@OspreyMTEN's Deautriell Wins Singles B at Bedford Cup

Sunday, September 27

Fort Myers, Fla.

All Day

University of North Florida

Bedford Cup Day 3

Photo by: Todd Drexler

9/27/2015 3:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: North Florida Athletics

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Jonathan Deautriell claimed the Singles B Championship on Sunday as the University of North Florida men's tennis concluded play at the Bedford Cup at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

"Jonathan fought off a lot of adversity in the final and played a great match today to win his draw," said head coach Mark Finnegan. "He showed a lot of heart to get the win."

Deautriell, who was the top-seeded player in the Singles B bracket, began the day with a 7-5, 6-4 semifinals victory over UCF's Nico DeFraia. In the finals, Deautriell bounced back to defeat Florida's Jordan Belga. After dropping the first set 6-0, Deautriell won the final two sets with 6-1, 7-5 scores to win the title.

In the Doubles A championship match, Lasse Muscheites and Zach Goldberg played a close match with the tournament's No. 2 seeded Chase Perez-Blanco and Joshua Wardell, but ultimately fell 8-7 (4).

"We also performed at a high level in the doubles final. Lasse and Zach did a great job of executing the controllable parts of doubles, but their opponents played great in order to win a close tiebreaker," said Finnegan.

Additionally, Julian Bradley claimed a 6-2, 6-0 consolation singles win over UCF's Jack Thiessen.

"It was a very positive weekend all-around," said Finnegan. "I am really proud of all the guys for how they handled their various challenges."

UNF returns to action with the 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships that starts Oct. 3 at University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Jack Findel-Hawkins and Yannick Zuern will represent the Ospreys at the tournament. Zuern (Pre-Qualifying) and Findel-Hawkins (Qualifying) will both compete in singles. They then team up for the Qualifying Doubles round.