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A-10 Championship Central

ORLANDO, Fla. – Andres Castellanos overcame a 5-3 deficit in the third set to win his No. 2 singles match and send No. 4 seed Saint Louis to a 4-3 victory over No. 5 George Mason in an Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Tennis Championship quarterfinal contest Friday morning at the USTA National Campus.
 
The win – SLU's sixth by a 4-3 score this season – propels the Billikens (15-3) into the A-10 Championship semifinals for the second time in program history (2009). Additionally, the victory gave Saint Louis at least 15 wins in consecutive seasons for the second time (1978 and 1979). Last year's Billikens posted a 15-6 record.
 
The Bills' semifinal opponent will be top-seeded and six-time defending champion VCU (13-9), with first serve scheduled for Saturday at 8 a.m. Central. VCU defeated Duquesne 4-0 in its quarterfinal match.
 
Live streaming and live results are available for all A-10 Championship matches.
 
Saint Louis and VCU did not meet during the regular season.
 
Castellanos cruised 6-0 in the opening set, but George Mason's Jacco Arends managed a 7-5 victory in the second.
 
Arends was serving for the match at 5-3, only to see Castellanos break and then hold for a 5-5 tie. Both players held serve to produce a 6-6 deadlock, sending the contest to a tiebreaker in which Castellanos prevailed 8-6.
 
SLU trailed 2-0 after Mason claimed the doubles point and won at No. 1 singles, but the Billikens rattled off three straight victories to take a 3-2 edge. Declan Townsend ignited the run with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Niza Simunyola at No. 3, followed by Theo Ortis' comeback triumph over Zavan Fahim at No. 5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Adam Behun put the Bills on top with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Hayden Postin at No. 6.
 
George Mason's win at No. 4 set the stage for the deciding match.