JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's tennis continues its schedule on the road as it heads to Miami to take on St. John's at 2 p.m. on Saturday before playing Miami on Sunday at the same time.
MATCH DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (0-2) vs. St. John's (1-0)* | Miami (0-0)*
WHERE: Neil Schiff Tennis Center
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 21 - 2 p.m. | Sunday, Jan. 22 - 2 p.m.
THE SERIES: 1-0 vs. St. John's | 1-4 vs. Miami
* - Miami and St. John's face off on Friday.
NOTABLES
- The Ospreys are coming off of back-to-back losses against No. 2 Wake Forest and Tennessee last week.
- Despite the losses, North Florida grabbed the doubles victory in both matches.
- No. 12 Jack Findel-Hawkins and Lasse Muscheites grabbed two wins against a nationally-ranked opponent for the fourth and fifth time this season.
- Against the Demon Deacs, Jefta Kecic took down the No. 4 player in the country in singles play.
- Findel-Hawkins is ranked 51st in singles play after compiling two wins against top 30 players.
- Muscheites is also ranked with Jefta Kecic at No. 58. The duo won the Bedford Cup, the in-state tournament for Florida universities.
- UNF is back to full strength as Yannick Zuern and Alberto De Meo return to the courts after being out with injuries.
SAY WHAT
"We are looking forward to get back to competing and wanting to improve on things we learned in the first week of competition. We had some great individual performances and hopefully we are going to get everyone on the same page and put it all together. We are excited about another opportunity to play two more great games and compete as hard as we can." - Head Coach Mark Finnegan
OPPONENT NOTES
ST. JOHN'S
- The Red Storm are the three-time defending BIG EAST Champions. The Johnnies finished with a 21-5 record last season.
- Roberto Levi headlines the team as he is a two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year.
- Levi reached the consolation finals of the Oracle/ITA Masters in the fall.
- Vaidik Munshaw, Lucas Hejhal and Andrei Crapcenco return after earning all-conference honors last year.
- North Florida won the last meeting between the two teams, 4-1 in Tallahassee on January 11, 2015.
MIAMI
- The Hurricanes return all eight players from last season, but have first-year head coach Aljosa Piric at the helm.
- Junior Piotr Lomacki is No. 86 in the recent ITA rankings, while pairing up with Max Andrews to rank No. 22 in doubles.
- The last time Miami faced off in a dual match with UNF was on Feb. 22, 2014, earning a 4-3 victory.
- Miami finished 8-15 overall last season and 3-9 (11th) in the ACC.
LOOKING AHEAD
UNF slows down a bit as it does not have another match until February 3 when it travels to Georgia State to take on the Panthers at 3 p.m. in Atlanta.
