BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic men's tennis team picked up its fourth consecutive win and the second in as many days with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday.
The win moves FAU's record to 5-7 on the season while VCU falls to 5-8.
The Owls took control of the match by winning the doubles points with victories on courts one and three. FAU's
Mark Havlicek pushed the score to 2-0 with a straight set 6-2, 6-2 win on court two. Friday's hero freshman
Segundo Goity Zapico pulled the Owls within one of a clinch before sophomore
Simon Myslivec secured the victory.
Gallery: (3-15-2025) VCU at Florida Atlantic
VCU (5-8) at Florida Atlantic (5-7)
Date: 03/15/2025
Time: 2:15 AM
Facility: Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center
Site: Boca Raton, Fla.
Doubles
#1 Jenicek, Jiri / Myslivec, Simon [FAU] def. German Samofalov / Erwann Bouchet [VCUM] 6-3
#2 Nicolo Consonni / Gevorg Mnatsakanyan [VCUM] vs. Havlicek, Mark / Pazdera, Marek [FAU] 5-4 UF
#3 Bernard, John / Pignaton, Lucca [FAU] def. Alfred Almasi / Leon Zaorski [VCUM] 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
#1 Bernard, John [FAU] def. German Samofalov [VCUM] 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-5)
#2 Havlicek, Mark [FAU def. Nicolo Consonni [VCUM] 6-2, 6-2
#3 Goity Zapico, Segundo [FAU] def. Leon Zaorski [VCUM] 6-1, 6-2
#4 Erwann Bouchet [VCUM] def. Kusy, Jan [FAU] 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (12-10)
#5 Myslivec, Simon [FAU] def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan [VCUM] 6-4, 6-2
#6 Alfred Almasi [VCUM] def. Pazdera, Marek [FAU] 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 1-0 (10-4)
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1
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