STATESBORO, Ga. – In the final Sun Belt Conference match of the season, the Eagles took to the courts against Louisiana. The Eagles fell to the Ragin' Cajuns 4-3 in nail-biter. The Eagles will have the rest of the week off and host their final match of the season against Wilmington on Friday. The Eagles will honor seniors Eddie Landin and Artemie Amari.

The Eagles jumped out to an early lead in doubles play winning on courts one and two. Eddie Landin and Murphy McCullough broke set at three all and were able to push the Eagles to a victory on court two. The Cajuns would take court three to put the pressure on Artemie Amari and Stefano Di Aloy. Amari and Di Aloy battled to get the match back to five all and broke to push it to a final game. The Eagles swept the final game and took a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.

The Eagles struggled at the beginning of singles play dropping four first sets along all six courts. The Blue and White rebounded with wins on court one and two by Stefano Di Aloy and Eddie Landin. With the win on court two Eddie Landin has increased his career total to 75 singles wins and 69 doubles wins in doubles play. Both of these numbers stand second all-time in his four year career. Louisiana would go on to take the final four courts in third sets to defeat the Eagles 4-3 on Tuesday.
 
WHAT HEAD COACH SANDER KONING SAID
"Today was another battle like the previous couple of matches. I have to give credit to Louisiana, any time they were down they played very aggressive and they took this match. I am proud of how my guys fought and it is a great learning opportunity this close to conference. We will rebound from this and play a good Wilmington team on Friday."
 
SINGLES RESULTS
Di Aloy def. Sojka (LA) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Landin def. Lago (LA) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
Libaud (LA) def. Amari 7-6, 7-6
Kramarov (LA) def. Wagemaker 5-7, 7-6, 7-6
Dolan (LA) def. Suarez 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Fraser (LA) def. McCullough 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Amari/Di Aloy def. Kramarov/Lago (LA) 7-5
Landin/McCullough def. Dolan/Sojka (LA) 6-4
Fraser/Libaud (LA) def. Suarez/Wagemaker 6-4

NEXT UP
The Eagles will host their final match of the season and Senior Day against Wilmington this Friday.

 
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