Shutout Moves Owls Into C-USA Semifinal Round

Friday, April 23

Charlotte, N.C.

10 AM

Florida Atlantic

Southern Miss (Quarterfinals)

4/23/2021 1:36:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Florida Atlantic University men's tennis shut out Southern Miss, 4-0, in the Conference USA Championship quarterfinals on Friday morning, to advance to the semis.

UPDATE: Saturday's semifinal match has been moved indoors, and will now take place at 4 p.m.

Notables:

The Owls (9-10) picked up the early advantage with two wins on the doubles courts
Alvaro Fernandez Horta and Finn Stodder quickly dispatched of their court three opponents, 6-1, and Kevin Huempfner and Hunter Robbins were 6-3 winners on No. 2
With that – and the eventual full victory – FAU improved to 7-3 this season when winning the doubles point
Huempfner and Stodder both whitewashed their USM (7-3) singles opponents in the first set, 6-0. Huempfner would make it 2-0 Owls with a 6-0, 6-4 win on No. 2
Coming in next was Fernandez Horta, winning on No. 3, 6-4, 6-1
And Stodder earned the clincher by defeating his counterpart on No. 6, 6-0, 6-4
Maxime Lapraille and Filip Krolo had each won their first sets as well, with Krolo leading in his second when the match was decided

Quotable
Assistant Coach Matthew Lasprilla:
"Very pleased with the way we handled business today in the opening round. We will rest up and prepare for a very good ODU team in the semifinals tomorrow."

Full Results:
FAU 4, USM 0
Doubles
1. Maxime Lapraille/Filip Krolo (FAU) vs. Hsiang Yi Wang/Alan Sanson (USM) 4-3, unfinished
2. Kevin Huempfner/Hunter Robbins (FAU) def. Matthiue Peres/Alexander Gima (USM) 6-3
3. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Finn Stodder (FAU) def. Vence N'tcha/Antoine Audrain (USM) 6-1

Singles
1. Maxime Lapraille (FAU) vs. Alexander Gima (USM) 7-6 (7-2), 1-2, unfinished
2. Kevin Huempfner (FAU) def. Alan Sanson (USM) 6-0, 6-4
3. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Matthiue Peres (USM) 6-4, 6-1
4. Filip Krolo (FAU) vs. Olimjon Nabiev (USM) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
5. Gerard Escandell (FAU) vs. Antoine Audrain (USM) 5-7, 0-3, unfinished
6. Finn Stodder (FAU) def. Christopher Cahour (USM) 6-0, 6-4

What's Next:
FAU's next tournament opponent will be No. 2 seed Old Dominion. The Monarchs were also 4-0 winners on Friday, over Rice. The Saturday semifinal matchup, again, will now take place at 4 p.m.

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