Tigers Drop Regular Season Tennis Finale to VSU

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – With the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Gulf South Conference Tennis Tournament on the line Valdosta State defeated West Alabama, 5-0, in the regular season finale for both teams Thursday at the AUM Tennis Complex.

With the victory the Blazers head into the GSC tourney as the No. 2 seed with a 13-6 overall record, 8-1 in conference matches. West Alabama will be the No. 4 seed and ends the regular season 8-5 and 6-3.

The Tigers will face fifth-seeded Alabama Huntsville in the quarterfinals of the GSC Tournament at the O'Conner Tennis Center at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Valdosta State meets seventh-seeded Shorter at Lagoon Park at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Valdosta began Thursday's match by winning all three doubles courts and closed out the match by handily winning at No. 2 and 3 singles. The remainder of the singles courts did not finish.

For complete information on both the men and women's GSC Tennis Tournament visit the tourney page on the GSC website at http://bit.ly/1E70mvC.

A printable bracket for the tournament is available at http://bit.ly/1E70ifj.

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