No. 18 Florida State Upsets North Carolina In Thriller To Advance To ACC Semifinals

Cary, N.C. – The No. 18 Florida State men’s tennis team (19-7, 8-4) defeated No. 14 North Carolina 4-2 in the quarterfinals of ACC Championships on Friday afternoon at Cary Tennis Park. 

After falling to the Tar Heels 4-1 on April 14^th, the Seminoles rebounded to advance to the ACC Semifinal for the first time since 2018.

Florida State secured the doubles point 1-0 lead after winning on court No. 1 and court No. 3.  

Playing at No. 1 doubles, Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif cruised to a 6-1 win against the No. 13 ranked doubles pair in the country, marking their tenth win in the last 11 outings. 

Maks Silagy and Barnaby Smith clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court No. 3. 

Alex Bulte and Loris Pourroy led the No. 47 ranked doubles pair 5-3 when Florida State clinched the doubles point.

North Carolina tied the match 1-1 on court No. 2 to start singles play.

After winning a tiebreaker to take the first set on court No. 6 7-6(1), Jamie Connel put the Seminoles in the lead after winning 6-2 in the second set.

The Tar Heels tied the match after No. 117 Karl Poling won on court No. 4.

Andreja Petrovic made it 3-2 after a 7-6 (1), 6-4 straight-set win on court No. 5. It was his 14^th this spring. 

The match was clinched by Youcef Rihane in a come-from-behind win on court No. 3 after he defeated Will Jansen 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Florida State will play No. 1 seed Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Championships on Saturday at 2 p.m in Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center located on Duke University’s campus.

Live stats and live video will be available on Seminoles.com.  

#18 Florida State 4, #13 North Carolina 2

Singles Competition 

1. #6 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) vs. #39 Brian Cernoch (UNC) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-4 unfinished
2. #51 Ryan Seggerman (UNC) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 7-6 (3), 6-2
3. #109 Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Will Jansen (UNC) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. #117 Karl Poling (UNC) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-4, 7-6
5. Andreja Petrovic (FSU) def. Benjamin Kittay (UNC)7-6 (1), 6-4
6. Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Anuj Watane (UNC) 7-6 (1), 6-2

Doubles Competition 

1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #13 Ryan Seggerman/Casey Kania (UNC) 6-1
2. Alex Bulte/Loris Pourroy (FSU) vs. #47 Brian Cernoch/Benjamin Kittay 5-3 unfinished
3. Barnaby Smith/Maks Silagy (FSU) def. Will Jansen/Karl Poling (UNC) 6-4

Order of Finish  Singles (2,6,4,5,3)          Doubles (1,3) 

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