CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta State University men's tennis team got a 6-2, 6-2 clincher from Côme Bracaval and the Statesmen upset No. 16 West Alabama 4-3 on Thursday afternoon at the Cleveland Country Club. 

The Statesmen fell in the doubles point before taking four singles matches to secure their second win over a ranked opponent this season. The other was against Southern Arkansas back on Feb. 1 in the Ouachita Baptist Invitational.

THE BASICS

Match: Delta State 4 , West Alabama 3 
Date/Time: Thurs., Feb. 27 | 11 a.m. 
Location: Cleveland, Miss. | Cleveland Country Club
Records: Statesmen: 6-0 | West Alabama: 4-4

DOUBLES

• Mason Vice and Hugo Stroppiana (DSU) fell to Bulus and Vesanen (UWA) 6-3.
• Emile Le Terrier and Trey Seymour (DSU) battled and defeated Duhdiuk and Nieto Correl (UWA) 6-3.
• Côme Bracaval and Leo De Sousa (DSU) were defeated by Jokinen and Johansen (UWA) 6-3.

SINGLES

• Terrier (DSU) beat Vescnen (UWA) 6-2, 7-5.
• Elizarraraz (DSU) was beaten by Bulun (UWA) 6-7, 4-6.
• Stroppiana (DSU) downed Dehodink (UWA) 6-3, 6-2.
• Seymour (DSU) battled on court three and fell in three sets to Correl (UWA) 6-3, 1-6, and 3-6. 
• De Sousa (DSU) made quick work of Jokinen (UWA) 6-1, 6-1.
• With the overall match tied 3-3, Bracaval (DSU) secured the win over Johonsen (UWA) 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the upset victory over the No. 16 Tigers. 

UP NEXT

• The Statesmen play host to the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Sunday, March 8 at the Cleveland Country Club at 10 a.m.