Men's Tennis | 1/14/2018 6:40:00 PM

Box Score TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - North Florida men's tennis was unable to take a point from Georgia State as the Panthers won 4-0 in the third-place match at the Florida State Invitational on Sunday afternoon.

In doubles play, Till Von Winning and Sahil Deshmukh evened the score in the No. 2 position with a 6-3 win, but the Panthers came back in the No. 3 spot and grabbed the point with the victory.

North Florida was unable to grab a win in singles, but the match was extremely close. In the No. 2 spot, Deshmukh pushed his match to three sets to try to force the match to continue on, but he dropped the final set, 6-3. Lasse Muscheites dropped his first set and battled back to even the score, while freshman Nilo Duarte did the same.

North Florida now turns its attention to the ITA Kick-Off Weekend as it faces Tulsa on Saturday, Jan. 27 before taking on Yale or Ohio State depending on the results. The final match is scheduled for Sunday.

FULL RESULTS
Singles competition
1. Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) def. Jefta Kecic (UNF) 6-2, 6-2
2. Quentin Coulaud (GSU) def. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
3. Jack MacFarlane (GSU) vs. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 2-6, 7-6 (10-3), 1-1, unfinished
4. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) vs. Till Von Winning (UNF) 3-6, 4-5, unfinished
5. Giles Hussey (GSU) def. Joe Ellis (UNF) 6-3, 6-2
6. Kevin Huynh (GSU) vs. Nilo Duarte (UNF) 4-6, 7-6 (10-4), 0-1, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Andrei Andrukhou/Quentin Coulaud (GSU) def. Jefta Kecic/Nilo Duarte (UNF) 6-1
2. Till Von Winning/Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. Kevin Huynh/Giles Hussey (GSU) 6-3
3. Sebastian Acuna/Andrei Duarte (GSU) def. Lasse Muscheites/Joe Ellis (UNF) 6-2