Men's Tennis | 2/12/2017 7:45:00 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. – This past weekend the Georgia Southern men's tennis team hosted Winthrop, UNC-Charlotte, and Coastal Georgia. The Eagles would go on to sweep the weekend extending their win streak to four heading into a short week. They will host Gardner-Webb University, Abraham Baldwin, and Stetson to finish off the home stand.
 
"We had a really good weekend," said head coach Sander Koning. "We started well against Winthrop and they played really well against us. We were able to get ahead and continue our success to win that one. We have a short week, getting Gardner-Webb and ABAC on Friday and continue this trend. We have some time to recover and we will be ready for Friday."
 
WINTHROP – On Thursday, the Eagles faced off against the Winthrop Golden Eagles. This would be the start of a six match home stand, spanning the next two weeks. Georgia Southern would go on to defeat Winthrop 4-3 to extend the win streak to two. Santiago Suarez and JC Alcala would go on to win their matches in straight sets and get the momentum rolling.
 
"It was a hard fought match," head coach Sander Koning said. "Both teams played well and we were fortunate to come out on top. In doubles, we were a little tentative and it cost us the doubles point. In singles we started out really well with two solid wins for Santiago and JC. Stefano was able to close his match out in two sets. The three matches that were still on went 3 sets. Eddie was able to turn his match around and clinch it for us. It is always good to have one of those now and then that we can call upon later on in the season."

SINGLES RESULTS

Alcala def. Quiroz 6-2, 6-2
Landin def. Papayiannis 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Teixeira def. Casablancas 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Suarez def. Dias 6-1, 6-0
Di Aloy def. Gokhale 6-4, 6-4
Ryan def. Finkelstein 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (3)

DOUBLES RESULTS 

Kerrigan/Finkelstein def. Teixeira/Quiroz 6-4
Dias/Papayiannis def. Alcala/Landin 6-3
Gokhale/Ryan def. Casablancas/Suarez 6-4
 
UNC-CHARLOTTE – In the second match of the weekend, the Eagles defeated UNC-Charlotte 5-2. Santiago Suarez and Artemie Amari defeated their oppoenets in straight sets giving the Eagles a strong surge in singles play. Dani Casablancas defeated his opponent 6-3, 7-5 clinching the match for the blue and white, and moving the winning streak to three matches. Christian Kerrigan and Diego Finkelstein continued their success as partners in doubles play improving to 3-0 on the season.
 
"I told the guys coming in that Charlotte was a similar team as Tennessee tech. They just lost a heartbreaker and we expected them to come out with a lot of fire just like tech did. We were able to learn from what we saw against Tennessee Tech and come out more energetic and aggressive. Our number one doubles team came out on top once again, as well as JC, who came back and took his match. Dani was able overcome everything that he has been through and clinch the match for us and I am really happy for him."

SINGLES RESULTS

Alcala def. Rice 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Christoforou def. Landin 6-3, 6-4
Casablancas def. Menezes 6-3, 7-5
Suarez def. Puig 6-2, 6-3
Garcia def. Di Aloy 7-6, 5-7, 1-0
Amari def. Benaim 6-2, 6-3

DOUBLES RESULTS 

Kerrigan/Finkelstein def. Rice/Menezes 6-3
Alcala/Landin def. Benaim/Christoforou 6-2
Amari/Suarez def. Garcia/Puig DNF 3-5
 
COASTAL GEORGIA – In the final match of the weekend the Eagles defeated Coastal Georgia 4-0 in a modified match. The match was played so that once an opponent clinched a point, either the doubles point or the entire victory, the remaining matches would end. The Eagles would take the doubles point and continue that momentum into singles play. Stefano Di Aloy gave the Eagles the official victory with a 6-3, 6-1 match on court three.

SINGLES RESULTS

Alcala def. Banks DNF 6-6
Landin def. Burton 6-0, 6-0
Di Aloy def. Farina 6-3, 6-1
Amari def. Naka DNF 6-4, 2-2
Finkelstein def. Dolau 6-2, 6-2
McCullough Chiaradia DNF 6-4, 3-2

DOUBLES RESULTS 
 
Kerrigan/Finkelstein def. Burton/Farina DNF 5-1
Amari/Suarez def. Banks/Dolau 6-0
Di Aloy/McCullough def. Naka/Chiaradia 6-1

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