Owls Take Third at SBC Tournament

Sunday, April 20

Monroe, La.

3:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee (Third Place)

4/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

April 20, 2008

Final Stats

In the consolation match of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the no. 73 Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team defeated no. 71 Middle Tennessee 4-3 to take third at the tournament. After dropping the doubles point, the Owls rebounded to win four singles matches and saw Karol Szmurlo seal the win with a three-set victory at the no. 3 spot.

Down by one point entering singles play, FAU quickly took three points as Eddie Majcher, Joe Cadogan and Olivier Sajous all took two-set wins. The Blue Raiders won the next two matches at no. 4 and no. 2 to put the pressure on Szmurlo at no. 3. The senior dropped the first set but responded with a 6-4 win in the second set to force a third set. The match went down to the wire as Szmurlo took a 10-8 third-set tiebreaker for the FAU win.

#73 Florida Atlantic 4, #71 Middle Tennessee 3
Singles competition
1. Olivier Sajous (FAU) def. Marc Rocafort (MT) 6-4, 6-4
2. John Peers (MT) def. Marc Abdelnour (FAU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
3. Karol Szmurlo (FAU) def. Morgan Richard (MT) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8)
4. Chris Nowak (MT) def. Daniel Vardag (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Eddie Majcher (FAU) def. Alex McCann (MT) 6-1, 6-2
6. Joe Cadogan (FAU) def. Kyle Wishing (MT) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Marc Rocafort/Morgan Richard (MT) def. Olivier Sajous/Karol Szmurlo (FAU) 8-6
2. Alex McCann/John Peers (MT) def. Marc Abdelnour/Eddie Majcher (FAU) 8-5
3. Joe Cadogan/Lawrence Harradine (FAU) def. Joao Paoliello/Kyle Wishing (MT) 8-3

Match Notes:
Florida Atlantic 16-5; National ranking #73
Middle Tennessee 8-14; National ranking #71
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,6,1,4,2,3)