Freshmen Step Up Big in 4-3 Win over FGCU

Friday, January 17

Fort Myers, FL

5:00pm

Georgia Southern University

Florida Gulf Coast

1/17/2020 9:26:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Georgia Southern plays Miami Sunday at 5:00 p.m.

By: Chris Little

FORT MEYERS, Florida – The Georgia Southern men's tennis team secured its first win of 2020 with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Florida Gulf Coast Friday evening clinched by freshman Alexandros Roumpis' triumph over Feliksas Sakalauskas.

The GS Eagles (1-2) could not secure the doubles point, but got it done in singles play with four wins by Pascal Wagemaker, Roumpis, Jonathan Morales, and Valentin Dun. Roumpis, a freshman from Athens, Greece, secured the team victory with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 score. FGCU (0-1) won the doubles point and edged out two singles wins.

Roumpis, Morales and Dun all earned their first GS career singles win.

The win snaps a four-match losing streak to the FGCU Eagles and is the first since 2012.

What head coach Sander Koning said:
"We had a solid performance from the entire team. We had great energy and most importantly, we played aggressive and decisive tennis. Jonathan started us off and got our momentum going. I am happy for Alex especially and his clinching win. He really took it to his opponent at the end. We will enjoy this and get ready for Miami Sunday."

Singles
1. Ramirez, Felipe (FGCU) def. Murphy McCullough (GS) 6-2, 6-0
2. Pascal Wagemaker (GS) def. Tebet, Marcelo (FGCU) 7-5, 6-3
3. Alexandros Roumpis (GS) def. Sakalauskas,Feliksas (FGCU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
4. Jonathan Morales (GS) def. Maciel, Pedro (FGCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Valentin Dun (GS) def. Bradford, Carter (FGCU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Lopez, Juan (FGCU) def. Neil Kandhai (GS) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Ramirez, Felipe/Sakalauskas,Feliksas (FGCU) def. Murphy McCullough/Santiago Suarez (GS) 6-4
2. Jonathan Morales/Pascal Wagemaker (GS) def. Tebet, Marcelo/Montes, Juan (FGCU) 6-4
3. Bradford, Carter/Stefanacci,Guglielmo (FGCU) def. Alexandros Roumpis/Neil Kandhai (GS) 7-6 (7-4)

Next Up
The Eagles now take a short trip over to Miami for a match with the Hurricanes Sunday at 5:00 p.m.