ELON, N.C. - The Georgia Southern men's tennis team opened up its Fall 2025 campaign over the weekend by competing in the Elon Invitational in Elon, N.C.

Five Eagles competed in both singles and doubles competition at Elon.

Freshman Gregoire Delattre spotlighted the Eagles' weekend results, advancing to the finals of the B Singles bracket with three straight wins. The Frenchman defeated Elon's Jack Curtis, 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-3; East Tennessee State's Kai Cowcher, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1; and Virginia Commonwealth's Gevorg Mnatsakanyan, 6-2, 6-0, to earn his berth in the final. In addition to Delattre, three other student-athletes made their debut as Eagles - Davis Taylor, Evan Rigsby and Edoardo Santoni.

"Thanks to Coach Sykut and Elon for hosting a fantastic event," Georgia Southern head men's tennis coach Andrew Goodwin. "It was nice seeing our new guys compete for the first time as Eagles. Our team is continuing to gain clarity on who we are and how we operate. We've got a lot we can do better and can't wait to attack this week of practice!"

Georgia Southern will be next in action on October 3-5 at the Auburn Invitational.

Georgia Southern results at the Elon Invitational
Singles

Gregoire Delattre
def. Jack Curtis (Elon) 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-3 
def. Kai Cowcher (ETSU) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1
def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) 6-2, 6-0
lost to Oscar Martinez (ETSU) 6-3, 1-6, 2-6

Matthew Mitchell
lost to Bastian Zamora (SCSU) 0-6, 0-6
lost to Barnabas Sift (Furman) 7-6 (7), 5-7, (6-10)
lost to Danny Yassine (Charlotte) 6-7 (5), 2-6
def. Arush Gupta (Campbell) 6-1, 4-6, (10-0)

Edoardo Santoni
def. Danny Yassine (Charlotte) 6-4, 6-2
lost to Carlos Ferreira (ETSU) 4-6, 2-6
def. Otto Sewell (Richmond) 6-4, 6-4
lost to Nicholas Snyder (FUR) 3-6, 1-6

Evan Rigsby
def. Julius Augunas (SCSU) 7-5, 7-6 (5)
lost to Junghee You (Columbia) 4-6, 4-6
lost to Adi Dagan (Campbell) 4-6, 6-7 (7)
lost to Vanja Petrov (SCSU) lost 3-6, 4-6

Davis Taylor
lost to Alexander Thompson (UNCW) 6-2, 5-7, 3-6
def. Patrick Petera (VCU) 4-6, 6-0, (10-7)
lost to Gabriel Johnson (SCSU) 3-6, 6-7 (3)
def. Theophile Joly (FUR) 6-3, 7-6 (5)

Doubles
Gregoire Delattre/Matthew Mitchell
lost to Erwann Bouchet/ Leon Zaorski (VCU) 3-6
def. Jack Curtis/Charles Pilet (Elon) 6-2
lost to Alexander Thompson/Oscar Baumgartner (UNCW) 5-7

Davis Taylor/Evan Rigsby
lost to James Sim/Arenui Luethi (ETSU) 3-6
lost to Landon Ecarma/Nicholas Snyder (Furman) 5-7
def. Thomas Drapeau/Ethan Richardson (Campbell) 6-4