Men’s Tennis to Celebrate Senior Day, Then Travel to Orlando

Florida Atlantic vs. Brown, at UCF
Match Details	Vs. Brown \| Friday, March 29 \| 2 p.m. Boca Raton, Fla. \| FAU Tennis Complex \| Admission: Free At No. 33 UCF \| Sunday, March 31 \| 6 p.m. Orlando, Fla. \| USTA National Campus
Match Coverage	Friday: Live Stats Sunday: Live Streaming \| Live Stats Twitter: @FAUMensTennis
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's tennis is edging towards the back end of its 2019 regular season schedule, wrapping up the home slate Friday versus Brown, then traveling for a Sunday night affair at No. 33 UCF in Orlando.

Owl Review
Over the last couple of weeks, the Owls (14-7) have put together a six-match winning streak, and have won nine of their last 11. At home, the team is a perfect 8-0 with just Senior Day remaining, when beforehand Friday, Mehdi Laalej and Gabriel Sidney will be celebrated. Laalej leads the Owls with 18 singles wins overall, and a 15-1 mark during dual match season. He is also riding a current win streak of 12 in a row. Sidney has provided four straight singles wins, three coming in straight sets, and when pairing with Laalej, has five dual match doubles wins.

Joining Laalej with double-digit singles wins this spring are Alvaro Fernandez Horta, who is 12-3, and with 11 wins apiece, Jason Legall and Kirac Bekisoglu. Ignacio Garcia is one singles victory away from joining the quartet, currently at 9-6. On the doubles side, Legall and Garcia are No. 69 in the Oracle/ITA Division I rankings with a 13-6 mark during dual match play, all in the No. 1 slot. Bekisoglu has 11 doubles wins as well, with an 8-4 mark when teaming alongside Thomas Guy.

Owl Preview
Brown (7-5) comes to Boca Raton Friday on the tail end of three straight in the Sunshine State. The Bears were topped by North Florida on Tuesday, 5-2, and still have Florida Gulf Coast to go, Thursday at 5 p.m. The team features Charles Tan and Roger Chou, the No. 78 doubles pairing in the country according to Oracle/ITA.

UCF (10-9) climbed nine spots in the latest Oracle/ITA rankings, but have lost five of their last seven, including last time out (last Friday vs. Illinois, a 4-2 decision). For the Knights, No. 38 singles player Gabriel Decamps and No. 54 doubles duo Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel are ranked by Oracle/ITA.

Owls on Social Media
Follow along with the team on Twitter at @FAUMensTennis.

After This
Just three more matches remain in regular season play, all coming in Charlotte, and all against Conference USA foes. On Friday, April 5, the Owls take on Old Dominion; the following day, the host Charlotte 49ers; and Sunday, the regular season wraps against Middle Tennessee. Two weeks after is the 2019 C-USA Championship, beginning April 19 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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