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Georgia State Blanks Tech, 4-0

March 7, 2014

Results

THE FLATS – Carlos Benito and Eduardo Segura won their doubles match Friday, but it was the only win Georgia Tech would get as Georgia State shut out the Yellow Jackets, 4-0, at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.

Tech (6-5) lost for the fifth time in its last seven matches after a 4-0 start, while the Panthers improved to 7-9 and snapped a two-match losing streak.

Benito and Segura, ranked 36th in the nation, defeated Robert Schulze and Sofiane Chevallier, 8-5, but Tech lost the No. 2 and 3 matches to give away the doubles point. Thomas Cook and Valentin Horvat outlasted Nathan Rakitt and Cole Fiegel in a tiebreaker on court 2, while Jannis Koeke and Eric Baum took an 8-4 win over Will Showers and Colin Edwards.

In singles, Baum put the Panthers up 2-0 on court 6 with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Edwards, and the Panthers went up 3-0 after Benito retired with an injury on court 1 while playing the third set against Cook. Koeke earned the deciding point for Georgia State on court 2 with a 7-6, 6-1 win over Rakitt.

Tech is back in action at 12 noon Sunday, resuming Atlantic Coast Conference play against Miami at the Byers Tennis Complex.

#73 Georgia State 4, #52 Georgia Tech 0Mar 7, 2014 at Atlanta, Ga. (Ken Byers Tennis Complex)

Singles competition 1. Thomas Cook (GSU) def. Carlos Benito (GT) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0, retired 2. Jannis Koeke (GSU) def. Nathan Rakitt (GT) 7-6, 6-1 3. Eduardo Segura (GT) vs. Robert Schulze (GSU) 5-7, 4-5, unfinished 4. Cole Fiegel (GT) vs. Sofiane Chevallier (GSU) 4-6, 2-3, unfinished 5. Will Showers (GT) vs. Felipe Jaworski (GSU) 6-2, 4-4, unfinished 6. Eric Baum (GSU) def. Colin Edwards (GT) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition 1. #36 Carlos Benito/Eduardo Segura (GT) def. Robert Schulze/Sofiane Chevallier (GSU) 8-5 2. Thomas Cook/Valentin Horvat (GSU) def. Nathan Rakitt/Cole Fiegel (GT) 8-7 (7-3) 3. Jannis Koeke/Eric Baum (GSU) def. Will Showers/Colin Edwards (GT) 8-4

Match Notes Georgia State 7-9; National ranking #73 Georgia Tech 6-5; National ranking #52 Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,1,2)

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