MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The University of West Alabama men's tennis team won its 16^th consecutive match Saturday, defeating North Alabama, 5-2, in the quarterfinals of the Gulf South Conference Championships at Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center.
 
The win improves 37^th-ranked UWA to 22-2 heading into Saturday afternoon's semi-final match against No. 2 seed Valdosta State at Lagoon Park. VSU was the last team to defeat UWA, squeaking out a 5-4 decision Feb. 24 in Valdosta, Ga.
 
 After beginning the match losing two of three in doubles, Nestor Vargas, Anton Ivanov, Kike Ruiz and Manuel Grossmann won singles matches to seal the victory for West Alabama. Vargas, Ivanov and Ruiz all won in straight sets.
 
Following are the results from the GSC men's quarterfinal match:
 
Match 3--#3 West Alabama 5, #6 North Alabama 2
No. 1 Doubles—Guillaume Dechoz/Alexey Kavalenka, UNA def. Anton Ivanov/Adam Drysdale, UWA, 8-3
No. 2 Doubles—Matt Feury/Mirko Sommerfeld, UNA def. Nestor Vargas/Kike Ruiz, UWA, 8-6
No. 3 Doubles—Simon Bardell/Manuel Grossman, UWA def. Rob Whitsett/Alex Weber, UNA, 8-3
No. 1 Singles—Nestor Vargas, UWA def. Matt Feury, UNA, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Singles—Anton Ivanov, UWA def. Guillaume Dechoz, UNA, 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 Singles—Kike Ruiz, UWA def. Mirko Sommerfeld, UNA, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Singles—Manuel Grossmann, UWA def. Jonathan Vick, UNA, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1