Owls Fall in Opener

Saturday, January 16

Gainesville, Fla.

1 PM

Florida Atlantic

Florida

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

1/16/2021 5:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The 2020-21 season for Florida Atlantic University men's tennis opened up on Saturday, with the Owls traveling to take on the No. 9 Florida Gators. UF took the matchup, 7-0.

Notables:

The Gators won on doubles courts 1 and 3 to take the first point of the day
On No. 3, after the clinch, the match was still completed. It went out to a tiebreak, with the combo of Gerard Escandell and Finn Stodder topped by the smallest of margins, 7-6
UF won in straight sets on No. 5, No. 3 and No. 4 to clinch the day
At No. 6, Stodder won the second to force a third set, which went to a 10-point tiebreaker. The final was 1-6, 7-5, 0-1 (6-10)
On the first court, Maxime Lapraille battled the No. 12 singles player nationally, going to a set tiebreaker (6-7, 3-6)
Similarly, Filip Krolo on court No. 2 was edged out by the eight-ranked player in the country and also seeing the first going to a tiebreak (5-7, 0-6)

Quotable

Assistant Coach Matthew Lasprilla:
"Tough battle today against a very good UF team. Proud of the way the guys competed in our first match back after a very long year. We will get back to work this week and be ready for FGCU next weekend."

Full Results:
Florida 7, FAU 0
Doubles
1. #45 Duarte Vale/Sam Riffice (UF) def. Maxime Lapraille/Filip Krolo (FAU) 6-3
2. Ben Shelton/Johannes Ingildsen (UF) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Kevin Huempfner (FAU) 6-3
3. Andy Andrade/Blaise Bicknell (UF) def. Gerard Escandell/Finn Stodder (FAU) 7-6

Singles
1. #12 Duarte Vale (UF) def. #122 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) 7-6, 6-3
2. #8 Sam Riffice (UF) def. Filip Krolo (FAU) 7-5, 6-0
3. #85 Andy Andrade (UF) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Johannes Ingildsen (UF) def. Kevin Huempfner (FAU) 6-3, 7-5
5. Ben Shelton (UF) def. Gerard Escandell (FAU) 6-2, 6-2
6. #68 Blaise Bicknell (UF) def. Finn Stodder (FAU) 6-1, 5-7, 10-6

What's Next

Next Saturday, Jan. 23, the Owls head west to take on Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m.