Owls Overcome in Weekend Capper

Saturday, March 13

Boca Raton, Fla.

12:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

UCF

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

3/13/2021 6:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's tennis fell in their final match of the weekend, to No. 19 UCF, at the FAU Tennis Complex.

Notables:

The Knights (7-2) won the doubles point, sweeping two courts with No. 1 unfinished
Singles was more of the same
Making his collegiate debut on No. 6 was FAU was true freshman Nicolas Jadoun
The final decision went to a tiebreaker. Filip Krolo won his first set on No. 3, it became all square, and went out to 11-9 in favor of UCF in the final set

Full Results:
#19 UCF 7, FAU 0
Doubles
1. Maxime Lapraille/Filip Krolo (FAU) vs. Gabriel Decamps/Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) 3-5, unfinished
2. Bogdan Pavel/Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) def. Kevin Huempfner/A. Fernandez Horta (FAU) 6-3
3. Mikhail Sokolovskiy/Kento Yamada (UCF) def. Finn Stodder/Hunter Robbins (FAU) 6-3

Singles
1. #16 Gabriel Decamps (UCF) def. Kevin Huempfner (FAU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Alan Rubio (UCF) def. #122 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) def. Filip Krolo (FAU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9)
4. #52 Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) def. Gerard Escandell (FAU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Kento Yamada (UCF) def. Finn Stodder (FAU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) def. Nicolas Jadoun (FAU) 6-0, 6-3

What's Next:
The next four for the Owls are away from home, with two next weekend in Houston, at Rice. FAU plays Texas Tech on Saturday, March 20, and C-USA's other Owls on Sunday, March 21. The only remaining home contest on the schedule right now is Sunday, April 18, hosting Temple at noon.