ROME, Ga. – Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Old Dominion and Troy battled through the quarterfinals on Friday in the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Tennis Championship at the Rome Tennis Center. Each team secured a spot in the event’s semifinal round to be contested on Saturday.
Friday’s action featured one upset in which sixth-seeded Coastal Carolina came from behind to defeat third-seeded South Alabama 4-3. The tournament’s top two seeds in Georgia Southern and Old Dominion each won 4-0.
The first semifinal matchup will feature top-seeded Old Dominion against Troy at 10 a.m. EST. Second-seeded Georgia Southern will face Coastal Carolina at 2 p.m. EST. The matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Match 1: (1) Old Dominion 4, (8) James Madison 0
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No. 56 nationally ranked and top-seeded Old Dominion won early and often to advance to the tournament semifinals.
James Madison (7-12) was unable to score the doubles point despite the pairing of Harrison Lee and Francisco Sinopoli being tied 5-5.
Old Dominion (15-8) earned the doubles point with wins on courts one and two. The pair of First Team All-Conference Doubles performers in Codie and Connor van Schalkwyk, and Adam Majchrzak and Cosme Rolland de Ravel won 6-2, 6-1 to give the Monarchs the early lead.
Jean-Karim Oliver de Sardan won his match on court five as Yanis Moundir won his match in the third frame 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 to give the Monarchs a 3-0 advantage. Aryan Saleh won his match on court six 7-5, 6-2 to secure the victory and return Old Dominion to the semifinals.
Match 2: (4) Troy 4, (5) Louisiana 3
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Fourth-seeded Troy denied fifth-seeded Louisiana a return trip to the semifinals with a trio of singles wins and the doubles point.
Troy (20-7) earned the doubles point on courts one and three. Noah Martens and Nicolas Simkin won 6-2 as Luciano Alcocer and Henrique de Brito won 6-1 on court three to secure the early Trojan lead.
Troy continued the momentum into singles as Simkin and Martens each won their matches in straight sets on courts two and three to take a 3-0 advantage. Louisiana (10-12) responded with three consecutive singles victories to tie the match at 3-3.
Oriol Fillat Gimenez won his match on court one for the Ragin’ Cajuns in straight sets as Samuel Kyjaci won on court four in straight sets as well. Mason Landredth responded to win in three sets on court five to tie the match.
Troy’s Luciano Alcocer won the first set via tiebreak 9-7 but fell in the second set. The Trojan answered in the third set to win 6-4 and send Troy to the tournament semifinals.
Match 3: (2) Georgia Southern 4, (7) Georgia State 0
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Georgia Southern (17-6) won on doubles courts two and three to take the early 1-0 advantage. Dimitris Paliouras and Pol del Castillo won 6-3 on court two as Pierre Mouesca and Matthew Mitchell won by the same scoreline on court three.
The Eagles used a trio of singles matches to earn the victory as Georgia State (5-16) forced a third set on court two.
Pol del Castillo won the first singles match on court three 6-2, 6-3 as Pierre Mouesca followed suite on court four with the same scores. Matthew Mitchell secured the victory on court six by a 6-3, 6-1 score to send the Eagles back to the semifinals for the second straight season.
Match 4: (6) Coastal Carolina 4, (3) South Alabama 3
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Coastal Carolina (9-11) provided the lone upset of the day to deny South Alabama (9-12) a trip to the semifinals. The Chanticleers earned the doubles point as the pair of Rivers Cahill and Juan Cruz Collardin won 6-1 on court three. Jack Dixon and Gonzalez Balmaceda won 6-3 on court one to secure the early 1-0 lead.
South Alabama responded with three consecutive singles victories to take a 3-1 lead in the match. Harold Van Raemdonck won 6-4, 6-1 on court three as Rom Hadzimehmedovic won 6-4, 6-3 on court four to cut the deficit to one. Juan Accossatto won 6-3, 6-3 on court four to put the Jaguars one point away from advancing. Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year Christopher Norlin won 6-3, 7-5 on court one and Juan Cruz Collardin won 7-5, 6-4 on court two to tie the match. On court five, Balmaceda provided the heroics with a 6-4, 6-4 victory to give the Chanticleers their first victory over the Jaguars in program history.
2025 Sun Belt Men's Tennis Championship (Rome, Ga.)
Quarterfinals - Friday, April 18
Match 1 – (1) Old Dominion 4, (8) James Madison 0
Match 2 – (4) Troy 4, (5) Louisiana 3
Match 3 – (2) Georgia Southern 4, (7) Georgia State 0
Match 4 – (6) Coastal Carolina 4, (3) South Alabama 3
Semifinals - Saturday, April 19
Match 5 – (1) Old Dominion vs. (4) Troy – 10:00 a.m. ET
Match 6 – (2) Georgia Southern vs. (6) Coastal Carolina – 2:00 p.m. ET
Championship - Sunday, April 20
Match 7 – Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6 – 1:00 p.m. ET