STATESBORO, Ga. – On Thursday morning the Eagles kicked off their weekend of play with a match against Lipscomb. The Eagles would defeat the Bison 4-3 to improve their record to 8-8 on the season and extend their winning streak to seven in a row.

The match began with doubles play inside the Wallis Tennis Center. The Eagles fell behind falling on court three, but managed to break late in the set on both courts one and two. Artemie Amari and partner Stefano Di Aloy were able to break their opponents and get a victory on court two with everything riding on court one. Diego Finkelstein and Eddie Landin broke their opponents to push their match to a winner take all game. Landin and Finkelstein won the match in dramatic fashion to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.

In Singles play Lipscomb was able to get a few points back winning on courts two, four, and six. The Eagles dropped five first sets and were able to rebound from that setback. Eddie Landin fell to his opponent in the first set but rallied to win 6-4, 6-2 to finish his match. Diego Finkelstein added the third point for the Eagles on court four with a straight set victory 7-6, 6-1. Santiago Suarez dropped his first set 2-6 to his opponent, before rallying to clinch the match for the Eagles. Suarez won his second set 6-3 and overcame adversities in the third set to win 7-5 and extend the Eagles winning streak. The Blue and White will be back in action this weekend as they open up league play and make up some earlier matches that were canceled.
 
WHAT HEAD COACH KONING SAID
"Great team win, Lipscomb is a very talented team and they battled hard all day. In the end it came down to who is more resilient. It started with doubles, both our No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams broke late in the set and were able to hold to win. That is always a good confidence boost. In singles we lost five first sets. The guys kept fighting and believing in themselves. My hat goes off to Santi, he battled hard and was able to overcome some adversity to clinch the match."
 
SINGLES RESULTS
Landin def. Manzanares (LU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Chaw (LU) def. Amari 6-2, 6-4
Finkelstein def. Ortegon (LU) 7-6, 6-1
Cardenas (LU) def. Wagemaker 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Suarez def. Tacconi (LU) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
Wong (LU) def. Garcia 6-1, 6-0
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Finkelstein/Landin def. Manzanases/Chaw (LU) 7-5
Amari/Di Aloy def. Ortegon/Tucconi (LU) 7-5
Cardenas/Uribe (LU) def. McCullough/Wagemaker 6-3

NEXT UP
The Eagles will be back in action this weekend against Coastal Carolina, The Citadel and USC Sumter.
 
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