Andalusia lost its first tennis match of the season Tuesday in the Andalusia Invitational tennis tournament at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College.

Andalusia (8-1) lost to UMS-Wright 6-0 in both boys and girls singles action.

However, Andalusia came back to pounce on Jackson, winning 5-1 in boys singles and 6-0 in girls singles.

The invitational was held for the teams in Andalusia’s sectional. The teams that played in the tournament were UMS-Wright, Jackson, Opp and W.S. Neal.

“We feel like we’ve got to improve,” Andalusia coach Perry Dillard said. “We still have a lot of tennis that we’re still playing, and we’re going to keep on plugging on.”

UMS-Wright boys 6, Andalusia boys 0

UMS-Wright’s Haas Byrd defeated Andalusia’s Jake Ricardy, 8-0; UMS-Wright’s Brunson Wessinger defeated Andalusia’s Mitchell Clark, 8-1; and UMS-Wright’s Manning Courtney defeated Andalusia’s Mayur Patel, 8-0.

Andalusia’s Alex Evans, Jackson Moore and Chris Smith fell to UMS-Wright’s Dax Harvey, Martin Cunningham and William Hooper in seeds four through six, respectively.

UMS-Wright girls 6, Andalusia girls 0

UMS-Wright’s Courtney Johns def. Andalusia’s Aubrey Boyington, 8-0; UMS-Wright’s McKenzie Courtney def. Andalusia’s Tally Morrow, 8-0; and UMS-Wright’s Caroline Harris def. Andalusia’s Lauren Beasley, 8-0.

Andalusia’s Kaitlyn Jeter, Anna Bay McCord and Maggie Jones fell to UMS-Wright’s Sarah Catherine King, Hastings Johnson and Darby Radcliff in seeds four through six, respectively.

Andalusia boys 5,

Jackson boys 1

Ricardy def. Jackson’s Will Law, 8-5; Jackson’s Gino Perez def. Clark, 8-4; and Patel def. Jackson’s Justin Abston, 10-8.

Evans, Moore and Jonathan Wiggins defeated Jackson’s Derrick Moore, Lakeith Austin and Dejoun Barnett in seeds four through six, respectively.

Andalusia girls 6,

Jackson girls 0

Boyington def. Jackson’s Carnesha McConnell, 8-6; Morrow def. Jackson’s Kaneisha Martin, 8-2; and Beasley def. Jackson’s Sophia Hussain, 8-2.

Jeter, McCord and Jones defeated Jackson’s Mercedes Perez, Kourtne Scott and Sarah Bales Barry in seeds four through six, respectively.