ST. AUGUSTINE – No. 9 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College shut out No. 27 Augusta University 4-0 in a Peach Belt Conference men's tennis match Monday afternoon at the Flagler Tennis Center.
Flagler won its fourth match in a row to improve to 14-5 overall and finish with a 5-1 mark in the Peach Belt. The Saints will be the No. 2 seed in this weekend's PBC Tournament. Augusta dropped to 14-8 overall and 1-4 in conference play. The Jaguars wrap up their regular season at home tomorrow against Young Harris College.
Philipp Lemken and
Pavlos Parson cruised to a 6-0 win a No. 2 doubles and No. 34-ranked
Nikita Tatyanin and
Jagger Ong-Patzwald won their match 6-1 to earn the first team point.
Tatyanin, the No. 21-ranked singles player in the nation, rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Enzo Garutti. Lemken was the next to finish as he won 6-3 and 6-4 at No. 4.
Fernando Bulnes ended the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles.
The match was played to clinch as Augusta has its regular season finale at home tomorrow.
Flagler will open the PBC Tournament on Friday against the No. 7 seed at noon at the Walden Tennis Center at Columbus, Georgia. The official brackets will be released once the competition tomorrow has been completed.
#9 Flagler 4, #27 Augusta 0
4/17/23 at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #21
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) def. Enzo Garutti (AUGMT23) 6-1, 6-1
2.
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) vs. Alexis Bailhache (AUGMT23) 5-7, 5-2, unfinished
3.
Petr Cervinka (FLG) vs. Quentin Cano Perez (AUGMT23) 7-6 (7-5), 4-3, unfinished
4.
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Herick Isago (AUGMT23) 6-3, 6-4
5.
Pavlos Parson (FLG) vs. Elie Azoulay (AUGMT23) 6-3, 2-6, 2-1, unfinished
6.
Fernando Bulnes (FLG) def. Arthur Valette (AUGMT23) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #34
Nikita Tatyanin/
Jagger Ong-Patzwald (FLG) def. Herick Isago/Enzo Garutti (AUGMT23) 6-1
2.
Philipp Lemken/
Pavlos Parson (FLG) def. Elie Azoulay/Alexis Bailhache (AUGMT23) 6-0
3.
Jacopo Denitto/
Petr Cervinka (FLG) vs. Quentin Cano Perez/Artur Abyan (AUGMT23) 5-2, unfinished
Match Notes
Augusta 14-8, 1-4 PBC; National ranking #27
Flagler 14-5, 5-1 PBC; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,4,6)
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