Southwestern Athletic Conference

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Alcorn State defeated Alabama A&M 4-1 on Tuesday, April 15 in the quarterfinal match at the 2016 SWAC Men’s Tennis Championship, playing at the City Park/Pepsi Center.

Alcorn State advances to play Jackson State on Saturday at 1 PM.

In doubles action, the Bulldogs picked up the doubles point with victory at No. 1 position, as Nishangan Nadaraja and Shakir Elwin defeated Alcorn’s Nikita Kostikov and Nischay Rawal, 6-4. AAMU’s Carlos Salas and Matteo Monroy picked up a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles over Kilian Salgado and Javon Yarbrough.

Alcorn State picked up their four points in singles play. Starting with a 6-1, 6-2, win at No. 1 singles,  as Kostikov defeated Salas. Vasudev Vijayarama won at No. 2 singles, 7-6, 6-0, over Nadaraja while Javon Yarbrough defeated Armando Gray, 6-2, 7-5 at No. 5 singles. The Braves clinched the victory over the Bulldogs when Salgado and Jarib Beazer, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 6 singles.