Hatters Open Season With Impressive Effort

Box Score Stetson men's tennis opened the 2018 spring season with a resounding 7-0 victory over visiting Palm Beach Atlantic, Saturday at Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.

The Hatters swept every set in singles play and won all three doubles competitions as well. Head coach Christophe Noblet was pleased.

"This was a good start to the season," Noblet said. "We started a bit nervous in doubles as it was our first contest of the year, but we were able to play some good tennis in the right moment to take that first point. Then, I really liked how we used that momentum into our singles, and showed a dominant side early on. All things considered this is a very young squad, but they do not act like such, which is very encouraging for the rest of the season."

Stetson was dominant in doubles play, winning the point comfortably by getting a 6-2 win at No. 2 and a 6-4 victory at No. 3. The No. 1 team of Colter DeCoste and Linus Bergevi needed a little extra time but pulled out a 7-5 victory for the sweep.

Singles play was much of the same as the Hatters won all 12 sets and only needed one tiebreaker. Stetson debuted a reshuffled singles lineup with sophomore Angus Bradhsaw playing No. 1, freshman Malik Bhatnagar getting the nod at No. 2 and senior Loic Blanco playing No. 3. Collectively that trio lost just eight games in their six sets.

Freshman Antoine Sanchez picked up his first collegiate dual match victory with a solid win at No. 5, while William Shkrob and DeCoste earned positive results at Nos. 4 and 6, respectively.

The Hatters next participate in the ITF Futures in Palm Coast, which begins play on Friday, Jan. 26.

Palm Beach Atlantic vs Stetson
Jan 20, 2018 at DeLand, Fla. (Mandy Stoll Tennis Center)

Stetson 7, Palm Beach Atlantic 0

Singles competition
1. Angus Bradshaw (STET) def. Pato Zarazua (PBA) 6-1, 6-2
2. Malik Bhatnagar (STET) def. Bernardo Ferreira (PBA) 6-1, 6-1
3. Loic Blanco (STET) def. Philipp Hoffmann (PBA) 6-0, 6-3
4. William Shkrob (STET) def. Rodolfo Hasegawa (PBA) 6-2, 7-6
5. Antoine Sanchez (STET) def. Pietro De Silva (PBA) 6-1, 6-1
6. Colter DeCoste (STET) def. Thomas Salmon (PBA) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Linus Bergevi/Colter DeCoste (STET) def. Bernardo Ferreira/Philipp Hoffmann (PBA) 7-5
2. Malik Bhatnagar/Angus Bradshaw (STET) def. Rodolfo Hasegawa/Pietro De Silva (PBA) 6-2
3. Loic Blanco/Antoine Sanchez (STET) def. Pato Zarazua/Thomas Salmon (PBA) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,5,2,3,6,4)

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Players Mentioned

Loic Blanco: 6' 3"; Senior

Angus Bradshaw: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Colter DeCoste: 6' 7"; Sophomore

William Shkrob: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Malik Bhatnagar: 6' 1"; Freshman

Linus Bergevi: 6' 2"; Freshman

Antoine Sanchez: 5' 9"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Loic Blanco
: 6' 3"; Senior

Angus Bradshaw
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Colter DeCoste
: 6' 7"; Sophomore

William Shkrob
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Malik Bhatnagar
: 6' 1"; Freshman

Linus Bergevi
: 6' 2"; Freshman

Antoine Sanchez
: 5' 9"; Freshman

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Hatters Open Season With Impressive Effort

Players Mentioned

Loic Blanco

Angus Bradshaw

Colter DeCoste

William Shkrob

Malik Bhatnagar

Linus Bergevi

Antoine Sanchez

Players Mentioned

Loic Blanco

Angus Bradshaw

Colter DeCoste

William Shkrob

Malik Bhatnagar

Linus Bergevi

Antoine Sanchez