Men’s Tennis Records Saturday Sweep

Saturday, February 8

Boca Raton, Fla.

10:00 AM

Florida Atlantic

South Alabama

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

2/8/2020 7:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team evened up its season mark at 5-5 with a home doubleheader sweep of South Alabama (4-3) and DePaul (4-0) on Saturday at the FAU Tennis Complex.

Notables vs. USA:

The Owls notched the doubles point with a win by the No. 1 pair – Maxime Lapraille and Filip Krolo – snapping the 1-1 deadlock
Jason Legall and Alvaro Fernandez Horta had already coasted to a 6-2 victory
FAU actually took a 3-0 lead, on the brink of clinching, behind singles wins by Fernandez Horta (6-2, 6-1) and Yovan Lambros (6-4, 6-2)
However, USA (2-5) reeled off three wins in a row to tie things up
It came down to former Jaguar Lapraille at No. 2, and he came through with a three-set win (7-5, 3-6, 6-4)

Notables vs. DePaul:

For the second straight match, it took all three doubles results to determine the first point, but a game FAU No. 1 duo held off their DePaul (2-5) opponents
This time it was the combination of Legall and Fernandez Horta that edged out their opposition, 7-5
The No. 2 pair of Krolo and Thomas Guy had had little issue in their 6-2 win
One right after the other, Gerard Escandell and Lapraille posted singles victories
Escandell took the No. 6 match, 6-2, 7-5, while Lapraille at No. 2 posted his third win of the day, 6-3, 6-4
Coming up with the second winning point of the day was No. 4 Filip Krolo, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2
Fernandez Horta was literally on the verge match point at No. 3 when Krolo's win came in, as he was up 6-4, 6-5 and serving at 40-15

Quotable

Head Coach Ricardo Gonzalez:
"I'm extremely proud of the effort this team put in today. We are getting better every day and that's what it's all about. Today we competed with a lot of heart and passion. We were tough through adversity and showed grit within ourselves to win two big matches. Tomorrow is another tough challenge against Miami so we need to make sure we recover properly and be 100% ready."

Full Results:
FAU 4, USA 3
Doubles
1. Maxime Lapraille/Filip Krolo (FAU) def. Cloes, Loic/Collard, Sebastien (USA) 7-5
2. Jason Legall/Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Marzol, Clement/Petko, Leon (USA) 6-2
3. Delcour, Louis/Bugaj, Martin (USA) def. Yovan Lambros/Thomas Guy (FAU) 6-4

Singles
1. Cloes, Loic (USA) def. Jason Legall (FAU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
2. #114 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) def. Marzol, Clement (USA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
3. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Collard, Sebastien (USA) 6-2, 6-1
4. Delcour, Louis (USA) def. Filip Krolo (FAU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Bugaj, Martin (USA) def. Gerard Escandell (FAU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Yovan Lambros (FAU) def. Petko, Leon (USA) 6-4, 6-2

FAU 4, DePaul 0
Doubles
1. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Jason Legall (FAU) def. SPANJAARD, Boris/CASATI, Christopher (DU) 7-5
2. Filip Krolo/Thomas Guy (FAU) def. WASSENAAR, Luuk/TUFF, Tripp (DU) 6-2
3. TONEJC, Vito/TONEJC, Fran (DU) def. Yovan Lambros/Gerard Escandell (FAU) 6-3

Singles
1. Jason Legall (FAU) vs. TONEJC, Vito (DU) 4-6, 6-2, 0-3, unfinished
2. #114 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) def. SPANJAARD, Boris (DU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) vs. ZADOR, Tamas (DU) 6-4, 6-5, unfinished
4. Filip Krolo (FAU) def. CASATI, Christopher (DU) 7-6 (7-0), 6-2
5. Yovan Lambros (FAU) vs. TUFF, Tripp (DU) 6-2, 5-7, 4-1, unfinished
6. Gerard Escandell (FAU) def. WASSENAAR, Luuk (DU) 6-2, 7-5

What's Next

FAU will have the team's third match in less than 24 hours on Sunday, starting their road tilt with Miami in Coral Gables at noon.