Men's Tennis | 4/20/2017 10:36:00 AM

STATESBORO, Ga. – On Tuesday morning the Sun Belt Conference announced the 2017 Sun Belt Tennis Championship bracket, with full seeding and times. All tournament matches will be hosted by the City Park and the Pepsi Tennis Center, located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
The Blue and White drew a sixth seed and will face off against the three seed UT-Arlington. The Eagles are looking for revenge, as the defending Sun Belt Champion Mavericks, defeated the Blue and White in a heartbreaker back in March, 4-3. Friday's match will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST and will broadcasted on the radio and through live stats.
 
"We are going into the tournament with three wins under our belt," Head coach Sander Koning said. "The entire week the guys have been locked in and ready to get the tournament started. If we compete the way we have been the last couple of matches we give ourselves a good chance to win."
 
The Blue and White are coming off of a historic win at the Wallis Tennis Center, where they defeated Sun Belt Conference newcomer Coastal Carolina 4-0, completing the perfect 12-0 season at home. Senior Dani Casablancas clinched the match for the Eagles with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over his opponent. This was the first time in 34 years that a Georgia Southern men's tennis team had posted a perfect record at home. The Eagles finished the season on a three match winning streak defeating two Sun Belt opponents, on route to an 18-11 record.
 
UTA enters play with a 14-8 record, dropping their final match to Texas Tech 4-0. The Mavericks have faced four ranked opponents, as listed by ITA, SMU (29^th), Baylor (11^th), Columbia (24^th), and Texas (6^th). Last time the Eagles faced the Mavericks the Eagles put a lot of pressure coming out of the gates. Despite giving up the doubles point the Eagles would rally and even the score at three a piece with wins from Stefano Di Aloy, Dani Casablancas and Diego Finkelstein. Senior Daniel Armengol gave UTA the victory defeating Santiago Suarez 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1 in three sets.
 
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by visiting GSEagles.com.