TALLAHASSEE – The No. 17 Florida State men’s tennis team defeated No. 43 Notre Dame 7-0 on Sunday afternoon at Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.
“I thought it was a really good effort on our team today, second match in a row we came out really strong in doubles, we played solid to get the doubles point,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said.
Florida State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after it won the doubles point.
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif gave FSU its first doubles win after their 6-1 win on court No. 2, and then Maks Silagy and Barnaby Smith’s 6-3 victory on court No. 3 clinched the doubles point for the Seminoles.
Youcef Rihane earned the first singles point for Florida State after he won eight straight games to clinch his first set 7-5, and to win the second set on court No. 3 6-0 to put the Noles up 2-0.
Despite being down 3-1 in the first set on court No. 6, Jaime Connel battled back, winning five straight games to win 6-3 in the first set. Connel’s 6-3, 6-2 straight-set victory gave Florida State its third point of the afternoon.
The match was clinched on court No. 5 by Andreja Petrovic, with his 6-2, 6-2 victory giving the Seminoles a 4-0 lead.
Dous-Karpenschif capped off his undefeated weekend with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 5.
Cornut-Chauvinc’s 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over No. 43 Sebastien Dominko was his eighth ranked win of the season and made the match score 6-0 in favor of Florida State.
The final point of the match was won by Loris Pourroy on court No. 2, with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 win giving the Seminoles the 7-0 sweep.
“We had a couple close first sets, but we won them all, won all six first sets and then ran away with the second sets, and clinched the match pretty early,” Hultquist said. “We are really pleased to get the 7-0, especially over a very good Notre Dame team that is usually a tight match for us”.
Florida State is now 12-5 overall and 4-2 in ACC play on the season. The Seminoles resume play against Georgia Tech on Friday, March 31st at 5:30 p.m. at Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. Live stats and live video will be available on Seminoles.com.
#17 Florida State 7, #43 Notre Dame 0
Singles Competition
- #4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. Sebastian Dominko (ND) 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Connor Fu (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
- #107 Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Jean-Marc Malkowski (ND) 7-5, 6-3
- Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def….