TALLAHASSEE – The No. 18 Florida State men’s tennis team defeated Boston College 7-0 and UNC Wilmington 4-0 on Friday at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.
Florida State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead against Boston College after it won the doubles point.
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif gave FSU its first doubles win of the afternoon after their 6-1 win on court No. 1, and then John Bernard and Jamie Connel’s 6-4 victory on court No. 3 clinched the doubles point for the Seminoles.
Bernard doubled the Seminoles lead with the first singles point after his 6-1, 6-1 straight-set victory on court No. 6.
Andreja Petrovic’s 6-0, 6-3 win on court No. 2 put the Noles only one point away from clinching the match. This was Petrovic’s first time playing at court No. 2 this season.
The match was clinched when Alex Bulte won 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets on court No. 4. Bulte has a 6-1 record in dual matches this spring.
Connel and Pourroy took home victories on court No.3 and court No. 1 to give the Noles a 6-0 lead. Connel had a 6-3, 6-2 victory on court No. 3, and Pourroy’s 6-0, 6-3 win gave him his second win while playing at No. 1 this season.
Maks Silagy secured Florida State’s fourth 7-0 sweep of the season with his 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (2) three-set-victory on court No. 5.
Florida State secured an early 1-0 lead against UNCW after winning doubles matchups on court No. 1 and court No. 2.
Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif clinched the first doubles win with a 6-3 victory. Bulte and Pourroy clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win on court No. 1.
Cornut-Chauvinc opened the scoring in singles play with a 6-0, 6-3 straight-set victory on court No. 1 to give the Seminoles a 2-0 lead.
Petrovic put Florida State in position to clinch the match after his 6-0, 6-4 win on court No. 4 gave the Seminoles their third point of the evening.
Connel’s 6-1, 7-5 victory earned the Seminoles the 4-0 win, the seventh time this season that Florida State has won a match without conceding a point.
Florida State is now 17-5 overall and 8-2 in the ACC this season. The Seminoles round out the regular season when they travel to play No. 13 North Carolina next Friday, and No. 16 Duke on Sunday.
#18 Florida State 7, Boston College 0
Singles Competition
1. Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Max Motlagh (BC) 6-0, 6-3
2. Andreja Petrovic (FSU) def. Juan Jose Bianchi (BC) 6-0, 6-3