JACKSONVILLE, FLA.- Appalachian State University men's tennis notched a solid win over Jacksonville University Sunday morning as the Apps defeated the Dolphins 4-3. With the win, ASU improves to 4-3 on the season while JU drops to 2-6.

The biggest play for Appalachian came in doubles, when the team earned the ever important doubles point by winning 2-of-3 matches.

The duo of Alain Humblet and Philip Kloc handily defeated their competition at the number one spot, winning 8-3 over Pitt Von Oertzen and Logan Shalmi. The team of Alex Markov and Sebastien King were also victorious at the number two spot, winning 8-4. At the number three spot Andrew McKinnon and Ezekiel Sansing also dropped their match 8-0.

In singles play, Jacksonville grabbed two quick points by winning at the No. 1 and 2 spots. Markov won the first set 6-1 against Jose Fantova, but the Bulgarian native couldn't pull out the win and lost the next two sets both by a score of 7-6. Humblet was defeated in two straight sets by Fernando Bano Lopez, 6-3, 6-4.

At the number three spot, Kloc snatched ASU's second point of the day by breezing past Larry Condez, 6-1, 6-2.

King fell at the No. 4 position to Shalmi (6-3, 7-6), giving the Dolphins its third and final point of the match.

McKinnon tied up the competition at three points each by making short work of Andrew Lerner 6-1, 6-4.

Freshman Matt Saltsgaver pulled out a big victory for the Black and Gold, as he came back from losing the first set to defeat Larry Lvosky, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Appalachian returns to action Monday with a match against Mercer at 10 a.m. in Jacksonville, Fla.

Appalachian State University 4, Jacksonville University 3

Singles competition
1. Jose Fantova (JU) def. Alex Markov (ASU) 1-6, 7-6, 7-6
2. Fernando Bano Lopez (JU) def. Alain Humblet (ASU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Philip Kloc (ASU) def. Larry Condez (JU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Logan Shalmi (JU) def. Sebastien King (ASU) 6-3, 7-6
5. Andrew McKinnon (ASU) def. Andrew Lerner (JU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Matt Saltsgaver (ASU) def. Lance Lvosky (JU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Humblet/Kloc (ASU) def. Pitt Von Oertzen/Shalmi (JU) 8-3
2. King/Markov (ASU) def. Condez/Fantova (JU) 8-4
3. Lopez/Lvosky (JU) def. McKinnon/Ezekiel Sansing (ASU)