Men’s Tennis Suffers First Home Loss of 2022

Friday, March 25

Jacksonville, Fla.

3 p.m.

University of North Florida

Kennesaw State

Hartenstein handed KSU's Matthew Terry his first singles loss of the spring.

Photo by: Brock Borgeson

3/25/2022 9:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Ospreys Edged By KSU, 4-3

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Despite an early lead, North Florida men's tennis (10-6, 1-1 ASUN) suffered a 4-3 loss to a resilient Kennesaw State (11-4, 3-0 ASUN) team Friday, March 25. It's UNF's first home loss of 2022 in eight contests at the UNF Tennis Complex.

With the overall score tied 3-3, KSU's Raul Garcia won in three frames, edging Nilo Duarte to decide the match.

How it Happened
UNF won by 6-4 tallies at the first and second doubles positions, clinching the opening point of the afternoon. Rodrigo Crespo and Dominik Barton had their match left unfinished at 5-5 in Barton's first appearance in the spring 2022 season.

Jonas Hartenstein handed KSU's Matthew Terry his first loss of the spring season with a straight-sets win. KSU evened it at the fourth position before going ahead, 3-2, with wins at five and six singles.

Matt Carroll got tough to win in three frames, posting a commanding, 6-1, win in the third set to tie things up, 3-3.

Everyone's attention turned to Garcia and Duarte at the second position. Duarte won 6-3 in the opening frame, although Garcia took a second-set tiebreaker, 7-2, to even things. Garcia won the third game of the final frame to take a 2-1 lead. With Duarte down, 4-2, the senior got one game back to cut it to a 4-3 deficit. Garcia continued to make shots and serve well, winning 6-4 to give the Owls the match.

KSU 4, UNF 3
Friday, March 25 | UNF Tennis Complex | Jacksonville, Fla.

Singles Competition
1. Jonas Hartenstein (UNF) def. Matthew Terry (KSUM) 6-2, 6-4
2. Raul Garcia (KSUM) def. Nilo Duarte (UNF) 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
3. Matt Carroll (UNF) def. Harvey Conway (KSUM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
4. Kevin Patel (KSUM) def. PJ Kotan (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
5. Sergio Ingles (KSUM) def. Rodrigo Crespo (UNF) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
6. Hugo Salmeron (KSUM) def. Bruno Vietri (UNF) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4

Doubles Competition
1. Jorge Nunez/Jonas Hartenstein (UNF) def. Hugo Salmeron/Matthew Terry (KSUM) 6-4
2. Matt Carroll/Nilo Duarte (UNF) def. Daniel Botti/Seru Tezuka (KSUM) 6-4
3. Rodrigo Crespo/Dominik Barton (UNF) vs. Harvey Conway/Raul Garcia (KSUM) 5-5, unfinished

Match Notes
Kennesaw State 11-4, 3-0 ASUN
North Florida 10-6, 1-1 ASUN
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,4,5,6,3,2)
Official: Kendyl Jenkins T-3:45 A-80

Other Notes

Carroll is on a three-match singles winning streak.
It was UNF's first home loss since the Ospreys lost to Kennesaw State April 3 of 2021.
UNF is 7-1 at home on the year.

Up Next
UNF finishes the weekend with a 3 p.m. first serve against FGCU Sunday, March 27.