THIBODAUX, La. - After seeing its five-match winning streak come to an end, the Nicholls State University men's tennis team bounced back with a 4-3 win over Alcorn State Friday afternoon at the Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex.

Nicholls (6-2) won the doubles point before taking the first three courts in straight sets to clinch the win. Alcorn (3-10) was able to take the bottom half of the singles in straight sets as well, but three of the sets were decided in a tiebreaker while another was stretched to seven points.

Marcell Marki and Maxwell Lindstedt got things started for the Colonels with a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles. A 6-4 victory by Colin Tavares/Kotaro Matsumura on the top line secured the point for Nicholls.

Tavares added a singles win by taking both sets at No. 3, 6-3, then Lindstedt followed with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 1. Matsumura gave Nicholls the team win with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3.

With the match already decided, Alcorn's David Leon, Yangho Park, and Tomas Grime all won their singles matches for the Braves.

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Nicholls will take on LSU on Monday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. The match will be streamed live here.