DeLAND, Fla. – The Stetson University men's tennis team saw their win streak of 13 straight matches snap on Thursday night under the lights at Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, falling to the Kennesaw State Owls 4-3. This marks their first loss since falling to Georgia State on the road on January 28 as the #68-ranked Hatters drop their first home match of the season, previously holding a 9-0 record. It was also the first loss in conference play for the Hatters as they are now 4-1 against ASUN foes and 14-3 overall. The Hatters lost the doubles point for only the 5th time this year before splitting the six singles matches as they launched a valiant comeback effort but fell just short.
Doubles
#1 Harvey Conway/ Raul Garcia [KSU] def.
Saura, Marc /
Rodriguez Garceran, Juan Jose [STET] 6-4
#2
Baldi, Riccardo /
Olivier, Lucas [STET] def. Anthony Weingarten/ Joel Gibson [KSU] 6-4
#3 Mikolaj Lis/ Hugo Salmeron [KSU] def.
Blanco, Eder /
Haris Eminefendic, Ervin [STET] 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
#1 Raul Garcia [KSU] def.
Olivier, Lucas [STET] 6-0, 6-1
#2
Eminefendic, Ervin Haris [STET] def. Harvey Conway [KSU] 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
#3
Blanco, Eder [STET] def. Sam Baldwin [KSU] 7-5, 7-5
#4
Gennes, Tim [STET] def. Anthony Weingarten [KSU] 6
4-7
7, 6-3, 6-1
#5 Hugo Salmeron [KSU] def.
Ozzor, Sami [STET] 6-2, 6-4
#6 Seru Tezuka [KSU] def. Baldi, Riccardo [STET] 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3, 2, 6, 4
WORDS FROM COACH
"Tough one obviously, but credit to Kennesaw State first, I thought they played a hard match and played tough from beginning to end so they deserve it," said Christophe Noblet. "Proud of the team, we played hard, we competed our butts off and never gave up. We played well into the night, wasn't easy, a lot of adversity and a lot of things to manage today and we'll play like champions, we'll play like champions from beginning to end. It wasn't our day today but we're going to learn from it and grow and get better because of it."
NEXT UP
The Hatters stay home to host the North Florida Ospreys at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center on Mar 30 (Sat) at 3:30 PM.
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