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Men's Tennis
vs. Florida Gulf Coast
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, April 3
Troy, Ala.
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Florida Atlantic
1
vs
4
South Alabama
Men's Tennis Finishes Fourth in Sun Belt Conference Shootout
4/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 3, 2010
The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team finished a strong fourth over the two-day Sun Belt Shootout after losing a pair of competitive 4-1 decisions on Saturday in Troy, Ala.
First, the Owls fell to the host Trojans in the semifinal round before losing to the University of South Alabama in the consolation match. The losses drop FAU to 11-8 on the spring dual match season.
"This is a disappointing loss for us," said Men's Tennis Head Coach Brandon Stokes on Saturday's outcomes. "We let an opportunity to grow as a tough team pass right through us. We need a complete team effort to make a postseason run."
FAU will get a chance at redemption at the Sun Belt Conference Championships on April 22-25 in New Orleans.
The competitive nature of the morning Florida Atlantic-Troy match was shown when four of the five decided singles matches went three sets. The only triumph for the visitors came from freshman Georg Matschke, who rallied to win the third set by a 6-4 score at No. 5 singles.
Against South Alabama, freshman Matthew Braunworth scored the Owls only point with a straight-set win at No. 6 singles. The win for the Boca Raton native was the team-leading 13th singles victory on the season.
Junior Marc Abdelnour fell in three sets at No. 1 singles in both matches.
"We have our final home match next weekend to redeem ourselves," stated Stokes. FAU concludes the regular season on Saturday, April 10 against Bethune-Cookman University, starting at 2 p.m., in Boca Raton.
Troy 4, Florida Atlantic 1
Singles
No. 1 Luis Henrique Grangeiro (TROY) def. Marc Abdelnour (FAU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Lawrence Harradine (FAU) and Aurelien Tave (TROY) unfinished
No. 3 Branko Weber (TROY) def. Ervin Garibovic (FAU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 4 Xavier Masson (TROY) def. Joshua Scholl (FAU) 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Georg Matschke (FAU) def. Mario Rolemberg (TROY) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 Sahadi Guilherme (TROY) def. Matthew Braunworth (FAU) def. 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
South Alabama 4, Florida Atlantic 1
Singles
No. 1 Romain Bocaert (USA) def. Marc Abdelnour (FAU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
No. 2 Lucas Viel (USA) def. Lawrence Harradine (FAU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Ervin Garibovic (FAU) led Christian Kuehne (USA) 6-4, 6-6, unfinished
No. 4 Alexandre Bernard (USA) def. Joshua Scholl (FAU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Dauw Kruger (USA) def. Georg Matschke (FAU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Matthew Braunworth (FAU) def. Hanno Bartsch (USA) 7-6 (2), 7-5
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
123
636
Henrique Grangerio / 0 [TROY]
467
#2 Singles Match
1
0
Aurelien Tave / 0 [TROY]
0
#3 Singles Match
12
55
Branko Weber / 0 [TROY]
77
#4 Singles Match
123
600
Xavier Masson / 0 [TROY]
366
#5 Singles Match
123
276
Mario Rolemberg / 0 [TROY]
654
#6 Singles Match
123
655
Sahadi Guilherme / 0 [TROY]
377
Order of Finish:
1,3,4,5,6
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