Men’s Tennis Wraps First Portion of Road Trip

Monday, February 24

Athens, Ga.

2:30 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

Georgia

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

2/24/2020 6:49:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. – The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team finished off a tough slate of three matches in three days on the road with a loss on Monday to Georgia.

Notables:

The No. 31 Bulldogs (4-2) took the 1-0 lead after doubles with wins on No. 3 and No. 1
Playing indoors on four courts, the clinch came after three singles victories (No. 2, No. 4 and No. 1)
The match continued, with Alvaro Fernandez Horta at No. 4 going to three sets, falling 4-6, 6-1, 3-6
Then, No. 5 and No. 6 began
Finishing first, in another three-set decision, was No. 5 Yovan Lambros, who won the second set but lost in a 10-point tiebreak in the third (4-6, 7-5, 4-10)
The day concluded as No. 6 Gerard Escandell gained a point for the Owls (5-9), 7-6 (7-5), 7-5

Quotable

Assistant Coach Matthew Lasprilla:
"Tough battle today against a very good Georgia team. We competed well today and are continuing to get better. Shout out to Gerard (Escandell) for pulling out a hard-fought victory today."

Full Results:
Georgia 6, FAU 1
Doubles
1. #22 Philip Henning/Blake Croyder (UGA) def. Maxime Lapraille/Filip Krolo (FAU) 6-2
2. Trent Bryde/Robert Loeb (UGA) vs. Jason Legall/Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) 4-3, unfinished
3. Erik Grevelius/Baptiste Anselmo (UGA) def. Gerard Escandell/Yovan Lambros (FAU) 6-2

Singles
1. #22 Trent Bryde (UGA) def. Jason Legall (FAU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #26 Philip Henning (UGA) def. #114 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Blake Croyder (UGA) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
4. Erik Grevelius (UGA) def. Filip Krolo (FAU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Baptiste Anselmo (UGA) def. Yovan Lambros (FAU) 6-4, 5-7, 10-4
6. Gerard Escandell (FAU) def. Alex Phillips (UGA) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5

What's Next

Two more road matches are next for FAU, on successive weekends. On Saturday, Feb. 29, the Owls travel to Orlando to face UCF, currently ranked No. 24; the following Saturday, March 7, the team heads to NYC to face Columbia. The Owls' return home is March 14 for a doubleheader at the FAU Tennis Complex against Cleveland State and Army.