It seemed like just another Thursday. The Georgia State men's tennis team was loaded into the vans and headed to the GSU Clarkston Courts for an afternoon practice before a slate of six consecutive home matches in the coming weeks.
As the vans rolled out of the parking lot and onto the highway, the team quickly caught wind of the growing concerns around COVID-19 and saw the dominos begin to fall. Conferences around the country were beginning to indefinitely suspend or cancel all spring sports.
"By that point it was pretty obvious we would be next," senior Bailey Showers said.