ST. AUGUSTINE – No. 2 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College defeated No. 28 University of Mount Olive 4-0 in a NCAA Division II Southeast Region No. 1 men's tennis match Monday afternoon at the Pollard Tennis Center.
Flagler extended its winning streak to 14 matches and improved to 18-2 overall. The Saints advance to tomorrow's preliminary final at 11 a.m. and will face the winner of the Lander University-Wingate University match. Mount Olive ended its season with a 17-6 record.
The Saints quickly earned the first team point. No. 29-ranked
Ilian Borlee and
Baptiste Mercier cruised to a 6-0 win and then the No. 37-ranked team of
Philipp Lemken and
Simon Malis won 6-3 to clinch the point.
In singles, Borlee won in straight sets 6-2 and 6-1 while Mercier, ranked No. 10 in the country, defeated Kristoffer Dalbak 6-4 and 6-0. The match ended when Lemken won his match, 6-1 and 6-2.
#2 Flagler 4, #28 Mount Olive 0
5/13/24 at St. Augustine, Fla. (Pollard Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #19
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) vs. G. Zotin de Oliveira (UMO) 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
2. #10
Baptiste Mercier (FLG) def. Kristoffer Dalbak (UMO) 6-4, 6-0
3.
Simon Malis (FLG) vs. Niklas Gruenefeldt (UMO) 3-6, 6-1, 2-1, unfinished
4.
Ilian Borlee (FLG) def. Bram Poel (UMO) 6-2, 6-1
5.
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Kabir Chhabria (UMO) 6-1, 6-2
6.
Makary Adamek (FLG) vs. Adam Ibrahim (UMO) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #37
Philipp Lemken/
Simon Malis (FLG) def. G. Zotin de Oliveira/Kristoffer Dalbak (UMO) 6-3
2. #29
Ilian Borlee/
Baptiste Mercier (FLG) def. Bram Poel/Lenn Hoffmann (UMO) 6-0
3.
Makary Adamek/
Max Berner (FLG) vs. Niklas Gruenefeldt/Adam Ibrahim (UMO) 4-4, unfinished
Match Notes
Mount Olive 17-6; National ranking #28
Flagler 18-2; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,2,5)
NCAA Division II Southeast Region No. 2
#8 Mount Olive at #1 Flagler
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