ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Florida Southern College won the last two singles matches to rally past No. 4 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College 4-3 in a non-conference men's tennis match Saturday afternoon at the Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
Florida Southern improved to 4-3 while Flagler is 2-3.
The Mocs won all three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead.
Philipp Lemken's win at No. 5 squared the match at 1-all. Nikita Tayanin and
Fernando Bulnes won in straight sets to give Flagler a 3-2 lead. Florida Southern won a pair of three-setters at Nos. 2 and 3 to win the match.
Flagler hosts Palm Beach Atlantic University on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Flagler Tennis Center.
Florida Southern 4, #4 Flagler 3
2/25/23 at Lakeland, Fla. (Wynee Warden Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) def. Chris Fok Kow (FSCM) 6-1, 6-3
2. Mario Garoz (FSCM) def.
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
3. Alex Fascio (FSCM) def.
Petr Cervinka (FLG) 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2
4. John Gidefjord (FSCM) def.
Jagger Ong-Patzwald (FLG) 6-1, 6-1
5.
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Matteo Feggi (FSCM) 6-2, 6-0
6.
Fernando Bulnes (FLG) def. Lukas Bonfante (FSCM) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Matteo Feggi/Chris Fok Kow (FSCM) def.
Jagger Ong-Patzwald/
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) 6-3
2. Mario Garoz/Ryan Rajakar (FSCM) def.
Petr Cervinka/
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) 6-4
3. JP Fujiwara/Edoardo Melindo (FSCM) def.
Philipp Lemken/
Pavlos Parson (FLG) 6-2
Match Notes
Flagler 2-3; National ranking #4
Florida Southern 4-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,4,1,6,2,3)
T-3:15 A-65
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