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Jacksonville, Fla. – The USC Upstate men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision on the road in ASUN play Thursday evening to the 66th-ranked North Florida Ospreys at UNF Tennis Courts.
Upstate falls to 5-14 on the season and 1-3 in conference play while North Florida improves to 12-6 overall and 4-0 in the league.
The Ospreys captured the doubles point with wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 matches to take a 1-0 lead over the Spartans. In the No. 3 doubles contest, Ankush Arora and Francisco Neto were trailing Sahil Deshmukh and Jonathan Deautriell 4-3 before the match went unfinished.
North Florida claimed all seven singles matches to earn the victory. Upstate sent two of the matches into the third set at No. 2 and No. 3.
Playing in the No. 2 singles match, Lenhard Haupt dropped his first set against Jefta Kecic, ranked 107th nationally, before taking the second 6-3. The third, and final, set went into extra points with Haupt falling 10-6. Arora also took his No. 3 match versus Yannick Zuern into the third set but would fall 1-6, 6-2, 1-6.
The Spartans play their final road match of the season on Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m. against Stetson.
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Tennis Match Results
Singles competition
1. #57 Jack Findel-Hawkins (UNF) def. Felix Ewers (UPST) 6-4, 6-3
2. #107 Jefta Kecic (UNF) def. Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
3. Yannick Zuern (UNF) def. Ankush Arora (UPST) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
4. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) def. Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 6-2, 6-2
5. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. Ignacio Garrido (UPST) 6-4, 6-1
6. Jonathan Deautriell (UNF) def. Francisco Neto (UPST) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #55 Jack Findel-Hawkins/Jefta Kecic (UNF) def. Fernando Bernardes/Ignacio Garrido (UPST) 6-3
2. Lasse Muscheites/Yannick Zuern (UNF) def. Felix Ewers/Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 6-1
3. Sahil Deshmukh/Jonathan Deautriell (UNF) vs. Ankush Arora/Francisco Neto (UPST) 4-3, unfinished
Match Notes
USC Upstate 5-14, 1-3 ASUN
North Florida 12-6, 4-0 ASUN; National ranking #66
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,5,4,3,1,2)
