ROME, Ga. - No. 2-seeded Georgia Southern moved into the semifinals of the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships with a 4-0 win over No. 7 seed Georgia State on Friday afternoon at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga.

The Eagles (17-6) will now face No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina - 4-3 winners over No. 3 seed South Alabama - at 2 p.m. in the Sun Belt semifinals on Saturday afternoon.

Georgia Southern picked up the doubles point from the Panthers thanks to 6-3 wins by Pol del Castillo and Dimitris Paliouras at No. 2 doubles and Pierre Mouesca and Matthew Mitchell at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, the Eagles claimed the first set in all six matches against Georgia State. Castillo made the score 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Gabriele Datei at No. 3 singles. Then, within two minutes, the Eagles clinched the victory with Mouesca's 6-2, 6-3 win over Aryan Singh at No. 4 singles and Mitchell's 6-3, 6-1 win over McKane Johnson at No. 6 singles.

"We feel good, we get to play another day," said head men's tennis coach Andrew Goodwin after the match. "We can't ask for much more. I thought our guys played tough out there. It wasn't pretty or perfect, but if you look at our team right now, it's a bunch of mullets and mustaches; we're not really concerned about appearance or how things look. It's just about toughing it out and getting it done."

Georgia Southern 4, Georgia State 0
Results

Singles
1. Dimitris Paliouras (GS) led Baran Soyler (GSU) 7-6 (5), 1-0, unfinished
2. Aaron James Williams (GS) and Edward Tymes (GSU) 6-0, 5-7, unfinished
3. Pol del Castillo (GS) def. Gabriele Datei (GSU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Pierre Mouesca (GS) def. Aryan Singh (GSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Laurent Julia Calac (GS) led Hugo Nossler (GSU) 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
6. Matthew Mitchell (GS) def. McKane Johnson (GSU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Laurent Julia Calac/Aaron James Williams (GS) and Aryan Singh/Gabriele Datei (GSU) 5-5, unfinished
2. Pol del Castillo/Dimitris Paliouras (GS) def. Edward Tymes/McKane Johnson (GSU) 6-3
3. Pierre Mouesca/Matthew Mitchell (GS) def. Hugo Nossler/Baran Soyler (GSU) 6-3