Back and Forth Match Does Fall for the Owls

Sunday, March 22

Boca Raton, Fla.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

Memphis

3/22/2026 6:46:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic men's tennis team jumped out on top and battled through three lead changes, but Memphis had the forth and final change for the 4-3 Sunday match.

With the loss, the Owls fall to 7-10 on the year, while Memphis, ranked No. 54 nationally, improves to 8-10 on the season. The match was the fifth in eight days for FAU and fourth versus a top-75 team, and that stretch also included a road contest in Tampa.

THE BEGINNING
FAU began Sunday's match with rapid success, taking courts #1 and #3, and the Owls were close to a third win, holding the edge in the tiebreaker on court two. As the two teams moved into singles play, the teams proved to be evenly matched. Memphis captured singles court #6 to level the score at 1-1.

THE MIDDLE
FAU sophomore Marek Pazdera won court two in straight sets at 6-3, 6-3 to put the Owls up once more, but the lead would be shortly lived with the Tigers taking court #3 moments later to even the match a second time, now at 2-2. Three matches, court #1, #4, and #5, were still in progress, and all were well into the third set.

THE FINISH
Lucca Pignaton pushed FAU back on top with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 court #5 win. Holding a 3-2 lead with courts #1 and 3 in play and the match still up for grabs. The Owls dropped court #1 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, allowing the Tigers to climb back into the match at 3-3 and a 4-0 third set lead on court #4. That match eventually fell in favor of Memphis, giving the Tigers a 4-3 win.

THE RESULT
Florida Atlantic (6-10) 3 vs Memphis 4
03/21/2026 at Boca Raton, Fla. -- Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center

Doubles
1 Mark Havlicek and Marek Pazdera (FAU) def. Maximie Dubouch and Moritz Kudernatsch (MU) 7-5
2 Vanja Hodzic and Lucca Pignaton (FAU) vs. Sam Reeve and Lasse Rensing (MU) 6-6 (5-3) UF
3 Lucca Acioly and Simon Myslivec (FAU) def. Obrad Markovski and Marko Milosavjlevic (MU) 6-1

Singles
1 Maximie Dubouch (MU) def. Mark Havlicek (FAU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2 Marek Pazdera (FAU) def. Moritz Kudernatsch (MU) 6-3, 6-3
3 Obrad Markovski (MU) def. Simon Myslivec (FAU) 6-3, 6-4
4 Leandro Zgraggen (MU) def. Jan Kusy (FAU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
5 Lucca Pignaton (FAU) def. Sam Reeve (MU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
6 Lasse Rensing (MU) def. Bullion Sharp (FAU) 6-0, 6-3

Notes
Order of finish: Singles – 6, 2, 3, 5, 1, 4; Doubles – 3, 1
Start Time: 12 p.m. Duration: 3:07

UP NEXT
With just three matches remaining on the 2026 schedule, all at home, the Owls are scheduled to host Delaware on Thursday, Mar. 26 at 12 p.m. They will then play No. 63 Liberty three days later, on Sunday, Mar. 29 at 1 p.m., and will close out the regular season on Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m.

THE SCHEDULE
For a complete schedule click HERE.

FOLLOW ALONG
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