ATLANTA- The No. 58 Georgia State men's tennis team earned the No. 1 seed and a first round bye in the Sun Belt Conference Championships, the conference announced Tuesday.

The Panthers will open tournament play in the semifinals on Saturday at 3 p.m. and will face the winner of the No. 4 UL Lafayette/No. 5 UT Arlington match on Friday. GSU swept the Ragin' Cajuns 4-0 in its first conference match of the season at home in March, and the Panthers have not faced the Mavericks this season.

Georgia State finished the regular season with a 17-5 record (4-0 Sun Belt) and won eight of its last nine matches. The team was last defeated in a close 4-3 loss to UNCW on senior day in Piedmont Park. The Panthers fell five spots in the rankings following the 1-1 weekend.

GSU is led by the Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week award winners: freshman Jack MacFarlane, sophomore Sebastian Acuna and  Zackery Kennedy.

MacFarlane ranks second on the team behind Felipe Jaworski (15-3) in singles play, earning a 13-7 record during spring competition. He has recorded six match-clinchers for the Panthers, with one coming over then-No. 62 Middle Tennessee State.

Kennedy is next on the team with his singles record of 12-6, and Acuna coming in the top-five with a 10-5 record.

For more information on the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Tennis Championships, visit the championship central page on SunBeltSports.org. Live scoring and live radio broadcasts for each match will be available for all matches of the tournaments as well. Admission is free for all matches at the City Park Tennis Center.

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