GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Georgia Southern men's tennis team dropped a close one Saturday afternoon in neutral site action to Bryant 3-4 on the campus of East Carolina University.
 
The Eagles (8-7) took the doubles point early on with wins by the teams of Pascal Wagemaker/Jonathan Morales and Diego Finkelstein/Alexandros Roumpis. A Bryant singles win from the one spot evened the match 1-1. The teams traded the next two singles points to make it 2-2. From there, the Bulldogs (8-12) took a pair of singles wins from the four and five spots to clinch it.
 
Wagemaker and Valentin Dun picked up the only singles wins for Georgia Southern on the afternoon from the three and six spots.
 
Singles
Wilson Dong def. Murphy McCullough 6-2, 6-4
Guido Argentini def. Diego Finkelstein 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Pascal Wagemaker def. Jorge Isaias Ortiz-Garcia 6-4, 6-2
Alexander Schou def. Alexandros Roumpis 7-5, 6-4
Trent Massam def. Jonathan Morales 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Valentin Dun def. Grant Pertile 7-5, 6-7, 10-1
Doubles
McCullough Santiago Suarez vs. Argentini/Massam (unfinished)
Wagemaker/Morales def. Dong/Ortiz-Garcia 6-2
Finkelstein/Roumpis def. Schou/Pertile 7-5
 
What head coach Sander Koning said:
"All the credit goes to Bryant. They were very aggressive and beat us. They played very decisive and took it to us. We just have to do better next time."
 
Next Up:
The Eagles remain in Greenville to take on the ECU Pirates Sunday at noon.