JOHNS CREEK, Ga. - Senior Thomas Cook battled for almost two and a half hours and came away with a win for himself and his team. Cook's three-set win over Florida Atlantic's Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff clinched Georgia State's first match of the season 6-1. The Panthers (1-0) won at every singles position.

FAU (1-2) took the doubles point by winning at the No. 1 and 3 doubles slots. Morin-Kougoucheff and Will Neuner defeated Thomas Cook and Valentin Horvat 6-1. Sean Bacha and Robert Dubuque defeated Eric Baum and Jannis Koeke 6-4 after coming back from 15-40 to win three straight points over the Panther pair. Robert Schulze and Sofiane Chevallier picked up their first win of the spring season, winning 6-4 over Richard Meade and Stefen Burnett at No. 2 doubles.

Freshman Felipe Jaworski won his first collegiate match with a 6-0, 6-4 win over FAU's Will Neuner at No. 2 singles. The win also gave GSU its first point of the day.

At No. 3 singles, freshman Jannis Koeke defeated Richard Meade 6-1, 6-3. Less than two minutes later, senior Robert Schulze, in the No. 4 slot, finished his match against Robert Dubuque with a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Freshman Eric Baum, at No. 5 singles, fell behind in his first set, 4-0, before fighting back to take the set 6-5. He won the second set 6-4.

Junior Sofiane Chevallier also won his first set 6-5, before taking the second set 6-0 against Harrison Heysek.

"It is a good sign for us coaches to come out like how we did in singles after losing the doubles point," head coach Joerg Barthel said. "We were very dominant in singles and played up to our potential. We had good signs of leadership today and our four freshmen played with a lot of confidence in their first college match and helped the team win."

The Panthers will have a short time off, as they host USC Upstate on Monday at 1 p.m. at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. It will be the Spartans' first match of the season and the second for the Panthers.