VALDOSTA, Ga. – Coming off two strong wins versus Delta State on Monday, the Valdosta State men's and women's tennis teams return home to host Columbus State on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the VSU Tennis Complex and then the teams travel to Georgia College for a 2 p.m. start on Friday, Mar. 13.
 
The men's team enters with a 2-3 record overall and a 1-1 mark in Gulf South Conference play following a 5-2 win over Delta State on Monday.  Columbus State enters No. 17 in the nation with a 4-0 record after a 7-0 win over Anderson last Friday.  CSU has a 6-1 win over Auburn Montgomery and a 5-2 win over then-No. 9 Embry-Riddle earlier in the season.
 
The Cougars have won six of the last 11 meetings in the series, but the Blazers have won the last two, including a 5-2 win in Columbus, Ga., last season and a 7-0 win in 2024 in Valdosta. Prior to that, CSU had won three-straight.  In last year's matchup, the Blazers won the doubles point and four of the six singles matches were in straight-sets.  Current Blazers Jerome Iaconi and Julien Doitteau each played last season with Doitteau winning in three-sets at No. 5 and Iaconi losing at No. 3. 
 
Doitteau is No. 27 nationally in singles in the latest ITA rankings as he is 5-2 in singles this year and 1-4 in doubles.  Doitteau is 3-1 in singles this spring.  He is the only Blazer ranked this week.  Philipp Bosse is 7-3 this season in singles and 4-1 in the spring.  VSU has won just one doubles match this spring as the team is 1-11 in doubles with Jan Thissen and Yohann Meunier winning in the season-opener 6-2 against Middle Georgia. 
 
Georgia College is 4-3 on the year and will play at Emmanuel (Ga.) on Wednesday before hosting the Blazers on Friday.  Manoel Guimaraes leads the team with a 5-0 record at the No. 6 spot in singles.  Chase Martin and David Munoz Botia each are 4-1 at the top two spots in the lineup.  In doubles, Jackob Andergreesen and Braxton Wright are 4-1 in doubles this season to lead the team.  
 
VSU has won 11 of the last 13 in the series and five-straight.  VSU's last loss came on Feb. 6, 2019, in Milledgeville, Ga., on Feb. 6, 2019, in a 4-3 setback.  
 
On the women's side, the Blazers enter with a 3-3 record overall and a 2-0 mark in the GSC following a thrilling 6-1 win over then-No. 20 Lee and a 5-2 win over Delta State over the last week.  Columbus State enters at No. 34 nationally and is 3-1 on the year with wins over AUM, SCAD-Atlanta and No. 31 Anderson, while losing to then-No. 6 Embry-Riddle.  Georgia College is 7-4 on the year. 
 
The Blazers are led this season by Charleigh Fay who is 4-2 this spring in singles, while Ena Arnautovic is 3-1.  In doubles, top duo of Lena Beckx and Milica Prokic are 4-1, while Kitti Nemeth and Carmelle Vial are 4-0.   VSU is 18-16 in singles this season and 12-3 in doubles. 
 
Columbus State is led by Isabell Ek who is 3-0 in singles this season at the No. 6 spot, while Nikoline Gullacksen is 3-1 at the top spot in singles.  In doubles, the Cougars are 9-3 overall and two tandems are 3-1.  CSU owns an 8-0 record against VSU since 2015 and have won the last three matches by the score of 5-2, including on Apr. 1, 2025, in Columbus, Ga.  VSU is 5-7 in the last 12 meetings with Georgia College and dropped last season's meeting in a 4-3 loss in Valdosta.  GC Has won five of seven in the series.  
 
The Bobcats are led by Rachel Black who is 7-2 in singles, while Lucy Kim is 6-3.  iN doubles, Black and Victoria Conde Vendrell are 8-1, while Kim and Alisa Chiang are 7-1 and Laura Almagro and Natalie Kirks are 6-3.  In all, GC is 32-20 this spring in singles and a staggering 21-5 in doubles.