ATLANTA (Jan 25, 2008) No. 57 Georgia State 1-0) rolled through Mercer with five straight singles wins to earn a 6-1 victory over the Bears on Friday afternoon.

In doubles, Anze Cevka and Nejc Podkrajsek won at No. 1, 8-1 and William Adeimy and Aleksandar Elezovic battled to an 8-6 win at No. 2. Trenton Spinks and Ross Hopper partnered up at No. 3 and dropped an 8-4 decision to Ryan Ingram and Justin Wimpee.

In singles, Podkrajsek took out Tobias Ohrstrom in two sets, 6-1 and 6-2 as Elezovic downed Champan Mitchell at No. 3, 6-1, 6-4, to make the team score 4-0. Adeimy racked up another point for the Panthers defeating Fernando Armendaris in a tie breaker at No. 4, 6-4, 2-6, (11-9). Cevka battled to the wire with senior Ivan Besancon at No. 2 and pulled off a 7-5, 2-6, (10-5) victory in a tie breaker.

This match marked the first as head coach at Georgia State for Jarod Camerota.

DOUBLES
No. 1 ? Cevka/Podkrajsek (GaState) def. Ohrstrom/Mitchell (Mer) 8-1
No. 2 ? Adeimy/Elezovic (GaState) def. Besancon/Davis (Mer) 8-6
No. 3 ? Ingram/Wimpee (Mer) def. Spinks/Hopper (GaState) 8-4

SINGLES
No. 1 ? Podkrajsek (GaState) def. Ohrstrom (Mer) ? 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 ? Cevka (GaState) def. Besancon (Mer) ? 7-5, 2-6, (10-5)
No. 3 ? Elezovic (GaState) def. Mitchell (Mer) ? 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 ? Adeimy (GaState) def. Armendaris (Mer) ? 6-4, 2-6, (11-9)
No. 5 ? Spinks (GaState) def. Wimpee (Mer) ? 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 ? Poleon (Mer) def. Hopper (GaState) ? 6-2, 6-0