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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford men's tennis team was tied up at three with only one singles match to play, but fell to the Georgia Southern Eagles, 4-3, in its Southern Conference opener at the John E. Reeves Tennis Center.
The loss puts the Terriers at 5-6 overall and 0-1 in the Southern Conference. The Eagles improve to 2-8 overall and 1-0 in the Southern Conference with the win.
Wofford took the early, 1-0, advantage sweeping the doubles point. The third doubles pair of junior Jackson Keith and sophomore David Sklar won the first doubles match, 8-3, against Kyle Hoffman and Rafael Racy. The No. 2 doubles duo of junior Walker Heffron and freshman Haris Poric defeated Oliver Webb and Christian Kerrigan, 8-3 to clinch the point. In the top match, junior Rob Galloway and freshman Trevor Gotkowski finished off the sweep winning, 8-7 (7-5).
In singles play, Gotkowski continued his great play as he extended Wofford's lead, 2-0, at the No. 5 position beating Nico DeGroof, 6-0, 6-1. Georgia Southern would then tie up the match at, 2-2, winning the No. 4 and No. 1 positions. The Eagles then took a, 3-2, lead as Racy won the No. 6 singles match, 6-4, 6-4.
Poric then tied the match up once again winning the second singles match, 6-3, 6-3, against Albert Codina Sala, knotting up the score, 3-3. The final point of the match came down to the No. 3 matchup between Heffron and Hoffman. After falling in the first set 6-3, Heffron battled back winning the second set 6-3, but fell in the third set 6-4.
The Terriers return to action on Wednesday as they host The Citadel for their second Southern Conference match of the season. The match will start at 3 p.m. at the John E. Reeves Tennis Center.
