Box Score FORT MYERS, Fla. - Stetson University men's tennis began the ASUN Championship with a 4-0 win over the EKU Colonels at the FGCU Tennis Complex in Fort Myers on Friday, April 19th. After battling it out for the doubles point, the Hatters made quick work in singles play as Lucas Olivier, Tim Gennes and Marc Saura all picked up wins to help Stetson clinch. Despite falling to the Colonels earlier in the season, the Hatters began their revenge tour on the right foot as they will now play Kennesaw State, who also bested the Hatters during the regular season. Stetson commanded singles play as they won the first set in five of the six matches.

Doubles:
#1: Saura, Marc / Rodriguez Garceran, Juan Jose [STET] vs. Mario Monclus Martin / Fernando Bulnes [EKU] 5-5 UF
#2: Baldi, Riccardo / Olivier, Lucas [STET] def. Ryan Kitchin / Kristoffer Stahlbrand [EKU] 6-4
#3: Blanco, Eder / Haris Eminefendic, Ervin [STET def. Moritz Mayer / Evzen Holis [EKU] 6-3
 Order of Finish: 3, 2

Singles:
#1: Olivier, Lucas [STET] def. Evzen Hollis [EKU] 6-4, 6-0
#2: Haris Eminefendic, Ervin [STET] vs. Fernando Bulnes [EKU] 4-6, 4-3 UF
#3: Blanco, Eder [STET] vs. Moritz Mayer [EKU] 6-1, 5-6 UF
#4: Gennes, Tim [STET] def. Paul-Antoine Brazet [EKU] 6-1, 6-3
#5: Saura, Marc [STET] def. Kristoffer Stahlbrand [EKU] 6-2, 6-4
#6: Ozzor, Sami [STET] vs. J.Anurag Reddy [EKU] 6-4, 3-3 UF

WORDS FROM COACH:
"I'm very happy, I mean this is a very good team. We are potentially playing the three teams that beat us during the regular season so we respect EKU alot, they beat us at their place and had a hell of a season so we had our work cut out for us today," said Head Coach Christophe Noblet. "We responded to adversity today. Doubles was big to bring us some momentum but it was a great college battle, a great ASUN battle against two very solid teams, I'm glad we got on top of it but we have our work cut out for us going into tomorrow's semifinal against Kennesaw, another team that beat us in the regular season, and we look forward to the challenge."

UP NEXT:
Stetson will return to action at 5:00 PM tomorrow for the ASUN Championship semifinals match against the Kennesaw State Owls on Saturday, April 20th at the FGCU Tennis Complex in Fort Myers.

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