STATESBORO, Ga. – To open up the 2019 regular season the Georgia Southern men's tennis team traveled to Tallahassee, Florida to face off against No. 20 Florida State and Florida A&M. The Eagles would split the afternoon after falling to FSU 0-4 and defeating Florida A&M 7-0 this evening.

Stefano Di Aloy started the season off 1-0 after taking the first set from Florida State, Di Aloy was up in the third set before the Noles clinched the match. Redshirt Senior JC Alcala returned from injury last season to finish the evening 1-0. Alcala lead the No. 84 6-3 and was tied at four all in the second set before the Noles clinched the match.

Freshman Antonio Muniz earned his first collegiate victory defeating Espinoza of Florida A&M 6-1, 6-2. Martijn Kerssens tallied his first victory as an Eagle with a walkover against Florida A&M. The Eagles will now return home to the friendly confines of the Wallis Tennis Center to host Morgan State University and The Citadel on Sunday.

WHAT HEAD COACH SANDER KONING SAID
"Against FSU Stefano and JC played well and reached a level of play we are looking for as a program. As a team we need to improve our discipline later on in games and sets. That's what FSU did better than us as a whole. Against FAMU we had the right mindset as a team and that was good to see. As always, the beginning of the season tells us what we need to improve and today wasn't any different. We have got plenty to work on moving forward."

No. 20 FLORIDA STATE

SINGLES RESULTS
Knaff (FSU) def. Di Aloy 3-6, 6-3, 2-1 UF
Thongoana (FSU) def. Muniz 6-4, 6-2
#84 Roop Bhullar (FSU) def. Alcala 3-6, 4-4 UF
Seguillon (FSU) def. Finkelstein 6-4, 6-0
Wood (FSU) def. Wagemaker 6-2, 5-4 UF
Arcila (FSU) def. McCullough 6-4, 6-4
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Knaff/Arcila (FSU) def. Finkelstein/Muniz 7-5
Wood/Roop Bhullar (FSU) def. Garcia/Di Aloy 4-5 UF
Nahrung/Thongoana (FSU) def. Suarez/McCullough 6-2
 
FLORIDA A&M

SINGLES RESULTS
Di Aloy def. Skoromayy (FAMU) 6-4, 6-4
Muniz def. Espinoza (FAMU) 6-1, 6-2
Finkelstein def. Hayden (FAMU) 6-2, 6-4
Wagemaker def. Sturgis (FAMU) 6-1, 6-2
McCullough def. (FAMU) walkover
Kerssens def. (FAMU) walkover
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Skoromayy/Espinoza (FAMU) def. Finkelstein/Muniz 7-5
Alcala/Di Aloy def. Hayden/Sturgis (FAMU) 6-1
McCullough/Suarez def. (FAMU) walkover