ATLANTA, GA -- The Furman men's and women's tennis teams traveled to Atlanta Saturday to take on Georgia Tech . The Yellow Jackets came out victorious in both matches by a score of 6-1. The Furman men dropped to 4-9 on the year while the Yellow Jacket men improved to 11-5. The Lady Paladins fell to 6-7 with the loss, and the women of Georgia Tech improved to a 9-5 record.

In women's action, the Lady Paladins fell behind early, losing all three doubles matches. Furman never could get it going, also dropping all five singles matches. The Lady Paladins picked up a point in the No.6 singles slot winning the match by default.

The Furman men did not fair much better, losing all three doubles matches and five out of six singles matches. The Paladins picked up a point when Patrick Fillnow defeated Jose Luis Muguruza 6-2, 7-5 in flight two singles.

The Furman men open conference play tomorrow, taking on Davidson at 1:30. The women travel to Chattanooga, TN to take on conference rival Chattanooga at 11:00 Sunday morning.

Women
Georgia Tech 6, Furman 1

Doubles
No. 1 Grant/Stauss (GT) def. Bently/Eckert (FU), 9-7
No. 2 Nieto/Shosho (GT) def. Hagood/Morris (FU), 8-6
No. 3 Anson/Silverio (GT) def. Moore/Bornt-Davis (FU), 8-2

Singles
No. 1 Lyndsay Shosho (GT) def. Mary Neill Hagood (FU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Alison Silverio (GT) def. Shannon Moore (FU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 Lindsey Stauss (GT) def. Jacqueline Eckert (FU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Sekita Grant (GT) def. Caroline Bently (FU), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 5 Kacie Anson (GT) def. Marti Morris (FU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Default

Men
Georgia Tech 6, Furman 1

Doubles
No. 1 Schnugg/Rajevac (GT) def. Chesworth/Fillnow (FU), 8-1
No. 2 Pieters/Nott (GT) def. Simmons/Kieffer (FU), 8-1
No. 3 Rath/Muguruza (GT) def. Lackey/Kahler (FU), 8-3

Singles
No. 1 Scott Schnugg (GT) def. John Chesworth (FU), 7-6 (6), 6-2
No. 2 Patrick Fillnow (FU) def. Jose Luis Muguruza (GT), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 Jason Pieters (GT) def. Allen Simmons (FU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 West Nott (GT) def. Ben Pauluhn (FU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Zachary Rath (GT) def. Greg Maarschalk (FU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Marko Rajevac (GT) def. Kevin Lackey (FU), 6-0, 6-1