VALDOSTA, Ga. – The No. 15 Valdosta State men's tennis team finally returned to action Sunday afternoon with a 5-2 upset victory over No. 9 Flagler at the VSU Tennis Courts.  The Blazers improved to 2-0 on the year, while Flagler fell to 0-1. 
 
VSU clinched the doubles point with strong play at the top spot from senior duo of Yohan Nguyen and junior Florian Simbozel with a 6-3 victory over Rodrigo Carvalho and Philipp Lemken.  Flagler's No. tandem of Nikita Tatyanin and Slobodan Cejovic downed VSU freshman duo of Luca Mack and Edward Etty, 6-2 for a 1-1 start in doubles.  At No. 3, VSU freshman team of Christen Wedel and Cameron Trigolos won 6-3 over Rasmus Jonsson and William Jonsson to give the Blazers the 1-0 lead in the team scoring.
 
Heading to singles, Flagler tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-1, 6-4 victory for Max Berner at No. 6 over Etty.  Simbozel downed Tatyanin 6-3, 7-5 at No. 2 for a 2-1 VSU lead, while Trigolos put VSU up 3-1 with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Diego Amilibia at No. 5.  Wedel clinched the match at No. 4 with a 7-5, 6-3 win over R. Jonsson.  Nguyen gave VSU a 5-1 lead with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win at the top spot over Carvalho and Lemken handed Mack at 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 setback at No. 4 for the 5-2 final score.
 
The Blazers, who had their Gulf South Conference opener against Christian Brothers postponed on Friday, now will open GSC play at Auburn Montgomery on Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. ET in Montgomery, Ala.