BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic men's tennis team will face Miami on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 3 pm at the Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center. It marks the first time in 25 meetings that FAU hosted Miami.
Thursday's match also kicks off the dual match season after FAU hosted the program's first tournament last weekend, featuring the Owls, Army, Mercer, and Wisconsin. The FAU duo of
John Bernard and
Mark Havlicek won all three of their doubles matchups and Havlicek ran the table in his three singles contests. As a team, FAU won seven of nine doubles matches played and 16-of-21 singles matches.
Havlicek is the first Owl to record double-digit wins for the 2024-25 season, posting a 10-4 singles mark heading into the dual match season, and is 12-2 in doubles play. Newcomers
Segundo Goity Zapico and
Luca Miremont hold records of 9-5 while fellow newcomer
Marek Pazdera will enter this week's match with a record of 8-2.