Georgia Southern 7, Fort Valley State 0
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Men's Tennis team opened its spring season with a 7-0 win over Fort Valley State at the Hanner Tennis Complex on a windy Friday afternoon. The Eagles returned to competition for the first time since the end of October, recording the first career win for new Eagle Head Coach Nick Zieziula.
Sophomore Juan M. Puigventos defeated the Wildcats' Brandon Pringle 6-0, 6-0 in the number-one singles and paired with sophomore Matthijs Verdam to win the number-one doubles 8-0. Verdam won the number-two singles match 6-1, 6-0, over Dwayne White. Freshman Marco Osorio made his debut for the Eagles and finished second, winning the number-four singles, 6-2, 6-0.
Wrapping up the competition for the Eagles, junior Alain Garrido won at number-three singles, 6-2, 6-3, defeating Joshua Turner. Classmate Edio Castanhel picked up the fourth point for Georgia Southern with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Fort Valley State's Byrone Scott. Thomas Bekkers and Kelvin Oliver battled to a 6-2, 6-3 decision for the Eagles sixth point.
The Eagles won swept the doubles 8-0, 8-0, 8-3 to take a 1-0 advantage before beginning the singles events. Garrido and Osorio took the number-two doubles match 8-0 over the Wildcats' Turner and Scott while senior Mark Paetz and Castanhel posted an 8-3 victory over the team of White and Oliver.
After its season opener at home, the Eagles take to the road to play at Georgia State next Saturday, February 5th and then at Kennesaw State on Sunday, February 6th.
Austin Peay 6, Chattanooga 1
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 match to Austin Peay at the Hixson Racquet Club tonight. Sophomore Jackson Tresnan scored the lone point for the Mocs (0-3, 0-0 SoCon) in his win at No. 4 singles.
The doubles point was a spirited affair that needed a tiebreaker in the third match to decide the outcome. Sophomores Chris Smith and Stephen Crofford won their No. 3 match over John Storie and Joao Pagan 8-3. APSU (1-0, 0-0 OVC) evened it up when Sean Bailey and Henrique Norbiato won 8-3 at No. 1 over Tresnan and freshman Trent Cobb.
That left the No. 2 match between the Govs Jasmin Ademovic and Remi Calleja and sophomores William Disterdick and Roberto Vieira as the decider. The match was all square at 4-4 in the tie break when APSU ran off the final three points for the win and the 1-0 lead.
Austin Peay went on the win the first five singles matches, and four in straight sets. Tresnan scored the lone singles win for the Mocs with a 6-5, 6-4 victory against Calleja at No. 4. It was his first win in dual action in the spring.
The Mocs travel to Memphis on Sunday to face the No. 58 Tigers. Match time is set for 1:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) at the Racquet Club of Memphis. Check back to GoLobos.com for complete scores following the event.