MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Delta State University men's teams exited the Gulf South Conference Tournament in the first round on Saturday, April 20, at the Lagoon Park/Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center.
 
The No. 43 Statesmen (10-6) dropped a 5-4 decision to the University of Alabama-Huntsville to conclude the 2013 season. Tobias Rausch and Jean-Michel Limery picked up the lone doubles victory of the match over Fredrick Graaner and Guilhermo Reyes 8-3 to trail 1-2 going into singles play.
 
In singles matches No. 3 and No. 5 Rausch and Limery picked up two of the three wins with Sebastien Rajaonary picking up the third in a three set thriller over Raphael Oliveira in the No. 6 singles play.

The Statesmen finish the 2013 season ranked No. 43 nationally and No.8 in the NCAA DII South Region poll.
 
Complete results are listed below.
 
(MENS) Match 1--#5 Alabama-Huntsville 5, #4 Delta State 4 (Lagoon Park)
 
Doubles
No. 1 Doubles—Josh Soto/Nestor Perez, UAH def. Florian Mondoloni/Guillaume Lacour, DSU 8-2
No. 2 Doubles—Tobias Rausch/Jean-Michel Limery, DSU def. Fredrick Graaner/Guilhermo Reyes, UAH, 8-3
No. 3 Doubles—Chris Kano/Raphael Oliveira, UAH def. Sebastien Rajaonary/Clement Depreeuw, DSU, 8-3
 
Singles
No. 1 Singles—Jose Soto, UAH def. Florian Mondoloni, DSU, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Singles—Fredrick Graaner, UAH def. Guillaume Lacour, DSU, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
No. 3 Singles—Tobias Rausch, DSU def. Chris Kano, UAH, 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 Singles—Nestor Perez, UAH def. Clement Depreeuw, DSU, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Singles—Jean-Michel Limery, DSU def. Guilhermo Reyes, UAH, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Singles—Sebastien Rajaonary, DSU def. Raphael Oliveira, UAH, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5