Box Score The Florida Gulf Coast University men's tennis team dropped an Atlantic Sun Conference match 4-1 to North Alabama in Florence, Ala. Sunday night. The start of the contest was delayed by approximately three hours due to inclement weather.

When the Eagles and Lions finally got underway, FGCU landed the first blow by winning the doubles point. It took 27 minutes for Guglielmo Stefanacci and Pablo Paternostro to triumph 6-2 on court two. Hugo Magnusson and Jonathan Baron quickly followed with a 6-4 victory on court one to put the Green and Blue ahead.

FGCU needed three of the six contests in singles play to win the match, but North Alabama responded by winning the first set on five of the six courts. The Lions evened the score with a two-set victory at court four and took the lead minutes later with another sweep, this time at court six. North Alabama extended its advantage by taking another two setter at court one, putting the Lions one win away from completing their comeback.

North Alabama clinched at court five. FGCU's Ninad Raut won the opening set 7-5, but the Lions' Satoru Nakajima claimed the second set 6-0 and the third 6-2, giving North Alabama an insurmountable 4-1 lead.

Baron and Stefanacci both won their second sets after dropping the first on courts two and three respectively, but their matches were left unfinished once FGCU no longer had a path to victory.

The Eagles (9-13, 3-2 ASUN) are back in action Friday. FGCU travels to Jacksonville, Fla. for a 1 p.m. match against the University of North Florida on April 4.