DELAND, Fla. – The Georgia Southern men's tennis team fell on the road to the Stetson Hatters, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon.

The afternoon's matches started with the doubles contests, where Tao Castillo and Jacob Mitchell in the No. 1 doubles match quickly won in a 6-1 decision. Pol del Castillo and Laurent Julia Calac competed in the No. 2 doubles match, where they fell 6-3, and Alexandros Roumpis and Dimitris Paliouras fell in the No. 3 doubles match, 7-5, to give the Hatters a 1-0 advantage going into singles.

In singles, Stetson took a very quick lead and clinched the match, after the Hatters defeated Castillo, Julia Calac and Roumpis in the No. 3, 6, and 2 singles matches, respectively, giving the Hatters a 4-0 lead to that point. They would eventually push to lead to 6-0, after defeating Paliouras and Valentin Dun in the No. 4 and 5 matches, respectively. 

In the final match, coming at No. 1 singles match, del Castillo would push his match to a third set, where he would pick up a big 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 win.

QUOTE FROM COACH BAYON: "Stetson played a really good match today. The doubles were very close but we couldn't come up on top. Our young team is gaining more and more experience as we are competing. We are looking forward to playing again tomorrow."

UP NEXT: The Eagles will head north on I-95 to face the North Florida Ospreys in Jacksonville, Florida, with first serve set for noon on Sunday.

RESULTS

Doubles

Castillo/Mitchell (GS) def. Penzkofer/Gennes, 6-1

Eminefendic/Thiergard def. del Castillo/Julia Calac (GS), 6-3

Marques/Ozzor def. Roumpis/Paliouras (GS), 7-5

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles

del Castillo (GS) def. Marques, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8

Dumas def. Roumpis (GS), 6-3, 6-2

Eminefendic def. Castillo (GS), 6-3, 6-1

Penzkofer def. Paliouras (GS), 7-5, 6-0

Gennes def. Dun (GS), 6-4, 6-1

Ozzor def. Julia Calac (GS), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 2, 4, 5, 1