University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Georgia Southern
Men's Tennis Falls to Georgia Southern
03.18.2016 | Men's Tennis
THE RUNDOWN
Scores: Georgia Southern 4 – Asheville 2
Teams: Asheville (5-5, 1-2 BSC)
Georgia Southern (11-5, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Location: Asheville Racquet Club / Asheville, N.C.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville opened the afternoon with two doubles victories to win the doubles point, but visiting Georgia Southern won four of five singles matches to win 4-2 over the Bulldogs on Friday afternoon at the Asheville Racquet Club.
NOTABLES
-The No. 2 doubles team of Josh Swindler and Henry Patten won the first point of the day for the Bulldogs over Eddie Landin and J.C. Alcala, followed by Thomas Panoulas and Reid Dillon earning the victory in No. 3 doubles over Ze Moya and Andre Johnson to give Asheville the doubles point.
-In singles action, Patten was the only Bulldog to win his match, defeating Alcala in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 in No. 2 singles action.
-Alex Croker fell (6-3, 2-6, 6-3) in No. 1 singles action, Panoulas lost (6-2, 6-4) on court three, Dillon was taken down on court five (7-6, 7-5) and Colin Apt fell (6-3, -6, 6-3) in No. 6 action.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH TOM HAND
“We fought hard today but came up a little short. Georgia Southern is a good team. I was pleased with the improvement we made in some of the areas we have been working on recently.”
UP NEXT
-Following today's loss, the Bulldogs are scheduled to host USC Upstate Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at the Asheville Racquet Club. Check uncabulldogs.com and Asheville Athletics on social media (@AshevilleDogs on Twitter) for any weather-related game changes.
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