DeLand, FL – The Stetson Hatters continued their dominant run on Friday afternoon, defeating the EKU Colonels 7-0 at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. The victory extends Stetson's win streak to six consecutive matches and improves their record to 2-0 in ASUN play. This marks the Hatters' fourth shutout win of the season, and their first in conference play.
Stetson secured the doubles point with the clinching victory coming from the duo of Xavi Sarda and Haris Eminefendic, who won 6-2 on Court 3. In singles play, none of the matches required a third set, with four of the sets ending 6-0. On Courts 3 through 6, no Colonel was allowed more than two points in a set.
Sami Ozzor and Sarda were the first two Hatters to finish, with Sarda improving his team-leading record to 11-2. Kuehne also recorded a solid win, defeating his opponent 6-4, 6-1, and earning his 11th win of the season as well.
DOUBLES
#1 Blanco, Eder / Kuehne, Christian [STETSON] vs. Fernando Bulnes / Nuno Pinheiro [EKU] 4-3 UF
#2 Saura, Marc / Olivier, Lucas [STETSON] def. Adrian Contreras / Ryan Kitchin [EKU] 6-1
#3 Sarda Marti, Xavier / Haris Eminefendic, Ervin [STETSON] def. Kartik Parhar / Romeo Navarro [EKU] 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
#1 Blanco, Eder [STETSON] def. Nuno Pinheiro [EKU] 6-2, 77-63
#2 Kuehne, Christian [STETSON] def. Fernando Bulnes [EKU] 6-4, 6-1
#3 Olivier, Lucas [STETSON] def. Adrian Contreras [EKU] 6-2, 6-0
#4 Haris Eminefendic, Ervin [STETSON] def. Kartik Parhar [EKU] 6-0, 6-2
#5 Sarda Marti, Xavier [STETSON] def. Romeo Navarro [EKU] 6-2, 6-0
#6 Ozzor, Sami [STETSON] def. Ryan Kitchin [EKU] 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1
WORDS FROM COACH CHRISTOPHE NOBLET
"I think, for us, we just focused on one match at a time and on our process, which I think is so important. This conference is tough every single year, and when you're not focused on every match, bad things can happen. Today, I think we were very locked in from the first point to the last. Kudos to the guys for their maturity; I've talked about that before, and it's something they're really embracing on match day—something we can capitalize on. But we're only focused on our next match. Queens is a good team, so we'll do our best to get ready for it and bring people in at 1:30 p.m."
NEXT UP
The Hatters continue their homestand in conference play as they play host to the visiting Queens Royals at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center on Sunday at 1:30 PM.
