STATESBORO, GA. – The Citadel men's tennis team dropped both matches of a doubleheader against Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon.
 
Match # 1
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles

• Jacob Mitchell and Aaron James Williams (GS) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki and Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-2
• Ted Bagwell and Lucas Robins (CIT) def. Laurent Julia Calac and Dimitris Paliouras (GS) 6-4
• Valentin Dun and Alex Suk (GS) def. Zvonko Bencedic and Tucker Hendrix (CIT) 6-1

Singles

• 1 Dimitris Paliouras (GS) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT), 7-5 6-1
• 2 Aaron James Williams (GS) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT), 6-0 6-1
• 3 Pierre Mouesca (GS) def. Lucas Robins (CIT), 6-0 6-1
• 4 Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) def. Laurent Julia Calac (GS), 6-4 6-3
• 5 Valentin Dun (GS) def. Ted Bagwell (CIT), 6-2 6-2
• 6 Alex Suk (GS) def. Andrew Darby (CIT), 6-3 6-2

Inside the Box

• Georgia Southern started the match off by securing the doubles match point.
• In the No. 1 singles spot, Hayden Shoemake forced a tie-breaker set against Dimitris Paliouras. Paliouras would win the tie-breaker, 7-5, and then defeat Shoemake, 6-1, in the second set.

Match # 2
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles

• Sebastian Kamieniecki and Hayden Shoemake (CIT) def. Laurent Julia Calac and Aaron James Williams (GS) 6-3
• Jacob Mitchell and Pierre Mouesca (GS) def. Ted Bagwell and Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-0
• Valentin Dun and Alex Suk (GS) def. Zvonko Bencedic and Tucker Hendrix (CIT) 6-4

Singles

• 1 Aaron James Williams (GS) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-4 6-3
• 2 Dimitris Paliouras (GS) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-2 6-0
• 3 Laurent Julia Calac (GS) def. Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-1 6-0
• 4 Valentin Dun (GS) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 5-7 6-3 10-8
• 5 Alex Suk (GS) def. Bradey Minnich (CIT) 6-2 6-3
• 6 Alex Amacher (GS) def. Ted Bagwell (CIT) 7-6 6-0

Inside the Box

• The Eagles secured the doubles match point to start match # 2 against the Bulldogs.
• In the No. 4 singles spot, Sebastian Kamieniecki played a three-set match against Valentin Dun. Kamieniecki defeated Dun in a tie-breaker first set, winning 7-5. Dun would secure the second set with a 6-3 win. The third set went into a tie-breaker and was won by Dun by defeating Kamieniecki, 10-8.

Up Next
The Bulldogs return back to the Earle Tennis Center to face Stetson on Jan. 29.