UNF continues championship push, knocks out SBU

Wednesday, May 11

Altamonte Springs, Fla.

8:00 AM

University of North Florida

Southwest Baptist

5/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

May 11, 2005

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.- The ninth ranked University of North Florida men's tennis team continued its championship run on Wednesday, defeating No. 25 Southwest Baptist 5-1 in the NCAA National Tournament round of 16. The win improves the Ospreys to 21-6 overall and advances them to Thursday's national quarterfinals, where they will face No. 20 BYU-Hawaii.

On Wednesday, the UNF freshman doubles team of Eduardo Pereira and Elad Gabay picked up an 8-5 victory at the No. 2 position, which was followed by an 8-3 win by Jose Maria Terrera and Damien De Polignac at the No. 3 spot. German Escallon and Leonardo Gomes fell to the No. 10 team of Dante Cipulli and Johan Nortje 8-6, as UNF took a 2-1 lead into singles.

In singles, North Florida had no problem getting the three wins it needed to wrap up the match. Straight- set wins by Terrera at No. 2, Escallon at No. 3 and Glen Marshall at No. 6 sealed the victory.

The Ospreys will face BYU-Hawaii at 10 a.m. on Thursday. The Seasiders enter the match with a 23- 5 overall record, having reached this point of the tournament largely by receiving byes. Their lone victory came Wednesday in a 5-0 win over Kutztown.

The winner takes on the winner of the Ouachita Baptist and Barry in Friday's semifinals.

Doubles
1. No. 10 Cipulli/Nortje (SBU) def. Gomes/Escallon (UNF) 8-6
2. Gabay/Pereira (UNF) def. Prerad/Emmott (SBU) 8-5
3. Terrera/De Polignac (UNF) def. Joos/Bajema (SBU) 8-3

Singles
1. No. 10 Eduardo Pereira (UNF) vs. No. 1 Dante Cipulli (SBU) DNF
2. No. 27 Jose Maria Terrera (UNF) def. Daniel Prerad (SBU) 6-2, 6-1
3. German Escallon (UNF) def. Peter Joos (SBU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Leonardo Gomes (UNF) vs. Hunter Emmott (SBU) DNF
5. Elad Gabay (UNF) vs. Johan Nortje (SBU) DNF
6. Glen Marshall (UNF) def. Brian Bajema (SBU) 6-2, 6-3