the FAMU Men's Tennis team won some hard-fought bouts in singles to edge past Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rival South Carolina State, 4-3 at the FAMU Tennis Courts Saturday afternoon.FAMU's Artiom Podgainii (pictured) defeated SCSU's Ivan Milivojevic, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 at #1, while Michael Moore went three sets with David Grund at #5, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Senior Clifford Malivert was a straight set winner over SCSU's Dmitry Lomakin,, 6-2, 6-3 at #2 singles.
The Rattlers also picked up the doubles' point by as Podgainii and William Mau-asam won the #1 bout, 8-4 over Radek Pivonka and Gabriel Meana, while Malivert and Paul Paige won 8-3 at #3 over Grund and Jan Langer of SCSU.
The win gives the Rattlers the early lead in the MEAC South Division at 2-0.