JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida men’s tennis team picked up a pair of wins on Tuesday at the UNF Tennis Complex. The Ospreys defeated Appalachian State, 5-2 in the morning before shutting out Eastern Kentucky, 7-0 in the afternoon.
Against App State (6-3), the Ospreys (10-4, 1-1 A-Sun) picked up the doubles point to start the match as they picked up wins in the No. 2 and No. 3 matches. In the No. 2, freshman Daniel Sotomarino and junior transfer Hleb Maslau defeated the duo of Philip Kloc and Alain Humblet, 8-5.
Freshmen Leonardo Nahar and Moritz Buercher teamed up to defeat Zeke Sansing and Andrew McKinnon in the No. 3, 8-1.
Buerchner also picked up a singles win by defeating Trent Constance, 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 1. Fellow freshman Taylor Albrecht downed Peter Jacobs in the No. 2 in a tough three set match with scores of 6-2, 6(4)-7, 10-4.
Nahar nabbed a point in the No. 5 with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Luka Vujinovic while senior Kurt Gattiker defeated McKinnon, 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 6
In the afternoon match against EKU (7-6) the Ospreys swept all of the matches, beginning with the doubles point.
Albrecht and Gattiker teamed up to defeat Hugo Klientovsky and Niklas Schroeder, 8-3 in the No. 1. In the No. 2 Sotomarino and Maslau dropped Parul Verma and Philip Janz, 8-4. Nahar and Buerchner defeated Carlos Valdenebro and Carles Pons, 8-1.
In singles matches Buerchner had the 6-2, 6-0 win over Klientovsky at No. 1. Albrecht defeated Schroeder, 7-5, 6-2 in the No. 2.
Maslau secured the No. 3 point with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Valdenebro while Sotomarino knocked off Parul Verma, 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 4.
Nahar defeated Piriz, 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 5 and junior Graham Edgar nabbed a 6-1, 6-3 win in the No. 6 over Janz.
The Ospreys will remain at home for a pair of Atlantic Sun Conference matches beginning with Belmont on Friday, March 12 at 2 p.m. UNF will face Lipscomb on Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m. Both matches will take place at the UNF Tennis Complex.
North Florida 5, Appalachian State 2
Singles
No. 1 – Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Trent Constance (ASU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 – Taylor Albrecht (UNF) def. Peter Jacobs (ASU) 6-2, 6(4)-7, 10-4
No. 3 – Alain Humblet (ASU) def. Hleb Maslau (UNF) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 – Philip Kloc (ASU) def. Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)
No. 5 – Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Luka Vujinovic (ASU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 – Kurt Gattiker (UNF) def. Andrew McKinnon (ASU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 – Jacobs/Constance (ASU) def. Gattiker/Albrecht (UNF) 8-6
No. 2 – Sotomarino/Maslau (UNF) def. Kloc/Humblet (ASU) 8-5
No. 3 – Nahar/Buerchner (UNF) def. Zeke Sansing/McKinnon (ASU) 8-1
North Florida 7, Eastern Kentucky 0
Singles
No. 1 – Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Hugo Klientovsky (EKU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Taylor Albrecht (UNF) def. Niklas Schroeder (EKU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 – Hleb Maslau (UNF) def. Carlos Valdenebro (EKU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 4 – Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Parul Verma (EKU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Emilio Piriz (EKU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 – Graham Edgar (UNF) def. Philip Janz (EKU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 – Gattiker/Albrecht (UNF) def. Klientovsky/Schroeder (EKU) 8-3
No. 2 – Sotomarino/Maslau (UNF) def. Verma/Janz (EKU) 8-4
No. 3 – Nahar/Buerchner (UNF) def. Valdenebro/Carles Pons (EKU) 8-1