Men’s Tennis Cruises By Jacksonville State on the Road

Friday, March 31

Jacksonville, Ala.

3 p.m. (EST)

University of North Florida

Jacksonville State

rodrigo crespo at home for picture against jsu

Crespo secured the first singles point of the match for the Ospreys Friday afternoon.

3/31/2023 11:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Ospreys Defeat Jacksonville State, 6-1

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - UNF men's tennis (11-5, 4-1 ASUN) secured another conference win on the road Friday afternoon as it took care of Jacksonville State (10-9, 2-3 ASUN), 6-1.

The Ospreys started doubles play strong as Rodrigo Crespo and Jonas Hartenstein took a 6-2 win in the top position. Although PJ Kotan and Bruno Vietri fell 6-3 in the second slot, UNF was able to secure the doubles point as Breno Marques and Andreas Scott won, 6-2, at the third court.

The momentum did not stop for the Ospreys as Crespo secured a 6-1, 6-2 win in singles play to give North Florida a 2-0 lead. Marques secured the third point for UNF with a 7-5 seven-point tiebreaker in the second set. Kotan clinched the win for the Ospreys after securing a seven-point tiebreaker, 9-7. UNF continued to control singles play as Vietri won a ten-point tiebreaker to give the Ospreys a 5-0 lead over the Gamecocks. Although Scott fell in three sets with a ten-point tiebreaker, Hartenstein secured a three-set win to finalize the 6-1 victory for UNF.

UNF will compete in its last road match of the regular seasosn Sunday, April 2 at 11 a.m. ET against North Alabama before returning back to Jacksonville to host the last three matches of the season.

Thoughts from Coach Lucas on the 6-1 win:

Hear from Coach Lucas after today's 6-1 win over Jacksonville State! #SWOOP // @CoachLucas10s pic.twitter.com/S8gjRQgqRQ
— UNF Men's Tennis (@OspreyMTEN) April 1, 2023

Singles competition
1. Jonas Hartenstein (UNF) def. Xavier Sarda Marti (JSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
2. Rodrigo Crespo (UNF) def. Alin Fatu (JSU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Bruno Vietri (UNF) def. Matei Palcau (JSU) 7-6 [7-5], 1-6, 1-0 [10-5]
4. PJ Kotan (UNF) def. Vanja Dobrnjac (JSU) 6-1, 7-6 [9-7]
5. Breno Marques (UNF) def. Lucius Soller (JSU) 7-5, 7-6 [7-5]
6. Vicente Arbelaez (JSU) def. Andreas Scott (UNF) 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 [11-9]

Doubles competition
1. Rodrigo Crespo and Jonas Hartenstein (UNF) def. Vanja Dobrnjac and Lucius Soller (JSU) 6-2
2. Konstantin Benneman and Alin Fatu (JSU) def. PJ Kotan and Bruno Vietri (UNF) 6-3
3. Breno Marquez and Andreas Scott (UNF) def. Logan Haga and Xavier Sarda Marti (JSU) 6-2

Match Notes
Order of finish: Singles -- 2 5 4 3 6 1 ; Doubles -- 1 2 3
Start Time: 2:00 PM CT
Duration: 4:13
Attendance: 21

Osprey Notes:

North Florida is now 4-0 in all-time matchups against the Gamecocks
This is the second time since 1995 the Ospreys and the Gamecocks have faced one another
This is the second time Kotan has clinched the win for the Ospreys this year
UNF is undefeated in league-road matches