VALDOSTA – The No. 5 ranked Blazers of Valdosta State tennis picked up their third consecutive victory after taking down No. 21 Nebraska-Kearney with a dominant 8-1 victory in non-conference action on Monday afternoon at The VSU Tennis Courts in Valdosta, Ga.

Valdosta State improved to 7-4 overall with the win, while UNK dropped to 6-6 on the season.

In doubles action, Leo Blay and Xavier Pineda set the tone with an 8-3 win over Alvaro Arias at No. 2, before Jordi Mas and Fernando Rivas scored an 8-5 win at No. 3. Nebraska-Kearney’s Georges Wakim and Justin Nguyen put up a fight at No. 1, but in the end, Axel Holm and Eden Peleg took care of business to score a 9-7 win and secure a doubles sweep for Valdosta State.

The Blazers needed just two additional points in singles play to win the match, and Mas and Rivas answered the call at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Mas picked up a 6-2, 6-4 win over Mohab El Zanaty and Rivas took down Richards with a 7-5, 6-2 win.

Blay, who currently ranks No. 3 among all singles players at the Division II level, handled Wakim, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 to push the Blazers out to a 6-0 advantage, before UNK scored their lone point when Pineda was forced to retire at No. 2 due to injury.

Valdosta State’s final two victories came at No. 6 and No. 5, with respective wins for Davis Stewart and Peleg over Nguyen and Aaron Reekie.

Next up for the Blazers, it’s a Gulf South Conference showdown at 3:00 p.m. in a neutral match against the North Alabama Lions in Pensacola, Fla.