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| ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY BRAVES 2014 SWAC MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Photo courtesy SWAC.ORG |
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- SWAC Tennis Freshman of the Year, Nischay Rewal's victory over Takura Mlambo, lifted Alcorn State to a 4-2 win over Alabama State to claim the 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship on Sunday at the City Park / Pepsi Tennis Center.
Rewal earned the victory in No. 3 singles play with set scores of 6-3 and 7-5.
ALC (9-8) stayed unbeaten in league competition winning its eighth championship title overall and fourth in a six-year span.
After dropping doubles play to ASU (7-12), the Braves totaled wins from tournament MVP Ernesto Santillan (No. 1), Nikita Kostiko (No.5) and Garry Amor (No.6).
Santillan earned his match with sets of 6-0 and 6-3 while Kostiko defeated his opponent - 6-2, 6-2. Amor followed with 6-2, 6-3, to take his match to give ALC a cushion for the deciding point.
The Hornets claimed the doubles match-up behind the duo of Dylan Cleary and Jarred Thompson, 8-6 along with Digvijay Naruka and Mlambo, 8-5.
Adam Coyne picked up ASU's only victory in singles defeating Max Tkachenko, 6-2, 6-4.
Alcorn State will face an opponent to be announce during the NCAA Selection Show (Teams) via online stream NCAA.com. The show is slated for April 29 at 5 p.m.
LIVE RESULTS
DOUBLES
| COURT | NO. | #1 Alcorn State vs. #2 Alabama State | RESULTS | FINISH |
| 1 | 1 | Cleary / Thompson (ALST) def. Santillan / Kostikov (ALCN) | 8-6 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Amor / Rawal (ALCN) vs. Mataba / Coyne (ALST) | DNF | |
| 3 | 3 | Naruka / Miambo (ALST) def. Tkachenko / Morviac (ALCN) | 8-5 | 1 |
SINGLES
| COURT | NO. | #1 Alcorn State vs. #2 Alabama State | RESULTS | FINISH |
| 1 | 1 | Ernesto Santillan (ALCN) def.Dylan Cleary (ALST) | 6-0, 6-3 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Lucas Morviac (ALCN) vs. Ronal Mataba (ALST) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Nishcay Rawal (ALCN) vs. Takura Miambo (ALST) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Max Tkachenko (ALCN) vs. Adam Coyne (ALST) | ||
| 5 | 5 | Nikita Kostikov (ALCN) def. Jarred Thompson (ALST) | 6-2, 6-2 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Garry Amor (ALCN) def. Stefan Vojnic (ALST) | 6-3, 6-3 | 3 |
| 2014 SWAC MEN'S TENNIS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM |
| Carlos Martinez - Jackson State |
| Nichay Rawal - Alcron State |
| Nakita Kostikov - Alcorn State |
| Adam Coyne - Alabama State |
| Ronald Mataba - Alabama State |
| Jose Luque - Jackson State |
| TOURNAMENT MVP |
| Ernesto Santillan - Alcorn State |
| COACH OF THE YEAR |
| Anthony Dodgen - Alcorn State |
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