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South Carolina State SCSU (0-2)
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Winner North Florida UNF (1-2)
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North Florida UNF
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Handles Business in Home Opener Against SC State, 5-2

Freshman Chase Healey Records Win in Collegiate Debut

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's tennis (1-2) tasted victory for the first time this season, as they defeated South Carolina State (0-2), 5-2, to open up at home on Saturday afternoon at UNF Tennis Complex.

UNF started off strong by sweeping the doubles point, powered by the make-shift partnership of Jonas Hartenstein and Andreas Scott winning, 6-3. The doubles point was then secured by Juan Pablo Cenoz and PJ Kotan for the Ospreys by winning 6-4, leaving the final court unfinished.

A couple of medical retirements got our singles play underway with Kotan registering a win for UNF after his opponent could not continue. On the other side, Cenoz was not able to continue in his match due to a retirement of his own in the first set. This left the Ospreys up, 2-1, at the time with all still to play for on the other four courts.

Three of the four remaining Ospreys won their matches in two sets, one of which was freshman Chase Healey, who made his collegiate debut. He earned a pair of wins in both his singles and doubles matches on the day.

The Ospreys travel to Starkville, Miss., to face off against Mississippi State on Friday, Feb. 9, before taking on VCU the next day as a neutral site contest on Saturday, Feb. 10.


SINGLES

  1. Jonas Hartenstein (UNF) def. Novak Novakovic (SCSU) 6-4, 7-5
  2. Mikalai Bankou (SCSU) def. Juan Pablo Cenoz (UNF) 4-4, Retirement
  3. Aissa Benchakroun (SCSU) def. Andreas Scott (UNF) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
  4. PJ Kotan (UNF) def. Benjamin Niv (SCSU) 6-2, 1-0, Retirement
  5. Breno Marques (UNF) def. Ivan Pauliuchenka (SCSU) 6-1, 6-4
  6. Chase Healey (UNF) def. Gabriel Johnson (SCSU) 7-5, 6-1


DOUBLES

  1. Jonas Hartenstein/Andreas Scott (UNF) def. Aissa Benchakroun/Bejamin Niv (SCSU) 6-3
  2. Juan Pablo Cenoz/PJ Kotan (UNF) def. Novak Novakovic/Mikalai Bankou (SCSU) 6-4
  3. Breno Marques/Chase Healey (UNF) vs. Ivan Pauliuchenka/Gabriel Johnson (SCSU) Unfinished


MATCH NOTES

  • UNF 1-2, SC State 0-2
  • Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,2,5,6,1,3)


POSTGAME INTERVIEW


OSPREY NOTES

  • Jonas Hartenstein moved to 3-0 in singles this year, his first time reaching three wins without a loss as an Osprey.
  • Head Coach Matt Lucas moves to 7-0 in home openers as the Ospreys head coach.
  • PJ Kotan and Breno Marques notched their first singles wins of the season.
  • Saturday's singles win was the 18th overall of Kotan's collegiate career and the 11th singles win of Marques' collegiate career.
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