TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Stetson men's tennis concluded Its Involvement In the ITA Regionals Saturday with our players gathering experience and a few crucial wins at the tournament.
 
"Lucas and Juanjo fought hard but came up short," head coach Christophe Noblet said "The past two days were long and tough and i think we were a bit tired today. It affected our decision making and at this level there is not a lot of room for errors. Nonetheless, a good tournament overall and a lot of lessons learnt. Looking forward to playing at Wake Forest next weekend. Go Hatters."
 
Lucas Olivier fell to South Florida's Erik Grevelius, 6-2 6-3, and Juan Jose Rodriguez fell to Georgia's Thomas Paulsell, 6-2 1-6 10-7. In the final day of round robin Sami Ozzor fell to FGCU's Max Damm, 6-2 7-6(3) and Alexandre Hillhouse left the tournament on a win over Carter Bradford of FGCU, 6-4 6-2.
 
DAY 2: Friday Into Saturday
 
Lucas Olivier took down UNF's Patrick Kotan, 6-2 6-1, before knocking off Britton Johnston of Georgia in the next round, 6-3 6-1. Juan Jose Rodriguez was granted new life form a tournament withdraw but fell to Georgia Tech's Marcus McDaniel after a battle, 7-6(5), 3-6 6-1.
 
In doubles, Olivier and Rodriguez fell to USF's pair of Alvin Tudorica and Bruno Oliveira, 8-2. Ozzor and Hillhouse dropped their match to Florida's Jonah Braswell and Lukas Greif, 8-2, concluding Stetson's involvement in that portion of the tournament.
 
For singles on the schedule today, Rodriguez will face Georgia's Thomas Paulsell at 9 a.m., on court five North. Olivier will face Erik Grevelius of South Florida at 11 a.m., but the court has yet to be determined.
 
DAY 1: Thursday Into Friday
 
Juan Jose Rodriguez defeated Georgia State's Edward Tymes, 7-5 2-6 11-9, but fell to Breno Marques of UNF, 6-1,6-4. Bendix Schroeder fell to Hunter Robbins of Florida Atlantic, then to Judson Blair of Georgia Southern. Sven Theirgard fell to Kennesaw State's Hugo Salmeron then to Georgia Tech's Elias Shokry. Ervin Harris Eminefendic fell to North Florida's Bruno Vietri before taking down Georgia Tech's Robert Bauer, 7-6 5-7 10-7.
 
In doubles, Sami Ozzor and Alexandre Hillhouse defeated FAU's Finn Stodder and Joao Graca 8-5. Rodriguez and Lucas Olivier took down Georgia Tech's Rohan Sachdev and Angel Guerrero 8-6. Eminefendic and Theirgard fell to UNF's Jonas Hartenstein and Rodrigo Crespo, 8-4.
 
Today's schedule has Ozzor and Hillhouse taking on Florida's Jonah Braswell and Lukas Greif. Rodriguez and Olivier will face South Florida's Alvin Tudorica and Bruno Olivier.
 
For singles, Olivier takes on North Florida's Patrick Kotan at 9 a.m., on court six north with more to follow depending on results.
 
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