Saturday, March 8
Statesboro, Ga.
2 p.m.
Mercer University
1
at
6
Georgia Southern
Mercer Drops Road Match At Georgia Southern
3/8/2025 5:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis
STATESBORO, Ga. – Junior Hod'Abalo Isak Padio recorded his 11th straight-sets singles victory of the season to get Mercer on the board, but Georgia Southern raked in each of the other five singles matches to fuel a 6-1 win over the visiting Bears on Saturday afternoon at the Wallis Tennis Center.
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The decision snapped a two-match run of success for the Bears (4-5) who fell to 1-4 away from Macon with the result as well. It was the sixth victory in the last seven outings for the Eagles (9-5) who have now taken six-straight meetings in the series with MU.
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Georgia Southern toughed out a pair of 6-4 victories on the doubles courts to grab the early lead, then rattled off a pair of straight-sets wins in singles action to pad their team lead out to 3-0. Padio got the Bears on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Aaron James Williams on Court No. 2, but the Eagles iced it a few minutes later when Pol del Castillo put the finishing touches on a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles.
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Junior Nemanja Stefanovic dropped a 6-1 decision in the opening set of the feature match on Court No. 1, but battled back to even things back up by getting the better end of an 8-6 tiebreaker with GSU's Dimitris Paliouras in the second set. Paliouras rebounded, however, to capture a deciding super set, 10-6.
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The Orange & Black will open up a short two-match home stand on Tuesday morning when they host Horizon League foe Belmont (5-8) in a 9 a.m. contest at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center. Admission to all 2025 Mercer tennis home matches is free.
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The decision snapped a two-match run of success for the Bears (4-5) who fell to 1-4 away from Macon with the result as well. It was the sixth victory in the last seven outings for the Eagles (9-5) who have now taken six-straight meetings in the series with MU.
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Georgia Southern toughed out a pair of 6-4 victories on the doubles courts to grab the early lead, then rattled off a pair of straight-sets wins in singles action to pad their team lead out to 3-0. Padio got the Bears on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Aaron James Williams on Court No. 2, but the Eagles iced it a few minutes later when Pol del Castillo put the finishing touches on a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles.
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Junior Nemanja Stefanovic dropped a 6-1 decision in the opening set of the feature match on Court No. 1, but battled back to even things back up by getting the better end of an 8-6 tiebreaker with GSU's Dimitris Paliouras in the second set. Paliouras rebounded, however, to capture a deciding super set, 10-6.
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The Orange & Black will open up a short two-match home stand on Tuesday morning when they host Horizon League foe Belmont (5-8) in a 9 a.m. contest at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center. Admission to all 2025 Mercer tennis home matches is free.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
12
50
Laurent Julia Calac/ Aaron James Williams [GASO]
6UF
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
170
Dimitris Paliouras / 0 [GASO]
661
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Aaron James Williams / 0 [GASO]
33
#3 Singles Match
12
14
Pol del Castillo / 0 [GASO]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
02
Pierre Mouesca / 0 [GASO]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
23
Laurent Julia Calac / 0 [GASO]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
44
Matthew Mitchell / 0 [GASO]
66
Order of Finish:
4,5,3,2,6,1
Players Mentioned
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