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STATESBORO, Ga. – No. 71 University of North Florida men's tennis swept doubles and won five singles matches as the Ospreys defeated Georgia Southern 5-2 on Saturday at Hanner Tennis Center.
 
“I was very happy with how the team competed today,” said head coach Adam Schaechterle. “We came out with great energy in doubles and our No. 1 team played their most complete match of the season. The highlight of the day was seeing freshman Timo Kranz earn his first collegiate victory. He had worked extremely hard and deserved the win.”
 
In doubles, Beauregard Treyz and Julien Belair posted an 8-4 win over Matthijs Verdam and Alain Garrido at No. 1. At No. 2 doubles, Norbert Nemcsek and Daniel Sotomarino defeated Kyle Hoffman and Andrew Dromsky, 8-2. Moritz Buerchner and Leonardo Nahar recorded an 8-5 win against Daniel Rush and Sebastien Felt at No. 3 doubles.
 
After dropping the first set 6-4, Buerchner fought back with a 7-6 (7-4) win in the second set and then a 10-4 victory in the tiebreaking set against Verdam at No. 1 singles. Nemscek picked up a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Garrido at No. 2 singles. Nahar posted a 6-4, 6-3 win against Hoffman at No. 4 singles, while Graham Edger recorded a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Felt at No. 5 singles. At No. 6, Treyz won 6-2, 6-2 over Rush.
 
The No. 3 singles match between Belair and Albert Codina Sala was a marathon. Belair took the first set 6-4, but Codina Sala evened it with a 7-6 second set win.  However, Codina Sala took the tie-breaker 18-16 for Georgia Southern's only point.
 
UNF returns to action on Feb. 10 against Barry. Match time is scheduled for 11 a.m., at the UNF Tennis Center