Box Score DeLAND, Fla. - The Stetson University men's tennis team opened the 2024 home season with a 5-2 win over The Citadel Bulldogs at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. The Hatters are now 1-1 on the year after rebounding from Saturday's loss to FAU. This is the third straight season in which the Hatters have won their home-opener. It was also the Hatters' first win at home against the Bulldogs since March 21, 1995 as they extend their win streak over The Citadel to three straight.

Stetson (1-1) at The Citadel (0-4)
DATE: 01/21/2024 | TIME: 12:00 PM | ARENA: Mandy Stoll Tennis Center | SITE: DeLand, Fla.

Doubles
#1 Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran/ Marc Saura [STETSON] def. Hayden Shoemake / Sebastian Kamieniecki [CITADEL]            6-3
#2 Lucas Olivier / Riccardi Baldi [STETSON] vs. Ted Bagwell / Teo Cariov [CITADEL]           3-5 UF
#3 Tim Gennes / Sami Ozzor [STETSON] def. Lucas Robins / Noah Van Dyke [CITADEL]   6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
 
Singles
#1 Hayden Shoemake [CITADEL] def. Ervin Haris Eminefendic [STETSON] 6-2, 6-4
#2 Lucas Olivier [STETSON] def. Sebastian Kamieniecki [CITADEL] 6-3, 6-1
#3 Teo Cariov [CITADEL] def. Tim Gennes [STETSON] 3-6, 7-5, 1,0 (12-10)
#4 Eder Blanco  [STETSON] def. Noah Van Dyke [CITADEL] 6-4, 6-3
#5 Marc Saura [STETSON] def. Lucas Robins [CITADEL] 6-1, 6-2
#6 Riccardo Baldi [STETSON] def. Bradey Minnich [CITADEL] 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 2, 4, 1, 3

WORDS FROM COACH
"First one of the season, so it's always important to start with a W at some point. First win for our true freshman Ricky over there at six, so I'm happy for him as well," said Head Coach Christophe Noblet. "All I can ask is every match we're getting tested and yesterday we got tested, and once again a very good FAU team and kudos to them, they're playing extremely well right now and today we got tested as well, the more tested we are, the more we learn, the more information we have. Another good opportunity to learn, this one was better, happy with that, some positions were very strong and we have to get tougher on a few other."

NEXT UP
The Hatters will now travel to Georgia for the start of a three game road trip. While in the Peach State, the Hatters will take on Mercer in Macon on Saturday, Jan.27 at noon before returning to action the next day to face Georgia State in Atlanta at 1:00 PM on Sunday, Jan. 28.