LAKE NONA– The No. 16 Florida State men’s tennis team (7-3) defeated the University of Central Florida 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at USTA National Campus.
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Barnaby Smith gave the Noles the edge in doubles behind a commanding 6-0 sweep on court No. 2. Florida State clinched the doubles point on court No. 1 after a 6-3 victory by Loris Pourroy and Alex Bulte for the early 1-0 lead.
Bulte opened the scoring in singles play with a 6-1, 6-3 straight-set victory on court No. 6, putting the Noles up 2-0.
After falling in a 0-2 hole early, No. 123-ranked Jamie Connel won six straight games to take the first set 6-2. He went on to win the match 6-2, 6-4 on court No.4, stretching the lead to 3-0.
Yassine Dlimi’s victory for UCF on court No. 3 cut the lead to 3-1, as the three reaming matches were in third sets.
Despite dropping the first set, Joshua Dous-Karpenschif’s 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 come-from-behind win on court No. 5 clinched the victory for the Seminoles.
No.89-ranked Youcef Rihane put Florida State up 5-1 behind a 5-7, 6-2, 6-16-2 win on Court No. 2. His victory was his ninth singles win of the season.
Pourroy brought home the final point of the afternoon with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory on court No. 1 to close out the 6-1 victory.
The Seminoles open ACC play next week when they travel to Virginia to play matches against Virginia Tech on March 3 and No. 18 Virginia on March 5.
#16 Florida State 6, UCF 1
Singles Competition
- Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Bogdan Pavel (UCF) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- #89 Youcef Rihane def. Lleyton Clonje (UCF) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
- Yassine Dlimi (UCF) def. #116 Andreja Petrovic (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
- #123 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Medhi Benchakroun (UCF) 6-2, 6-3
- Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Liam Branger (UCF) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Alex Bulte (FSU) def. Francisco Llanes (UCF) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles Competition
- Maks Silagy/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #48 Bogdan Pavel/Lleyton Cronje 6-3
- Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Barnaby Smith (FSU) def. Liam Branger/Yassine Dlimi (UCF) 6-0
- Loris Pourroy/Alex Bulte (FSU) def. Medhi Benchakroun/Francisco Llanes (UCF) 4-4 (unfinished)
Order of Finish Singles (6,4,3,5,2,1) Doubles (2,1)
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