PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Valdosta State men's tennis team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Delta State 5-2 on Monday in Pensacola, Fla.  The Blazers improved to 2-3 on the year and 1-1 in Gulf South Conference play. 
 
In doubles, the Statesmen took the early lead with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 as Joaquin Jarochevsky and Juan Alzate won 6-1 over Jan Thissen and Julien Doitteau at No. 3.  At No. 2, Valentin Greco and Valentino Millimaci won 6-3 over Emile Delporte and Wilson Igbinovia for a 1-0 lead.  VSU's top duo of Philipp Bosse and Pietro Casciola were down 4-5 to Simon Ojeda and Alejandro Bravo Diaz when the point was clinched.
 
In singles, DSU took a 2-0 lead as Bravo Diaz won 6-3, 6-1 over Yohann Meunier at No. 5, but the Blazers got on the board with a 7-6, 6-4 win by Jerome Iaconi at No. 4 over Greco.  From there, the Blazers got wis at Nos. 1 and 2 in straight-sets as Bosse won 6-1, 6-4 at the top spot over Ojeda and Igbinovia won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 over Marti Cerda Castillo.  Both Thissen and Delporte battled back from first set losses for three-set victories at Nos. 3 and 6, respectively. 
 
The Blazers return home to host Columbus State on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the VSU  Tennis Complex and then will head to Georgia College for a 2 p.m. match Friday in Milledgeville, Ga.