuya (UTS) def. Danil Mishchanin/Joao Almedia (AMU) 6-2

Order of finish: 1, 3
 
SINGLES

1. Anderson Duggan (AMU) def. Rosa (UTS) 6-0, 7-6
2. Cupertino de Santana (UTS) def. Pedro Garcia (AMU) 7-6, 6-3
3. Furuya (UTS) def. Andreu Soliva (AMU) 7-5, 7-6
4. Audisio (UTS) def. Juan Garcia (AMU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Joao Alameida (AMU) def. Alejandro Pastrana (UTS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
6. Gianmarco Punzo (AMU) vs. Dias (UTS) 4-6, 6-3, 3-3, unfinished

Order of finish:1, 2, 3, 4, 5

UTS vs MILLIGAN
DOUBLES

1. Michal Curlej/Ryan Thomas (MU) def. Dias/Rosa (UTS) 6-4
2. Matuck/Cupertino de Santana (UTS) def. Thiago Perry/Marcos Moreno (MU) 6-2
3. Audisio/Furuya (UTS) def. Gonzaga Lafarga/Brayden Kennedy (MU) 6-1

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
 
SINGLES

1. Gonzaga Lafarga (MU) vs. Rosa (UTS) 4-1, unfinished
2. Cupertino de Santana (UTS) def. Michal Curlej (MU) 7-6, 8-6
3. Audisio (UTS) def. Tomas Tenil (MU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Thiago Petry (MU) def. Daiki Ishii (UTS) 7-6, 6-4
5. Dias (UTS) def. Ryan Thomas (MU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Matuck (UTS) def. Brayden Kennedy (MU) 6-4, 6-1

Order of finish:1, 2, 3, 4, 5
 
NEXT UP
Tennessee Southern will travel to Dalton, Georgia, for s conference roundup with Abraham Baldwin and Middle Georgia State beginning on February 15.

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