STATESBORO - Georgia Southern men's tennis opened up its Fall season over the weekend, competing in the Samford Invitational over three days.

The Eagles faced off against players from host Samford, UAB and North Alabama with singles and doubles action each day. Collectively, Georgia Southern went 14-8 in singles play and 4-7 in doubles action. Individually, Aaron James Williams, Dimitris Paliouras and Matthew Mitchell highlighted the weekend by going unbeaten in singles play.

"First off, thank you to Coach Oliver and Samford for putting on a great event," Georgia Southern head men's tennis coach Andrew Goodwin said. "The first tournament of the year is always challenging, but exciting at the same time. We got to look in the mirror and see where we are really at. Now, we get to set our course moving forward. We couldn't be more excited than to get back to work."

Georgia Southern will be next in action on September 21 through 29 with players traveling to Tulsa, Okla., for the ITA All-American Championships.

Singles Results

Pol del Castillo
lost to Birtan Duran (UNA) 6-4, 6-3
lost to Darcy Nicholls (Samford) 6-3, 7-6 (2)
lost to Noah Malige (UAB) 7-5, 4-6, (10-5)

Pierre Mouesca
def. Nazar Fedoryshyn (UNA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
def. J.B. Pickard (Samford) 2-6, 6-4, (10-6)
lost to Juan Pablo Valdez (UAB) 6-2, 0-6, (12-10)

Aaron James Williams 
def. Lachlan Brain (UNA) 7-6 (9), 6-4
def. Sebastian Harrison (Samford) 6-1, 6-4
def. Hoan Mouret (UAB) 6-4, 6-3

Dimitris Paliouras 
def. Izan Orgiles (UNA) 6-3, 6-1
def. Hayden Menon (Samford) 6-2, 6-3
def. Jake Anthony (UAB) 6-1, 6-4

Laurent Julia Calac
def. Alberto Altur (UNA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
lost to Santiago Arredondo (Samford) 4-6, 6-3, (13-11)
def. Parker Free (Samford) 6-1, 6-4

Milan Ristov
lost to Satoru Nakajima (UNA) 6-0, 7-5
lost to Victorio Sardinha (Samford) 6-3, 6-4
def. Ben Kiblinger (Samford) 6-1, 6-4

Matthew Mitchell
def. Samu Dominguez (UNA) 7-5, 7-5
def. Parker Free (Samford) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)

Alex Amacher
def. Whitman Davis (UNA) 6-3, 6-2
lost to Ben Kiblinger (Samford) 6-2, 1-6, (13-11)

Doubles Results

Pol del Castillo/Pierre Mouesca 
lost to Noah Malige/Ondrej Valek (UAB) 6-0

Matthew Mitchell/Aaron James Williams
lost to Juan Pablo Valdez/Hoan Mouret (UAB) 7-5

Dimitris Paliouras/Laurent Julia Calac
lost to Hayden Menon/Ben Kiblinger (Samford) 7-6 (2)

Aaron James Williams/Laurent Julia Calac
def. NazarFedoryshyn/Birtan Duran (UNA) 6-3
lost to Darcy Nicholls/Sandeep Mohandoss (Samford) 7-6 (3)

Pierre Mouesca/Dimitris Paliouras
def. Samu Dominguez/Izan Orgiles (UNA) 7-5

Pol del Castillo/Matthew Mitchell
lost to Lachlan Brain/Satoru Nakajima (UNA) 6-3

Alex Amacher/Milan Ristov 
lost to Alberto Altur/Whitman Davis (UNA) 7-6
def. Will Gray/Ben Kiblinger (Samford) 6-3

Pol del Castillo/Dimitris Paliouras
def. Santiago Arredondo/J.B. Pickard (Samford) 7-6 (4)

Pierre Mouesca/Matthew Mitchell
lost to Parker Free/Victorio Sardinha (Samford) 6-4