CLEVELAND - The Delta State University men's tennis team claimed its first victory of the 2010 season 5-4 over the NCAA Division I Golden Lions of Arkansas-Pine Bluff last week, while dropping a heartbreaking 5-4 decision to the Lions of Arkansas-Fort Smith.  The Statesmen improved to 1-5 on the young season and have steadily improved with every outing.  Complete scores and results are below.

Delta State University 5, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4 (Mar 12, 2010 at Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Singles competition
1. Julien Maurin (DSUM) def. Hugo Gomez (UAPB) 6-2, 6-0
2. Edward Luque (UAPB) def. Guillame Waeters (DSUM) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
3. Alexandre Waeters (DSUM) def. Abdres Riobueno (UAPB) 6-3, 6-2
4. Bruno Hurtado (UAPB) def. Cistian S. Garcia (DSUM) 6-4, 6-0
5. Tito Bonadonna (UAPB) def. Brendan Keeling (DSUM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Guilherme Russo (DSUM) def. Jorge Villacis (UAPB) 6-3, 7-6

Doubles competition
1. Julien Maurin/Cistian S. Garcia (DSUM) def. Bruno Hurtado/Jorge Villacis (UAPB) 8-1
2. Hugo Gomez/Edward Luque (UAPB) def. Alexandre Waeters/Guillame Waeters (DSUM) 8-6
3. Marco Heinzleman/Felipe Amalfi (DSUM) def. Abdres Riobueno/Tito Bonadonna (UAPB) 8-3


Arkansas-Fort Smith 5, Delta State University 4 (Mar 13, 2010 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
Singles competition
1. Lubos Sobotka (UAFS) def. Julien Maurin (DSUM) 6-4, 6-4
2. Guillame Waeters (DSUM) def. Brandon Underwood (UAFS) 6-0, 6-4
3. Alexandre Waeters (DSUM) def. Matheus Silva (UAFS) 6-2, 6-2
4. Evan Piche (UAFS) def. Felipe Amalfi (DSUM) 6-2, 6-3
5. Beau Basham (UAFS) def. Guilherme Russo (DSUM) 6-3, 6-0
6. Cameron Terrell (UAFS) def. Brendan Keeling (DSUM) 3-6, 7-6, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Julien Maurin/Cistian S. Garcia (DSUM) def. Lubos Sobotka/Brandon Underwood (UAFS) 8-2
2. Alexandre Waeters/Guillame Waeters (DSUM) def. Evan Piche/Martin Tabler (UAFS) 8-4
3. Matheus Silva/TJ Holmes (UAFS) def. Felipe Fonseca/Marco Heinzleman (DSUM) 8-0