JONESBORO, Ga. | The Tuskegee University men's tennis season came to a close with a fourth-place finish at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Tennis Championships, falling to Stillman 5-0 at the Clayton County International Tennis Complex Saturday morning.
 
Entering doubles play down 3-0 – with defaults at number three doubles, and numbers five and six singles – the Golden Tigers needed to win both doubles matches to extend the match.
 
Both doubles teams fell behind early but battled back late in the matches.
 
At number one doubles, the team of Oshane Trail and Brandon Sewell fell behind 7-1 before coming back to win consecutive points to pull to within 7-3, before Stillman was able to break through and win the match. At number two doubles, the team of Reggie Richardson and Jalen Law fell behind but battled back to pull within 7-5; however Stillman won the last point on their serve to win the match 8-5.
 
Tuskegee finishes the season 3-15 overall, and finished the conference season 3-9.
 
Stillman 5, Tuskegee 0
Singles
1. Oshane Trail (Tuskegee) vs. Joan Bastain Sanson (Stillman)
2. Brandon Sewell (Tuskegee) vs. Yonwaba Pupums (Stillman)
3. Reggie Richardson (Tuskegee) vs. Fernando Garcia (Stillman)
4. Jalen Law (Tuskegee) vs. Edward Symmonett (Stillman)
5. Harold Ingram (Stillman) won by default
6. Dean Kelly (Stillman) won by default
 
Doubles
1. Sanson/Garcia (Stillman) def. Trail/Sewell (Tuskegee), 8-3
2. Pupuma/Symmonett (Stillman) def. Richardson/Law (Tuskegee), 8-5
3. Ingram/Kelly (Stillman) won by default
 
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