HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Alcorn State University men's tennis program will play a pair of matches Saturday when it takes on Florida A&M at 11 a.m. and Southern Miss at 2 p.m. at the Southern Miss Tennis Facility.
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The match against FAMU (0-3) will count as a neutral court contest, while the Southern Miss (0-0) bout is a road match.
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Alcorn (0-6) has played a challenging schedule to begin 2017. The Braves started out with a doubleheader against defending Southland Conference champion Lamar and followed it up with a doubleheader vs. a 17-11 UL-Lafayette program from last year and another doubleheader against a Tulane team that advanced to the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
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Sophomore
Nuno Rocha posted a pair of wins, one in each singles and doubles. He teamed with junior
Nischay Rawal to defeat ULL's Eric Perez and Elio Lago 6-2 at the No. 2 spot.
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FAMU opened its season last weekend at the Florida State Tournament in Tallahassee, Florida where it fell to the Seminoles, Florida Gulf Coast and Georgia Southern.
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The Rattlers made it to the finals of the MEAC Championships last season before losing to South Carolina State. They brought back three starters including their No. 1 and No. 2 singles players Courage Okungbowa and Karlyn Small.
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Southern Miss will play its season-opener this weekend. It finished 16-8 overall last year and 3-2 against Conference USA foes. The Golden Eagles returned five starters from that squad.
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The Alcorn women's program will kick-off the 2017 season on Friday, Feb. 3 at the University of New Orleans at 1 p.m.
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