Men's Tennis | 3/5/2018 2:57:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida men's tennis continues its home stand as it hosts ETSU on Tuesday and concludes the week against Middle Tennessee on Thursday.
 
QUICK HITS

• North Florida had a successful week with a 4-3 win against College of Charleston and then an ASUN-opening 5-2 win against conference rival, FGCU, on Friday.
• UNF got revenge on the Eagles after falling to them in the ASUN tournament last spring.
• This year, the Ospreys grabbed the doubles point at the No. 1 position and No. 2 spots.
• Jefta Kecic then went on to win in the No. 1 position and now has a 6-11 overall singles record. He was also the deciding match against the Cougars on Wednesday.
• Muscheites and Deshmukh both picked up wins against FGCU and currently hold six dual match singles victories.
• North Florida moves to 6-6 in spring competition and 1-0 in conference play.

 
MATCH DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (6-6) vs ETSU (6-5)
WHEN: March 6 – 6 p.m.
THE SERIES: ETSU leads 8-4
LAST TIME: The Ospreys dropped a 4-2 decision to the Buccaneers last March.
 
OPPONENT NOTES
ETSU

• The Buccaneers are coming off a 5-2 loss to No. 45 Georgia State this past weekend and continue spring play 6-5.
• Last season, ETSU won the 2017 SoCon championship. Previous, the Bucs captured eight straight ASUN tournament titles from 2007-2014.
• Senior Robert Herrera brings leadership to the Buccaneers as the only senior on the roster and is 6-4 in spring play.
• Three players have seven singles victories this season, with junior Sergi Fontcuberta leading the way at the No. 2 spot.
• Herrera and Fontcuberta team up in doubles play and are currently 4-1.

 
MATCH DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (6-6) vs Middle Tennessee (11-3)
WHEN: March 8 – 5 p.m.
THE SERIES: UNF leads 2-0
LAST TIME: The Ospreys defeated the Blue Raiders 4-1 in the 2011 season.
 
OPPONENT NOTES
MIDDLE TENNESSEE

• The Blue Raiders dropped to 11-3 on the season this past weekend after losing to No. 22 Tulane 5-2.
• Senior Gian Issa suffered his first loss of the spring season against Tulane and has a dual record of 13-1.  
• Freshman Chris Edge and junior Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore both have 10 dual singles wins and four losses.
• Edge pairs with sophomore Tom Moonen in doubles action and are 11- 2 so far this season.
• The doubles duo earned a No. 48 spot in the ITA rankings for the first time in February.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
After almost two weeks off, North Florida hits the road to open conference action against Stetson on March 24 at 3 p.m.