VALDOSTA, Ga.  – The No. 19 Valdosta State men's tennis team posted a 5-2 win over Gulf South Conference member Lee University Saturday morning.  The Blazers improved to 6-3 on the year and 3-0 in GSC play, while Lee fell to 3-5 and 1-3 in conference play.
 
VSU won the doubles point in convincing fashion as freshmen duo of Luca Mack and Edward Etty made quick work of Jesus Garcia and Cristian Pons at No. 2, 6-1.  No. 8-ranked senior Yohan Nguyen and junior Florian Simbozel won at No. 1 over No. 20 Bruno Medeiros and Antonio Pons, 6-0, in the only ranked matchup of the day.  Sophomore Robert Cizek and junior Adam Kalivoda won at No. 3 over Nico Ramirez and Drew Johnston, 7-5. 
 
Heading into singles action, Kalivoda put VSU up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Johnston.  Mack gave VSU a 3-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win over C. Pons at No. 3, while the Blazers clinched the match as Simbozel won at No. 2, 6-2, 6-3 over Ramirez.  Medeiros downed Etty at No. 4, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, while Cizek won at No. 5 over A. Pons, 6-2, 7-5 and Garcia upset Nguyen, who entered ranked No. 7 nationally, 4-6, 6-4 and then 10-4 in the super tiebreaker. 
 
The Blazers return to action on Sunday as they travel to Orlando at the USTA Training Center for a matchup with top-ranked Barry, who is 5-1 on the year, at 12 p.m.