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Nilo Duarte returns the tennis ball.
Todd Drexler

Men's Tennis

Ospreys Beat Upstate on the Road

Box Score SPARTANBURG, S.C. – North Florida men's tennis continued its winning ways in ASUN play as the Ospreys took down USC Upstate, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon.

QUICK HITS
- North Florida (9-8, 4-0 ASUN) grabbed the doubles point with victories in the No. 1 and No. 2 spot. Sahil Deshmukh and Till Von Winning gave up just one game en route to their win.
- In singles action, senior Jefta Kecic took down Felix Ewers, 6-3, 6-2, to give UNF the 2-0 lead.
- Deshmukh followed his doubles performance with a win in the No. 3 singles match before USC Upstate made it a 3-1 game with a win at the No. 2 spot.
- Freshman Nilo Duarte secured the win with the a three-set victory against Luka Eble. Duarte picked up a 6-4 first set, but then dropped a 4-6 decision before coming back in the third set 7-6 (2) for the clinch.
- Von Winning and Joe Ellis wrapped up the singles matches with wins in the No. 4 and 6 spots, respectively.

FROM THE COURTS
"Once again we are letting teams hang around and we were lucky to get out of there with a win. We've yet to establish that killer instinct to put teams away. Again we found a way to win, but I'm disappointed that we didn't sprint through to the win. We have to correct that for next week. The good news is we are undefeated in conference. The guys know we have to get better and we will." -Head coach Matt Lucas 

UP NEXT
North Florida closes out its ASUN schedule as it returns to Jacksonville to host Lipscomb on Thursday at 1 p.m. before taking on Kennesaw State on Saturday.

Singles competition
1. Jefta Kecic (UNF) def. Felix Ewers (UPST) 6-3, 6-2
2. Francisco Neto (UPST) def. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
3. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 6-3, 6-4
4. Till Von Winning (UNF) def. Ankush Arora (UPST) 6-4, 6-7 (0-10), 7-6 (2-0)
5. Nilo Duarte (UNF) def. Luka Eble (UPST) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5-0)
6. Joe Ellis (UNF) def. Ignacio Garrido (UPST) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6-0)

Doubles competition
1. Jefta Kecic/Lasse Muscheites (UNF) def. Ignacio Garrido/Lucas Percy (UPST) 6-4
2. Sahil Deshmukh/Till Von Winning (UNF) def. Ankush Arora/Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 6-1
3. Luka Eble/Felix Ewers (UPST) vs. Alberto De Meo/Nilo Duarte (UNF) 5-3, unfinished
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Players Mentioned

Alberto De Meo

Alberto De Meo

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
Business Management
Sahil Deshmukh

Sahil Deshmukh

5' 10"
Junior
Business Management
Jefta Kecic

Jefta Kecic

6' 6"
Senior
Criminal Justice
Lasse Muscheites

Lasse Muscheites

6' 3"
Senior
Business Management
Nilo Duarte

Nilo Duarte

6' 2"
Freshman
Business Management
Till Von Winning

Till Von Winning

6' 2"
Junior
Economics
Joe Ellis

Joe Ellis

5' 10"
Freshman
Exploratory

Players Mentioned

Alberto De Meo

Alberto De Meo

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
Business Management
Sahil Deshmukh

Sahil Deshmukh

5' 10"
Junior
Business Management
Jefta Kecic

Jefta Kecic

6' 6"
Senior
Criminal Justice
Lasse Muscheites

Lasse Muscheites

6' 3"
Senior
Business Management
Nilo Duarte

Nilo Duarte

6' 2"
Freshman
Business Management
Till Von Winning

Till Von Winning

6' 2"
Junior
Economics
Joe Ellis

Joe Ellis

5' 10"
Freshman
Exploratory