Troy Set for Home Opener as Part of Busy Weekend

TROY, Alabama – After playing 12 matches on the road to open the season, the Troy men's tennis team will open its home schedule on Friday when Chattanooga visits the Lunsford Tennis Complex for an 11 a.m. match.

Troy will also travel for a pair of matches on Saturday, taking on Georgia Southern at 9 a.m. CT and Florida Gulf Coast at 1 p.m. CT at the Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro, Ga. The Trojans will then travel to Rock Hill, S.C., to take on Winthrop on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

Troy (3-9, 1-0) has won its last two matches after starting the season with nine of its first 10 matches against ranked team. The Trojans traveled to Louisiana last week and beat UL Lafayette in its Sun Belt opener before beating New Orleans as well.

Pablo Moreno has led the Trojans with an 8-3 singles record, including six straight wins. Mustapha Belcora has won three straight matches, including the clincher at UL Lafayette last week.

The Trojans also saw the return of Hassan Ndayishimiye in the match against New Orleans. Ndayishimiye, Troy's top returner from last year's Sun Belt championship team, had previously played in just one competitive singles match since last year's NCAA Tournament.

Chattanooga (4-6) is coming off of a 7-0 loss to Eastern Kentucky last weekend. Only one of the Mocs' wins have come against a Division I opponent, that coming over Austin Peay in late January.

Georgia Southern (8-3, 0-0) won three matches last weekend, knocking off Nicholls State, Jacksonville State and Savannah College of Art and Design. The Eagles will be playing their first match against a Sun Belt opponent.

After its win over UL Lafayette, Troy has won eight straight against Sun Belt opponents dating back to last season.

Florida Gulf Coast (8-3) has also won three straight matches, including a win over Florida A&M last weekend. Prior to that, the Eagles beat UT Arlington and UConn. FGCU has won seven of its last eight matches with the lone loss coming at UCF.

Winthrop (6-5) split a pair of matches last week with a win over Mercer and a loss to Georgia State.

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Players Mentioned

Mustapha Belcora

Pablo Moreno

Hassan Ndayishimiye