Men’s Tennis Back Home For Three in a Row This Weekend

Florida Atlantic vs. George Washington, VCU and UNC Asheville
Match Details	Boca Raton, Fla. \| FAU Tennis Complex \| Admission: Free George Washington: Saturday, March 9 \| 12:30 p.m. VCU: Sunday, March 10 \| 11 a.m. UNC Asheville: Monday, March 11 \| Noon
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's tennis, ranked No. 48 in the country, has a three-match set this weekend, Saturday through Monday, at the FAU Tennis Complex.

Owl Review
The Owls (9-7) were narrowly defeated by South Alabama and Georgia on the road a couple of weeks ago, but recovered for a getaway win in Atlanta over Georgia State, 4-3. During this dual match portion of the season, Mehdi Laalej has posted a 10-1 singles mark, while right behind him with an 8-3 record is Alvaro Fernandez Horta. Both Jason Legall and Kirac Bekisoglu have seven singles wins. Legall has combined with Ignacio Garcia for all of the No. 1 doubles matches, and the duo has gone 10-6 in the spring.

Owl Preview
First into Boca is George Washington (3-4), this Saturday at 12:30 p.m., following the FAU women hosting VCU at 9 a.m. Prior to the men's match, FAU will honor one of the first members of the program in Ed Mullen, who played for the team in 1979. Then they will take on the Colonials, who have won their first two matches in Atlantic 10 league play.

On Sunday at 11 a.m., the Owls host VCU (9-5, with another match prior to, on Friday at FGCU). The Rams just saw a five-match winning streak snapped by South Alabama; like GW, they are members of the A-10, and earlier in the season, they won their only conference tilt over Richmond.

To wrap the FAU men's three matches in three days, the squad will face UNC Asheville (10-0, and will play College of Charleston Saturday) on Monday at noon. That will come in between two women's matches, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. The men's Monday opponent has started out the season unblemished, and the Bulldogs feature the No. 1 doubles team in the entire nation in Oli Nolan and Henry Patten, 7-0 as a pair.

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

After This
All told, this will be a six-match homestand for the FAU men. In addition to the three this weekend, the squad returns to the courts on Saturday, March 16, taking on both Conference USA foe UAB (9 a.m.) and UConn (2:30 p.m.). Last but not least, the Owl opposition for the team's 2019 Senior Day match will be Brown, on Friday, March 29, at 2 p.m. Admission to all men's and women's tennis matches at the FAU Tennis Complex is free.

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Kirac Bekisoglu

Alvaro Fernandez Horta

Ignacio Garcia

Mehdi Laalej

Jason Legall

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