AUGUSTA, GA -- The Peach Belt Conference has released the bracket for the 2025 men's tennis tournament. Play begins on Friday, April 25, from the John C. Walden Tennis Center in Columbus, Ga.. Columbus State University will serve as the host for the fifth year in a row.
Flagler is the #1 seed for the tournament for the third time in the last four years. The Saints won their first-ever PBC Tournament title in 2024 and captured the 2025 PBC regular-season title earlier this week. Flagler is 16-2 overall, 5-0 in league play and ranked #4 in the nation in the latest ITA rankings.
Columbus State is the #2 seed following their win over Lander on Saturday to close the regular-season with a 4-1 league mark, 11-9 overall. CSU had their streak of six straight PBC Tournament championships broken by Flagler in 2024, but come into the postseason ranked #19 nationally by the ITA and on a three-match winning streak.
Lander's loss to Columbus State on Saturday put them in a three-way tie with Georgia College & State University and North Georgia with 2-3 league records. The PBC tiebreak policy first looks at head-to-head results and all three are 1-1 against each other with Lander defeating GCSU, GCSU beating UNG and UNG winner against Lander.
The next step is results against the highest-seeded tournament seed, then the next seed and so on. All three teams lost their matches to both Flagler and Columbus State and all three defeated Augusta. With the tie still unresolved the final step is to seed according to the latest ITA national rankings, released on April 16. In that poll, North Georgia is ranked #22, Lander #26 and GCSU #28. Therefore, the PBC Tournament seeds will be UNG #3, Lander #4 and GCSU #5.
2025 PBC Men's Tennis Tournament
Friday, April 25
9:00 am - #4 Lander vs. #5 Georgia College & State University
9:00 am - #3 North Georgia vs. #6 Augusta
Saturday, April 26
10:00 am - 4/5 winner vs. #1 Flagler
10:00 am - 3/6 winner vs. #2 Columbus State
Sunday, April 27
10:00 am - Championship match