Box Score JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 73 University of North Florida men's tennis team shut out Florida Gulf Coast, 7-0 on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic Sun Conference match at the UNF Tennis Complex.
The Ospreys (13-6, 8-1 A-Sun) secured the doubles point to get out to a 1-0 lead over FGCU (3-18, 1-9 A-Sun).
Daniel Sotomarino and Hleb Maslau teamed up at the No. 2, defeating Steve Binninger and Frank Aciemo, 8-0. The UNF duo improved to 17-2 record this season. In the No. 3 doubles match, Pedro Davisson and Moritz Buerchner paired up for the Ospreys and secured an 8-0 decision over Dean Tsamas and Collin Brown.
The Ospreys swept the singles matches, winning five of the six matches in straight sets. In the No. 1, Maslau defeated Matthew Rock, 6-3, 6-0 while Buerchner secured a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Binninger.
Sotomarino notched a 6-1, 6-3 win over Carol Checchia in the No. 3. Davisson battled to three sets in the No. 4 match against Tsamas. The FGCU player won the opening set with a 7-5 win but Davisson answered with decisive wins in the next two sets, 6-1, 6-1.
Leonardo Nahar notched a point for the Ospreys in the No. 5 with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Aciemo. In the No. 6, UNF's Beauregard Treyz defeated Mitchell Lvovsky, 6-1, 6-3.
UNF will host Middle Tennessee State in a non-conference match on Saturday, April 9 beginning at 2 p.m. at the UNF Tennis Complex.
#73 UNF 7, FGCU 0
Singles
1. Hleb Maslau (UNF) def. Matthew Rock (FGCU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Steve Binninger (FGCU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Carlo Checchia (FGCU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Pedro Davisson (UNF) def. Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
5. Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Frank Acierno (FGCU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Beauregard Treyz (UNF) def. Mitchell Lvovsky (FGCU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Rock/Checchia (FGCU) def. Treyz/Anton Rabinov (UNF) 8-3
2. Sotomarino/Maslau (UNF) def. Binninger/Acierno (FGCU) 8-0
3. Davisson/Buerchner (UNF) def. Tsamas/Collin Brown (FGCU) 8-0