Owls Adjust to Record the 4-3 Win

Saturday, March 28

Boca Raton, Fla.

11 a.m.

Florida Atlantic

Liberty

3/28/2026 7:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic men's tennis team adjusted its match schedule versus No. 63 Liberty from Sunday afternoon to Saturday morning, a morning that would play to the Owls' advantage with clear blue skies, 83 degrees and humidity that few are accustomed to.

FAU picked up the 4-3 win and improved to 8-10 on the season while Liberty fell to 9-9.

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"I'm proud of the way our team played today," said Ricardo Gonzalez, FAU's director of tennis. "This is a tough Liberty team that has beaten us the last two years. We competed hard and stayed composed in the tough moments."

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Gallery: (3-28-2026) Liberty at Florida Atlantic

THE BEGINNING
The FAU duo of Mark Havlicek / Marek Pazdera captured the top court by a 6-4 score and combined with the efforts of the court #2 team of Vanja Hodzic and Lucca Pignaton to win the best of three courts for the match's doubles points.

THE MIDDLE
Liberty tied the match with a singles court #3 victory, but that would be short lived with Pazdera walking away with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court #2 and Havlicek building the lead to 3-1 with a court #1 6-3, 6-2 win. The Flames won a three-setter on court #5 to pull within one at 3-2 with two matches in progress.

THE FINISH
Jan Kusy clinched the match for FAU with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 victory on court #4. With the victory in hand, the Owls' attention moved to court #6 that was slowed with long rallies and point trading games, but was eventually captured by the Flames, at 7-6(11-9), 6-4 for the matches 4-3 final.

THE RESULT
Florida Atlantic (8-10) 4 vs Delaware (12-5) 3
at Boca Raton, Fla. | Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center

Doubles
1 Mark Havlicek / Marek Pazdera (FAU) def. David Ekpenyong / Benjamin Sparks (LU) 6-4
2 Vanja Hodzic / Lucca Pignaton (FAU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul / Chase Robinson (LU) 6-4
3 Rod Santiago Arraez / Guy Vorwerk (LU) def. Lucca Acioly / Simon Myslivec (FAU) 6-3

Singles
1 Mark Havlicek (FAU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul (LU) 6-3, 6-2
2 Marek Pazdera (FAU) def. Benjamin Sparks (LU) 6-2, 6-4
3 Rod Santiago Arraez (LU) def. Simon Myslivec (FAU) 6-2, 6-2
4 Jan Kusy (FAU) def. Carl Roothman (LU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
5 David Ekpenyong (LU) def. Lucca Pignaton (FAU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
6 Chase Robinson (LU) def. Luca Miremont (FAU) 7-6(11-9), 6-4

Order of finish:
Singles3,2,1,5,4,6 | Doubles 1,3,2
Start 11 a.m. | Duration 3 hours

UP NEXT
The Owls will close out the home slate on Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m. versus Charlotte.

THE SCHEDULE
For a complete schedule click HERE.

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