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Men's Tennis
vs. UCF Hidden Dual
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, February 11
Boca Raton, Fla.
1:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
2
vs
5
Stetson
Owls Fall to Stetson 5-2
2/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 11, 2006
Boca Raton, FL - David Demers and Gianfranco Dossena picked up victories Saturday in Florida Atlantic University's 5-2 loss to Atlantic Sun Conference member Stetson University.
Demers, the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week, defeated Joey Jones 7-6, 0-1 (ret.) to improve his current win-streak to three, all at the no. 2 position. He also teamed with Kevin Obletz at no. 1 doubles to defeat Marcus Echtler/Sergei Boulanov 8-2 to improve his current doubles match win-streak to two.
Dossena was the next to last Owl to come off the court but, he was the final FAU point defeating Birger Soiland 6-3, 7-6 (7).
"This was a spirited, hard-fought tennis match," said David Komie, FAU's head coach. "We still need to do better at no. 2 and no.3 doubles and at no. 6 singles. We'll continue to work hard so that we continue to improve throughout the season."
FAU will next play host to UCF, 11 a.m., February 19 at Patch Reef Park.
Doubles
Kevin Obletz/David Demers (FAU) def. Marcus Echtler/Sergei Boulanov (STET) 8-2
Joey Jones/Eddie Majcher (STET) def. Akin Akman and J.P. Bounassar (FAU) 8-3
Birger Soiland/Mario Cayo (STET) def. Gianfranco Dossena/Mauricio Paiz (FAU) 8-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles Marcus Echtler (STET) def. Kevin Obletz (FAU) 6-4, 6-3
David Demers (FAU) def. Joey Jones (STET) 7-6, 0-1 (ret.)
Sergei Boulanov (STET) def. J.P. Bounassar (FAU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Mario Cayo (STET) def. Mauricio Paiz (FAU) 6-3, 6-2
Gianfranco Dossena (FAU) def. Birger Soiland (STET) 6-3, 7-6 (7)
Eddie Majcher (STET) def. Akin Akman (FAU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 4, 1, 2, 5, 3
#1 singles clinched the match
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