Owls Tops Owls in Houston

Sunday, March 21

Houston, Texas

1 PM

Florida Atlantic

Rice

3/21/2021 4:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

HOUSTON – Florida Atlantic University men's tennis wrapped up their stay at the 62nd Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational by topping the homestanding Owls of Rice, 4-1.

Notables:

FAU (6-7) moved ahead after doubles
Within moments of one another, No. 1 and No. 2 went the visiting Owls' way, both by 6-4 scores. The No. 1 pairing of Maxime Lapraille and Filip Krolo won first; followed nearly immediately by Alvaro Fernandez Horta and Kevin Huempfner on No. 2
Rice (7-8) took the first singles result to tie things up at 1-1
FAU moved back ahead with Gerard Escandell taking No. 5 (6-2, 6-2), and was a point away after Fernandez Horta did the same on No. 4 (6-3, 6-3)
Huempfner provided the match-winning point on No. 2, also in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4

Quotable
Head Coach Ricardo Gonzalez:
"This is a great team win against a very tough Rice team. We showed toughness and grit and we stayed composed throughout the match. Our team is really buying in to the little details we have been working on in practice and it is paying off. Very happy with our performance today."

Full Results:
FAU 4, Rice 1
Doubles
1. Filip Krolo/Maxime Lapraille (FAU) def. Conrad Russell/Sumit Sarkar (RICE) 6-4
2. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Kevin Huempfner (FAU) def. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz/Jacob Eskeland (RICE) 6-4
3. Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear (RICE) vs. Hunter Robbins/Finn Stodder (FAU) 5-3, unfinished

Singles
1. Sumit Sarkar (RICE) vs. #122 Maxime Lapraille (FAU) 6-4, 2-6, 1-1, unfinished
2. Kevin Huempfner (FAU) def. Jacob Eskeland (RICE) 6-4, 6-4
3. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (RICE) def. Filip Krolo (FAU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Campbell Salmon (RICE) 6-3, 6-3
5. Gerard Escandell (FAU) def. Wes Barnett (RICE) 6-2, 6-2
6. Trinity Grear (RICE) vs. Finn Stodder (FAU) 1-6, 5-4, unfinished

What's Next:
The Owls play on back-to-back days next weekend, both in state, against Florida State and Miami. They'll be in Tallahassee on Friday at 11 a.m., and in Coral Gables Saturday, starting at 1 p.m.