ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – No. 15 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College defeated Georgia College & State University 5-2 in a Peach Belt Conference men's tennis match Friday afternoon at the Flagler Tennis Center.
Flagler extended its winning streak to five games and improved to 10-4 overall as well as 1-0 in the Peach Belt. Georgia College lost its third match in a row and fell to 6-6 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
The doubles teams of
Nikita Tatyanin/
Jagger Ong-Patzwald and
Pavlos Parson/
Philipp Lemken won both of their matches 6-2 to earn the team point for the Saints.
Flagler won the last four singles matches to win the match.
Fernando Bulnes won when his opponent retired down 5-1 in the second set. Lemken had a straight-sets win at No. 4 and
Petr Cervinka's win at No. 3 clinched the match. Parson also posted a straight-sets win and he extended his win streak to eight matches.
Flagler has a big Peach Belt Conference match tomorrow (March 25) against No. 8 Columbus State University at 1:30 p.m. at the Flagler Tennis Center.
#15 Flagler 5, #42 Georgia College 2
3/24/23 at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Gabe Cizek (GCSU-M) def. #24
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)
2. Karol Malirz (GCSU-M) def.
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) 6-1, 7-6 (8-6)
3.
Petr Cervinka (FLG) def. Jorge Robinson (GCSU-M) 6-4, 6-3
4.
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Masumi Komada (GCSU-M) 6-0, 7-5
5.
Pavlos Parson (FLG) def. Rodrigo Perez Crespo (GCSU-M) 6-3, 6-2
6.
Fernando Bulnes (FLG) def. Luka Sauer Jimenez (GCSU-M) 6-0, 5-1, retired
Doubles competition
1.
Nikita Tatyanin/
Jagger Ong-Patzwald (FLG) def. Gabe Cizek/Luka Sauer Jimenez (GCSU-M) 6-2
2.
Pavlos Parson/
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Sebastian Nunez/Masumi Komada (GCSU-M) 6-2
3.
Petr Cervinka/
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) vs. Karol Malirz/Enzo Sergi (GCSU-M) 5-2, unfinished
Match Notes
Georgia College 6-6, 0-2 PBC; National ranking #42
Flagler 10-4, 1-0 PBC; National ranking #15
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,4,3,5,1,2)
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