CLEVELAND, Miss. - The States tennis team won 7-0  over Christian Brothers University on Friday, March. 1 at the Cleveland Country Club. The Statesmen improve to 2-0 while  Bo Petro gets his first Gulf South win as a head coach.

Delta State opened the match by winning the top three flights in doubles. Trey Seymour and Emile Le Terrier defeated Marvin Gebhardt and Alonso Reid, 6-1, at No. 1 doubles. While Hugo Stroppiana and Mason Vice claimed No. 2 doubles with a 6-2 win over Paul Chabaud and Javier Saez. Timo Schmitz and Leo De Sousa claimed No. 3 doubles with a 6-3 win over Atilio Flores and Andres Calzacorta.

Emile Le Terrier opened singles play with a 7-5, 6-4 victory at No. 1 over Chabaud. Vice followed suit at No. 3 with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Reid.

Seymour closed the door on the match for the Statesmen at No. 4, defeating Atilio Flores 6-1, 6-2.

The Statesmen return to action on Saturday, Mar. 2, as Delta State travels to Hattiesburg, Miss. As they take on William Carey. Match time is set for 2:30 p.m.