UNF Men's Tennis Sweeps KSU, 7-0

Friday, March 19

Kennesaw, Ga.

2 p.m.

University of North Florida

Kennesaw State University

Photo by: Michelle Bronner

3/19/2010 9:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida men's tennis team swept Kennesaw State, 7-0, on Friday evening in Atlantic Sun action in Kennesaw, Ga.

The Ospreys (13-4, 4-1 A-Sun) secured the doubles point early as freshman Taylor Albrecht and senior Kurt Gattiker teamed up at No. 1 to defeat Elliot Kahler and Tyler Mills, 8-4. KSU fell to 5-10 and 0-5 in A-Sun action.

In No. 2 doubles, junior Hleb Maslau and freshman Daniel Sotomarino played a close match against Simon Janik and Michael Langel before defeating the KSU duo, 8-7 (5-3). Freshmen Leonard Nahar and Moritz Buerchner notched an 8-3 win over Justin Susserman and Gokalp Ozdemir at No. 3.

Maslau, appearing at the No. 1 spot for the first time this season, defeated Janik, 6-1, 6-4. In the No. 2 singles match Buerchner tallied a 6-4, 6-3, win over Mills, while Sotomarino had a 6-2, 6-2, win over Ozdemir at No. 3.

Albrecht tallied a point for the Ospreys at the No. 4 spot with a 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, victory over Gianni Kubin. At the No. 5 slot, Nahar defeated Langel, 6-2, 6-0, and Gattiker scored at No. 6 with a 6-4, 6-2, win over Kahler.

The Ospreys will be back in action on Saturday, March 20, when they travel to Mercer for an 11 a.m. match time.

UNF 7, KSU 0

Singles
No. 1 – Hleb Maslau (UNF) def. Simon Janik (KSU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 – Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Tyler Mills (KSU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 – Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Gokalp Ozdemir (KSU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Taylor Albrecht (UNF) def. Gianni Kubin (KSU), 7-6 (10-8), 6-3
No. 5 – Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Michael Langel (KSU), 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Kurt Gattiker (UNF) def. Elliot Kahler (KSU), 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 – Albrecht/Gattiker (UNF) def. Kahler/Mills (KSU), 8-4
No. 2 – Maslau/Sotomarino (UNF) def. Janik/Langel (KSU), 8-7 (5-3)
No. 3 – Nahar/Buerchner (UNF) def. Justin Susserman/Ozdemir (KSU), 8-3