JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's tennis built momentum early with a pair of doubles victories and carried it over to the singles courts to defeat Kennesaw State, 4-2, on Friday afternoon at UNF Tennis Complex.

The Ospreys grabbed a 1-0 lead in the match behind a pair of wins on the doubles courts from Andreas Scott/Gianluca Filoramo and Jean Deloziere/Bruno Vietri. From there, the match moved into singles play.

UNF went into a tiebreaker in the first set of the fourth court where Filoramo defeated Eric Vladimirov in the first-to-seven set. Joao Portugal extended North Florida's match lead to 2-0 with a dominant performance on the sixth court in singles play, with an impressive 6-2, 6-0 straight-set victory.

The Osprey's lead grew to 3-1 after Andreas Scott came back from a 1-0 deficit with 6-2, 6-3 victories sets two and three. Chase Healey sealed the match win for North Florida in comeback fashion after dropping the first set 5-7 with back-to-back 6-3 victories in sets two and three on court five.

SINGLES

1. Andreas Scott (UNF) def. Mikolaj Lis (KSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Anthony Weingarten (KSU) def. Jean Deloziere (UNF) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
3. Hugo Salmeron (KSU) def. Bruno Vietri (UNF) 6-4, 6-4
4. Gianluca Filoramo (UNF), Eric Vladimirov (KSU) 7-6, 7-6
5. Chase Healey (UNF) def. Kyvan Rietkerk (KSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
6. Joao Portugal (UNF) def. Xavi Ferrer (UNF) 6-2, 6-0

DOUBLES

1. Andreas Scott/Gianluca Filoramo (UNF) def. Mikolaj Lis/Hugo Salmeron (KSU) 6-2
2. Jean Deloziere/Bruno Vietri (UNF) def. Sam Baldwin/Anthony Weingarten (KSU) 6-4
3. Chase Healey/Joao Portugal (UNF), Eric Vladimirov/Kyvan Rietkerk (KSU) 5-4, unfinished

MATCH NOTES

• UNF (2-9), KSU (3-2)
• Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (6, 3, 1, 5, 2)

UP NEXT

North Florida will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on Florida on Saturday, Feb. 15, set for 12 p.m., at Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.