JACKSON, Miss. —The University of West Alabama men’s tennis team picked up two more wins on Saturday, knocking off NCAA Division I opponent, Jackson State and topped Belhaven in the afternoon match.  The UWA Women split matches on the day, falling to JSU but rebounded to turn back Belhaven.

UWA knocked off JSU 6-3 to start the day and blanked BC 9-0 in the afternoon session, while the Red and White women suffered a 5-2 setback to the Tigers of JSU and turned back BC 4-3. 

The Tigers won all three double positions by the identical score of 8-1 in the Belhaven match.  At the No 1. position, the tandem of Denton Meintjes and Brandon Harris breezed by the Belhaven duo of Gabrielle Prado and Josh Strickland while Wesley Yarnton and James Gardner topped JSU’s Alex Grubbs and Papps Murove.  The third point in the doubles came by way of UWA’s pair of Lucas Cruz and Carlin Tighe win over Harris Bradston and Jim Strickland.  Highlighting the men’s singles were 6-0, 6-0 wins by UWA’s Wesley Yarton and Carlin Tighe over BC’s Murove and Strickland respectively.

On the women’s side, the match was clinched by sophomore Amanda Morgan’s win on court No. 3, she topped Belhaven’s Lindsey Berg in straight sets 6-2, 6-0.  UWA won two singles matched by default and one doubles match by default.  In the JSU match, Rachael Hardaway picked up a win at the No. 5 singles spot, defeating JSU’s Daniela Primental 6-1, 6-3.

The Tiger netters will open the home season on Feb. 16, hosting Martin Methodist at 2 p.m. at the Howard R. Vaughn Tennis Complex on the UWA campus.