UNF demolishes Mercer, 6-1

Friday, April 4

Macon, Ga.

2:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

Mercer

Freshman Adrian Escarate won both his singles and doubles matches on Friday.

4/5/2008 9:12:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Ospreys snap four-match losing streak

By: Eric Scott, UNF Athletics

MACON, Ga. – The University of North Florida men's tennis team took down Mercer with ease on Friday with its 6-1 win.

UNF improved its record to 10-9 overall and 4-5 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The win snapped a four-match losing streak.

The Ospreys picked up the doubles point after sophomore Kurt Gattiker teamed up with senior Eduardo Pereira in the No. 2 match to post an 8-5 win over Mercer's Chapman Mitchell and Matthew Davis. In the No. 3 match, junior Javier Ferrin and freshman Adrian Escarate disposed of Mercer's Justin Wimpee and Ryan Ingram, 8-3.

UNF picked up a victory in all of its singles matches but No. 3. Pereira had a challenge in the first set of his No. 1 singles match but kept the intensity up to record a 7-6, 6-3 win over Mercer's Tobias Ohrstrom. In the No. 2 match, Ferrin took down Mercer's Ivan Besancon, 6-2, 6-3.

Gattiker came out on top of a back-and-forth No. 4 match, posting a 7-5, 6-4, win over Mercer's Fernando Armendaris. Freshman Graham Edgar battled all the way back in his No. 5 match after dropping the first set to defeat Mercer's Matthew Poleon. Edgar won 2-6, 6-1, 5-1, with Poleon retiring in the third set. Escarate added to the clinic with a 7-6, 6-2 victory over Ingram in the No. 6 match.

UNF will return to action at 2 p.m. on Wednesday against cross-town rival Jacksonville. The team's will battle it out for a point in the SunTrust River City Rumble.

Tennis Match Results
North Florida vs Mercer
4/4/2008 at Macon, Ga.

North Florida 6, Mercer 1

Singles competition
1. Eduardo Pereira (UNF) def. Tobias Ohrstrom (MER) 7-6, 6-3
2. Javier Ferrin (UNF) def. Ivan Besancon (MER) 6-2, 6-3
3. Justin Wimpee (MER) def. Yuiti Lopes (UNF) 6-3, 6-2
4. Kurt Gattiker (UNF) def. Fernando Armendaris (MER) 7-5, 6-4
5. Graham Edgar (UNF) def. Matthew Poleon (MER) 2-6, 6-1, 5-1, retired
6. Adrian Escarate (UNF) def. Ryan Ingram (MER) 7-6, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Tobias Ohrstrom/Ivan Besancon (MER) def. Yuiti Lopes/Alejandro Argumedo (UNF) 8-5
2. Kurt Gattiker/Eduardo Pereira (UNF) def. Chapman Mitchell/Matthew Davis (MER) 8-5
3. Javier Ferrin/Adrian Escarate (UNF) def. Justin Wimpee/Ryan Ingram (MER) 8-3