STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern men's tennis team downed Kennesaw State and USC-Upstate over the weekend in an altered, rainy schedule to improve to 6-5 on the season and 4-0 at the Wallis Tennis Center.
 
The Eagles (6-5) took on the Owls (1-2) Saturday morning winning 4-1 dropping only the doubles point. Despite losing the doubles point, the No. 47 nationally ranked duo of Murphy McCullough and Santiago Suarez won their contest 6-2 over Kevin Patel and Sergio Ingles.
 
Despite beginning doubles play Saturday afternoon against the Spartans (0-4), the match was postponed to Sunday morning due to rain where the Eagles took care of business 7-0. In the match, Diego Finkelstein won his 70^th career singles contest to tie for third-most in school history.
 
What head coach Sander Koning said:
"We started slow in doubles against Kennesaw State and didn't make them play enough. The team responded well in singles and really executed what we have been working on all year."
"We were able to continue the execution against USC-Upstate and this should give us confidence going forward."
 
Singles
Kennesaw State
1. Murphy McCullough (GS) def. Bryan Triana (KSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Diego Finkelstein (GS) vs. Sergio Ingles (KSU) 7-5, 4-5, unfinished
3. Pascal Wagemaker (GS) def. Kevin Patel (KSU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Alexandros Roumpis (GS) vs. Sebastian Osorio (KSU) 6-2, 2-6, 3-3, unfinished
5. Jonathan Morales (GS) def. Harvey Maughan (KSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Valentin Dun (GS) def. Jose Galvez (KSU) 6-0, 6-0
USC-Upstate
1. Murphy McCullough (GS) def. ROIDER, Leon (UPSTM) 6-3, 6-4
2. Diego Finkelstein (GS) def. EBLE, Luka (UPSTM) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
3. Pascal Wagemaker (GS) def. DINIZ, Guilherme (UPSTM) 6-2, 6-3
4. Alexandros Roumpis (GS) def. SYDOW, Frederick (UPSTM) 6-1, 6-0
5. Valentin Dun (GS) def. RUSSWURM, Tom (UPSTM) 6-3, 6-1
6. Neil Kandhai (GS) def. MUEHR, Alex (UPSTM) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
Kennesaw State
1. Murphy McCullough/Santiago Suarez (GS) def. Kevin Patel/Sergio Ingles (KSU) 6-2
2. Bryan Triana/Jose Galvez (KSU) def. Jonathan Morales/Pascal Wagemaker (GS) 6-3
3. Harvey Maughan/Gaston Muhammad (KSU) def. Diego Finkelstein/Alexandros Roumpis (GS) 6-3
USC-Upstate
1. Murphy McCullough/Santiago Suarez (GS) vs. ROIDER, Leon/SYDOW, Frederick (UPSTM) 4-5, unfinished
2. Diego Finkelstein/Alexandros Roumpis (GS) def. DINIZ, Guilherme/EBLE, Luka (UPSTM) 6-3
3. Jonathan Morales/Pascal Wagemaker (GS) def. MUEHR, Alex/RUSSWURM, Tom (UPSTM) 6-1
 
Next Up
The Eagles will host Mercer Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in a contest that was postponed from Jan. 29 due to weather.