STATESBORO, Ga. – On Friday afternoon the Georgia Southern men's tennis team saw their season come to an end, falling to Troy 4-3. The Eagles finished the season with a 13-13 record and recorded the first victory in more than 20 years over the Panthers and defeated the Mountaineers in the same weekend.

The Eagles started the afternoon up 1-0 after winning the doubles point. Eddie Landin and Diego Finkelstein continued their dominance on court won winning 6-4. Shortly after the victory on court one Santiago Suarez and Murphy McCullough clinched the point for the Eagles with a 6-4 victory on court three. The Eagles heading into singles play leading 1-0.

The Blue and White took that momentum into singles play winning on courts one and six early. Stefano Di Aloy picked up the second point for the Eagles with a 7-5, 6-2 straight set victory. Di Aloy was one of three Eagles to finish their match in two sets. Murphy McCullough finished his match in straight sets and gave the Eagles a 3-0 lead with a 7-5, 6-1 win on court six.

The Eagles needed one point to clinch the match following the two singles points and the doubles point. Troy grabbed a point on court two and Pascal Wagemaker was able to force a third set in his match. Wagemaker dropped his first set 6-1 and was able to battled back and get a 6-3 victory in the second set. Wagemaker would be defeated and the Trojans would cut the lead to 3-2. Diego Finkelstein and Artemie Amari were able to force third sets when the Eagles needed it most.

On three Diego Finkelstein battled from being down 4-1 in the second set to win 7-6 and force a third set. In the third set his opponent took control and won 6-1. All eyes fell to court four with Artemie Amari fighting to a third set. Amari won his first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker and dropped the second set 6-2. Amari would be defeated in three sets to send the Eagles home.

WHAT HEAD COACH SANDER KONING SAID
"Tough end to the season. We played well in doubles and gave ourselves great opportunities in singles. The credit goes to Troy, they kept fighting and won more important points than we did."
 
SINGLES RESULTS
Di Aloy def. Michalek (TROY) 7-5, 6-2
Antuna (TROY) def. Landin 6-4, 6-4
Lau (TROY) def. Finkelstein 6-3, 6-7, 6-1
Bedwan (TROY) def. Amari 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
Jiaqi (TROY) def. Wagemaker 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
McCullough def. Belcora (TROY) 7-5, 6-1
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Landin/Finkelstein def. Michalek/Belcora (TROY) 6-4
Amari/Di Aloy def. Lau/Bedwan (TROY) 5-4 DNF
Suarez/McCullough def. Jiaqi/Antuna (TROY) 6-4