ATLANTA, GA—The South Carolina State men's tennis team captured their first win ever in school history in a 4-2 upset over Georgia State Friday (Jan. 24) at Peachtree Corners, Ga./Lifetime Fitness. 

South Carolina State improves to 1-1 overall, while Georgia State falls to 1-3 on the season.

"It was a great win for our program beating a talented Georgia State team, "said head coach Hardeep Judge. "Its still early in the season we will keep improving and correct some mistakes moving forward.

The Bulldogs captured the doubles point early with 7-5, 7-5 wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 spot.

In singles action, Mikalai Bankou def. Baran Soyler 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 at the No.1 spot; at the No. 3 spot Aissa Benchakroun def. Aryan Jit Singh 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 and at the No. 5 spot Julius Augunas def. Gabriel Datel 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 respectively.

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