Men's Tennis Southern Conference

Elon Tops GSU Monday Afternoon

STATESBORO, Ga. - The Elon men's tennis team got back on the winning track with a dominating performance at Georgia Southern, winning its eighth straight against the Eagles with a 6-1 victory in heated temperatures on Monday afternoon. The Phoenix rolled through the doubles matches and won five of the six singles bouts to improve to 7-8 overall and 4-1 in Southern Conference competition. Georgia Southern dropped to 1-15 on the year, 0-5 in the league.
 
Elon's number two doubles tandem of freshmen Stefan Fortmann and Jordan Kaufman got off the courts quickly with an 8-2 victory against Marco Osorio and Daniel Rush. The pair is now 3-2 against SoCon opponents. The Phoenix clinched the early lead when Cameron Silverman and Eric Turner won their fourth conference match with an 8-6 tally against Alain Garrido and Andrew Dromsky at number one. Elon's Dan Sablik and Chris Geaslen completed the sweep with an 8-2 defeat of Sebastien Felt and Kyle Hoffman.
 
Fortmann was impressive in singles, giving Elon the 2-0 lead with his 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Hoffman on court two. The rookie took the first set in only 16 minutes. Silverman came off next, topping Garrido, 6-3, 6-2, at number one. Both Silverman and Fortmann are unbeaten in conference play. Kaufman provided the match-clinching win for the Phoenix yet again, earning a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Rush. 
 
After battling out a 7-6 first set against Dromsky, Turner cruised to the 7-6 (3), 6-0 win at number three to make it 5-0 Phoenix. Carlos Arboleda provided the final point for the Phoenix with his 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Osorio at number five. The final match need a super tiebreaker to decide the winner as Felt earned the Eagles lone point with a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 1-0 (5) win against Geaslen on court six.