MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. | Georgia College took wins in five of the first six matches en route to a 6-3 Peach Belt Conference men's tennis victory over Young Harris College Friday (Feb. 24) afternoon at the Centennial Center.

Georgia College, which is ranked No. 11 in the latest ITA Division II national rankings, improved to 2-1 overall and to 1-0 in the league, while YHC slipped to 2-4 and 0-1. Young Harris travels to Columbus, Georgia, Saturday (Feb. 25) for a 2 p.m. match against No. 6 Columbus State University.

The Bobcats swept all three doubles matches to take the early 3-0 lead. GC took a win at No. 2 singles, before Alex Pavel picked up the first win for the Mountain Lions at No. 3 singles. GC's Christian Graff clinched the win with a hard-fought three-set win over Daniel Tiboldi at No. 1 singles. The other wins for the Mountain Lions were by Raul Quevedo (No. 4) and Javier Villar (No. 6).


#11 GEORGIA COLLEGE 6, YOUNG HARRIS 3
Singles competition
1. Christian Graff (GC) def. Daniel Tiboldi (YHC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Pedro Ecenarro (GC) def. Mateo Besada (YHC) 6-4, 6-2
3. Alex Pavel (YHC) def. Vincent Castermans (GC) 6-4, 6-4
4. Raul Quevedo (YHC) def. Mattia Campus (GC) 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Anton Waern (GC) def. Jan-Niklas Graetz (YHC) 6-2, 6-2
6. Javier Villar (YHC) def. Kyle Kinsler (GC) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Christian Graff/Vincent Castermans (GC) def. Alex Pavel/Raul Quevedo (YHC) 8-3
2. Kyle Kinsler/Anton Waern (GC) def. Daniel Tiboldi/Javier Villar (YHC) 8-2
3. Mattia Campus/Pedro Ecenarro (GC) def. Tim Fleerkamp/Mateo Besada (YHC) 9-8 (7-4)

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,3,1,5,4,6)