PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – Valentin Dun clinched a quarterfinals victory over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers with a third-set victory at the Peachtree City Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. The Eagles advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament, defeating the Chanticleers 4-3.
 
Georgia Southern started the day off right, as Murphy McCullough and Alexandros Roumpis defeated their pairing on court one 6-3. CCU would level the doubles scoring with a 6-1 victory on court three, before Tao Castillo and Pascal Wagemaker clinched the point 6-3 on court two.
 
In singles play, the Eagles needed to win on three courts to advance. CCU would win on courts one and three to push their lead to 2-1 before McCullough won 7-5, 6-3 in straight sets to level the score at two-all. 
 
Jonathan Morales would give the Eagles a 3-2 lead late in the match in a third-set victory. Morales won his first set 6-2, before falling 6-3 in set two. In the third set, Morales commanded the match, winning 6-2. Coastal Carolina would get a third-set victory on court four to push the match level at three.
 
All eyes fell to court five and Dun. Dun won his first set 6-4 and dropped set two 6-3. In the final set, Dun would break serve and pushed on to win 6-4 and send the Eagles to the semifinals for just the second time in program history.
 
GS will now face off against in-state foe and top-seeded Georgia State at 10 a.m. from the Peachtree City Tennis Center. 
 
 
RESULTS
Singles
Bastien Huon (CCU) def. Pascal Wagemaker 6-3, 6-4
Murphy McCullough def. Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) 7-5, 6-3
Diego Giraldo (CCU) def. Alexandros Roumpis 6-3, 7-5
Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) def. Tao Castillo 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Valentin Dun def. Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Jonathan Morales def. Neil O'Connor (CCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
 
 
Doubles
McCullough/Roumpis def. Diraldo/Hyrkkonen 6-3
Castillo/Wagemaker def. Huon/Tanabe 6-3
Castellanos/Toresan def. Morales/Garcia 6-1