Florida Atlantic Makes it Two in a Row

Sunday, February 11

Atlanta, Ga.

1 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

Georgia State

2/11/2024 3:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

ATLANTA – Florida Atlantic men's tennis hit their third spot in four days and picked up their second 4-0 win in as many days, this time over Georgia State.

Florida Atlantic captured the doubles point for the seventh time in 11 matches. They took the 1-0 lead into singles play where Alberto Colas won court #1 by a 6-2, 6-2 score. John Bernard made it 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 court #5 win and Jiri Jenicek clinched the match and moved FAU to 8-3 on the year with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court #2.

The Owls will next play two matches on February 17th and 18th facing Memphis and USF, respectively. Both teams are fellow American Athletic Conference members, however the matches will count as regular-season competition only. Matches will be played at 1:30 p.m.

QUOTABLE

Ricardo Gonzalez, FAU's Director of Tennis
"Today was a strong performance from Alberto, Jiri and JB in singles," said Gonzalez.They played some good tennis, stayed focused, and composed the entire way. We need to keep learning as a team. There is much more to keep improving upon."

RESULTS

Florida Atlantic (8-3) at Georgia State (4-4)
DATE: 2/11/2024 TIME: 12 p.m. ARENA: Clarkston Campus Tennis Courts SITE: Atlanta, Ga.
Doubles
#1 Alberto Colas / Juan Martin Jalif [FAU] def. Gabriele Datei / Baran Soyler [GSU] 6-3
#2 Mark Havlicek / Jiri Jenicek [FAU] def. Naufal Kamaruzzaman / Maxwell Weir [GSU] 6-2 #3 John Bernard / Simon Myslivec [FAU] vs. Diogo Morais / Edward Tymes [GSU] 5-5 UF
Order of Finish: 2, 1

Singles
#1 Colas, Alberto [FAU] def. Baran Soyler [GSU] 6-2, 6-2
#2 Jenicek, Jiri [FAU] def. Edward Tymes [GSU] 6-3, 6-1
#3 Jalif, Juan Martin [FAU] vs. Gabriele Datei [GSU] 2-6, 2-5 UF
#4 Havlicek, Mark [FAU] def. Diogo Morals [GSU] 2-6, 6-2 UF
#5 Bernard, John [FAU] def. Maxwell Weir [GSU] 6-3, 6-2
#6 Myslivec, Simon [FAU] vs. Naufal Kamaruzzaman 5-5 UF
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 2

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