2013 Men's Tennis - Year In Review
Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach
Nick Crowell, Associate Coach
Evan Urbina, Volunteer Assistant
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2013 Men's Tennis - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach Nick Crowell, Associate Coach Evan Urbina, Volunteer Assistant Click here to see individual mug shots |
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2013 Roster - By Name
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* Andres Bucaro 6-1 Sr *** Guatemala City, Guatemala (Kaplan Online)
* Dominic Cotrone 6-1 So * Bradenton (Bradenton Christian)
* Blake Davis 6-1 Jr ** Austin, Tex. (Texas Tech)
* Joao Gauer 6-5 Fr-R Parana, Brazil (Colegio Positivo)
* Cristian Gonzalez Mendez
6-4 So * Santiago de Compostela, Spain (IES Sanchez Canton)
* Jordan Kelly-Houston 5-11 Sr *** Christchurch, New Zealand (Christchurch Boys')
* Benjamin Lock 6-5 So * Harare, Zimbabwe (Pretoria Boys')
* Anderson Reed 5-8 Sr *** Daphne, Ala. (Bayside Academy)
* Michael Rinaldi 5-10 Fr Palm City (Martin County)
2013 Schedule and Results
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| Bedford Cup September 14-17, 2012, Gainesville, Fla. |
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| ITA All-American Championship September 29-October 7, 2012, Tulsa, Okla. |
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| ITA Southeast Regional October 18-22, 2012 |
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| USTA Clay Court Tournament November 2-4, 2012, Orlando, Fla. |
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| Furman | |||||
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| Alabama-Birmingham | |||||
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| Bethune-Cookman | |||||
| Drake ITA Kick-Off Weekend, Malibu, Calif. |
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| Pepperdine ITA Kickoff Weekend |
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| Florida Atlantic | |||||
| Mercer | |||||
| Florida | |||||
| Pepperdine Bradenton, Fla. |
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| Texas | |||||
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| Oklahoma | |||||
| Georgia Tech | |||||
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| Miami | |||||
| North Carolina State | |||||
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| Boston College | |||||
| Wake Forest | |||||
| North Carolina | |||||
| Virginia | |||||
| Virginia Tech | |||||
| Georgia Tech ACC, Cary, N.C. |
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| Duke ACC, Cary, N.C. |
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| California NCAA, Gainesville, Fla. |
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| NCAA Singles & Doubles May 23-27, 2013, Urbana, Ill. |
EOY StatsRef Overall Home Away Neutral ------------------------------------------------ FSU record is 18-11 13- 4 3- 4 2- 3 vs ACC 4- 6 2- 3 2- 3 0- 0
2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Results 1 Virginia 10- 0 30- 0 2 Duke 9- 1 25- 6 3 Wake Forest 7- 3 20- 9 4t Virginia Tech 6- 4 16-10 4t Clemson 6- 4 19- 8 4t North Carolina State 6- 4 14-11 7t Florida State 4- 6 18-11 7t North Carolina 4- 6 12-13 9 Miami 2- 8 13-13 10 Georgia Tech 1- 9 8-16 11 Boston College 0-10 5-16
2013 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Cary, NC Date Score Comments ========== ================================================== ================================== 04/25/2013 (8)North Carolina 4, (9)Miami 0 Round 1 04/25/2013 (7)Florida State 4, (10)Georgia Tech 1 Round 1 04/25/2013 (6)Virginia Tech 4, (11)Boston College 0 Round 1 04/26/2013 (1)Virginia 4, (8)North Carolina 0 Round 2 04/26/2013 (5)Clemson 4, (4)North Carolina State 2 Round 2 04/26/2013 (2)Duke 4, (7)Florida State 0 Round 2 04/26/2013 (3)Wake Forest 4, (6)Virginia Tech 2 Round 2 04/27/2013 (1)Virginia 4, (5)Clemson 0 Round 3 04/27/2013 (3)Wake Forest 4, (2)Duke 3 Round 3 04/28/2013 (1)Virginia 4, (3)Wake Forest 0 Round 4
Individual Results Highest vs 3 Fall/Spring Name Rank Rank ACC Sets Tournaments 1 2 3 4 5 6 NCAA Total ------------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Andres Bucaro 0-1 1-3 2-7 3-1 2-2 7-10 Dominic Cotrone 89 6-9 2-7 3-9 10-5 13-9 3-1 1-0 27-15 Blake Davis 0-1 1-4 1-2 1-0 4-6 2-1 7-7 Joao Gauer 1-0 3-1 4-6 3-1 7-7 Cristian Gonzalez Mendez 0-3 4-3 4-4 6-4 2-2 2-2 5-3 15-11 Jordan Kelly-Houston 108 0-8 1-5 10-2 7-5 2-1 2-6 5-4 0-2 16-18 Benjamin Lock 99 3-5 4-5 7-6 7-4 1-1 7-7 7-3 22-15 Anderson Reed 0-6 4-5 5-3 5-6 3-4 8-3 6-2 22-15 Michael Rinaldi 0-3 5-4 4-3 6-6 1-0 7-3 9-2 23-11 Totals 47-43 16-11 12-14 17-11 15-13 20-9 19-8 146-109
Doubles Results Highest vs Tie Fall/Spring Name Rank Rank ACC Break Tournaments 1 2 3 NCAA Total --------------------------------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock 22 3-5 2-6 0-2 5-1 6-8 1-2 12-11 Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi 78 1-0 6-2 1-1 7-3 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis 14 7-2 7-2 5-1 3-1 6-1 1-1 15-4 Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock 4-2 1-1 5-3 Dominic Cotrone/Anderson Reed 2-1 2-1 Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi 1-0 3-0 1-3 5-3 Blake Davis/Joao Gauer 1-0 1-0 2-0 Blake Davis/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez 1-0 1-0 1-0 Blake Davis/Benjamin Lock 2-0 2-0 Blake Davis/Anderson Reed 0-1 0-1 0-1 Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez 6-4 6-4 Joao Gauer/Michael Rinaldi 1-0 1-0 Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed 89 2-4 5-3 1-1 3-2 2-0 7-5 7-2 19-9 Jordan Kelly-Houston/Michael Rinaldi 1-2 1-2 Totals 27-14 15-10 16-9 19-7 1-1 78-41
Andres Bucaro Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Jorge Blasco Central Florida L 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 0-1 09/15/2012 T Kip Jackson Bethune-Cookman W 6-2, 6-0 1-1 10/01/2012 T Shuan Bernstein Michigan L 6-1, 7-6(1) 1-2 10/02/2012 T Albert Ochagavia Old Dominion L 7-5, 6-7(1), 6-3 1-3 10/19/2012 T Marco Nunez Georgia L 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(8) 1-4 10/20/2012 T Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech L 7-6(6), 6-3 1-5 11/02/2012 T David Orces Citadel L 7-5, 6-3 1-6 11/03/2012 T Eduardo Segura Georgia Tech W 6-1, 1-6, 1-0(11-9) 2-6 11/04/2012 T Eric Rubin Boston College L 7-5, 6-1 2-7 01/12/2013 5 Francesc Aulina Central Florida W 6-1, 6-4 3-7 1-0 01/12/2013 5 Jacob Behal Furman W 7-6(7-2), 6-3 4-7 2-0 01/19/2013 6 Luiz Felipe Pinto Alabama-Birmingham W 6-2, 6-0 5-7 3-0 01/21/2013 6 Blake Gregor South Alabama W 6-3, 6-2 6-7 4-0 01/26/2013 109 6 Ben Mullis Drake L 4-6, 7-6(4) retired 6-8 4-1 01/27/2013 6 David Sofaer Pepperdine L 7-6(1), 6-2 6-9 4-2 02/09/2013 5 Michael Alford Florida L 7-5, 6-1 6-10 4-3 04/05/2013 5 Kyle Childree Boston College W 6-2, 6-1 7-10 5-3 1-0 Dominic Cotrone Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Salif Kante Florida A&M W 6-3, 6-4 1-0 09/15/2012 T Victor Mauz Miami W 7-6(), 6-4 2-0 09/15/2012 17 T Bob Van Overbeek Florida W 6-4, 6-4 3-0 09/16/2012 T Federico Sabogal South Florida L 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 3-1 09/29/2012 T Brandon MacDonald Xavier W 6-0, 6-2 4-1 09/30/2012 T Bryan Welnetz Penn State W 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 5-1 09/30/2012 T Alex Palaez Illinois State W 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(3) 6-1 10/01/2012 T Rafael Davidian Utah W 6-4, 6-4 7-1 10/02/2012 92 T Ben Davis Middle Tennessee St L 6-4, 6-3 7-2 10/19/2012 T Alex Toliver Kennesaw State W 6-1, 6-1 8-2 10/20/2012 T Sofiane Chevallier Georgia State W 6-3, 6-2 9-2 10/20/2012 T Nathan Pasha Georgia L 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5) 9-3 11/02/2012 T Alejandro Espejo Sanchez Tulsa W 7-6(5), 6-4 10-3 11/02/2012 111 T Fred Saba Duke L 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 10-4 11/03/2012 T Mads Engsted California L 7-6(3),4-6,1-0(10-8) 10-5 01/12/2013 107 2 Amar Hromic Central Florida W 7-5, 7-5 11-5 1-0 01/12/2013 107 1 Andrew Mellow Furman W 6-1, 6-1 12-5 2-0 01/19/2013 107 3 Lance Lvovsky Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0, 6-4 13-5 3-0 01/19/2013 107 2 Rafael Rondino Alabama-Birmingham W 7-6(3), 6-0 14-5 4-0 01/21/2013 107 2 Grhard Gruindelingh South Alabama W 6-0, 6-0 15-5 5-0 01/21/2013 107 1 Leonardo Lima Bethune-Cookman W 6-0, 6-0 16-5 6-0 01/26/2013 107 35 1 Anis Ghorbel Drake W 6-2, 7-5 17-5 7-0 01/27/2013 107 6 1 Sebastian Fanselow Pepperdine L 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 17-6 7-1 02/02/2013 107 1 Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 6-4, 6-0 18-6 8-1 02/02/2013 107 1 Arnav Mohanty Mercer W 6-0, 6-1 19-6 9-1 02/09/2013 107 51 1 Bob van Overbeek Florida W 6-2, 6-4 20-6 10-1 02/24/2013 99 4 1 Sebastian Fanselow Pepperdine L 6-1, 3-2 default 20-7 10-2 03/01/2013 89 1 Sudanwa Sitaram Texas W 6-7(7-2), 6-0, 6-4 21-7 11-2 03/03/2013 89 1 Oliver Pramming South Florida W 6-4, 7-6(7-2) 22-7 12-2 03/12/2013 110 17 1 Costin Paval Oklahoma L 6-3, 7-6(5) 22-8 12-3 03/15/2013 89 1 Juan Melian Georgia Tech L 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10-8) 22-9 12-4 0-1 03/17/2013 110 41 1 Yannick Maden Clemson L 6-4, 6-3 22-10 12-5 0-2 03/24/2013 110 1 Gabriel Flores Miami W 6-3, 6-0 23-10 13-5 1-2 03/29/2013 122 1 Austin Powell North Carolina State L 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 23-11 13-6 1-3 03/30/2013 121 25 2 Fred Saba Duke L 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(11-9) 23-12 13-7 1-4 04/05/2013 121 1 Moritz Buerchner North Florida dnf 6-7(), 5-0 dnf 23-12 13-7 04/05/2013 121 1 Philip Nelson Boston College W 6-3, 6-1 24-12 14-7 2-4 04/12/2013 125 1 David Hopkins Wake Forest L 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 24-13 14-8 2-5 04/14/2013 125 31 1 Esben Hess-Olesen North Carolina W 6-0, 6-4 25-13 15-8 3-5 04/19/2013 95 1 1 Jarmere Jenkins Virginia L 6-3, 6-2 25-14 15-9 3-6 04/21/2013 95 52 1 Amerigo Contini Virginia Tech L 6-2, 6-1 25-15 15-10 3-7 04/25/2013 109 40 1 Juan Spir Georgia Tech W 7-6(11-9), 6-3 26-15 16-10 04/26/2013 109 6 1 Henrique Cunha Duke dnf 7-6 dnf 26-15 16-10 05/10/2013 92 38 1 Ben McLachlan California W 7-5, 6-3 27-15 17-10 Blake Davis Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 01/21/2013 5 Gilbert Kibet Bethune-Cookman W 6-1, 6-4 1-0 1-0 02/02/2013 4 Richard Meade Florida Atlantic W 6-0, 6-2 2-0 2-0 02/02/2013 4 Joao Pagen Mercer W 6-1, 6-2 3-0 3-0 02/09/2013 5 Billy Federhofer Florida W 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-5) 4-0 4-0 02/24/2013 5 David Sofaer Pepperdine L 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 4-1 4-1 03/01/2013 4 Lloyd Glasspool Texas L 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 4-2 4-2 03/03/2013 4 Juan Carlos Acuna South Florida W 7-5, 7-6(10-8) 5-2 5-2 03/12/2013 4 Axel Alvarez Llamas Oklahoma L 6-2, 6-4 5-3 5-3 03/15/2013 4 Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech L 7-6(7-4), 6-2 5-4 5-4 0-1 03/17/2013 4 Ayrton Wibowo Clemson W 6-4, 6-4 6-4 6-4 1-1 04/05/2013 3 Jonathan Raude Boston College W 6-0, 6-1 7-4 7-4 2-1 04/14/2013 4 William Parker North Carolina L 6-0, 7-5 7-5 7-5 2-2 04/19/2013 23 4 Mac Styslinger Virginia L 6-4, 7-5 7-6 7-6 2-3 04/21/2013 4 Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech L 6-3, 6-4 7-7 7-7 2-4 Joao Gauer Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 105 T Taylor Albrecht Florida Atlantic W 7-5, 6-1 1-0 09/15/2012 T Julien Belair North Florida L 6-2, 6-4 1-1 09/29/2012 T Chris Diaz Ohio State L 6-2, 6-0 1-2 09/29/2012 T Matthias Kidler USC-Upstate L 6-2, 6-4 1-3 10/18/2012 T Alex Doherty Georgia Southern W 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 2-3 10/18/2012 T Simon Julin Stetson L 7-6(1), 7-5 2-4 10/20/2012 T Omar Aly Miami L 6-2, 3-6, 1-0(7) 2-5 11/02/2012 T Anish Sharma Georgia Tech W 6-3, 6-3 3-5 11/03/2012 T Roman Trkulja Penn State W 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 4-5 11/03/2012 T Chase Perez-Blanco U.S. Tennis Assoc L 6-3, 6-0 4-6 01/19/2013 6 Default Florida Gulf Coast W Default 5-6 1-0 02/02/2013 6 Robert Dubuque Florida Atlantic W 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8) 6-6 2-0 02/02/2013 6 Peter Tauchner Mercer W 6-2, 6-2 7-6 3-0 04/05/2013 6 Matt Wagner Boston College L 6-4, 7-6(7-4) 7-7 3-1 0-1 Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 84 T Mike Alford Florida L 6-4, 6-0 0-1 09/15/2012 T Norbert Nemcsek North Florida L 7-6(), 7-6() 0-2 09/29/2012 T Orlando Superlano Texas Christian W 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 1-2 09/30/2012 T Norbert Nemscsek North Florida L 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 1-3 10/19/2012 T Jose Fantova Florida Atlantic W 6-3, 6-1 2-3 10/20/2012 T Diego Soto Miami L 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 2-4 11/02/2012 T Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 3-4 11/03/2012 T Russell Bader Penn State W 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 4-4 11/03/2012 T Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 6-1, 6-1 5-4 11/04/2012 T David Orces Citadel W 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2) 6-4 01/19/2013 4 Tom Puetz Alabama-Birmingham W 6-0, 6-1 7-4 1-0 01/21/2013 5 Shayann Vaezzadeh South Alabama W 6-0, 6-4 8-4 2-0 01/21/2013 6 Kip Jackson Bethune-Cookman W 6-0, 6-0 9-4 3-0 01/26/2013 86 4 Alen Salibasic Drake L 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-2 9-5 3-1 01/27/2013 4 Francis Alcantara Pepperdine L 6-4, 6-3 9-6 3-2 03/24/2013 6 William Albanese Miami W 6-2, 6-0 10-6 4-2 1-0 03/29/2013 6 Sean Weber North Carolina State L 6-4, 6-4 10-7 4-3 1-1 03/30/2013 6 Jason Tahir Duke L 6-1, 7-6(8-6) 10-8 4-4 1-2 04/05/2013 6 Leonardo Nahar North Florida W 6-2, 7-6(3) 11-8 5-4 04/05/2013 4 Billy Grokenberger Boston College W 6-4, 6-0 12-8 6-4 2-2 04/12/2013 6 Morgan Mays Wake Forest W 6-3, 6-1 13-8 7-4 3-2 04/14/2013 5 Oystein Steiro North Carolina W 6-4, 6-3 14-8 8-4 4-2 04/19/2013 6 Justin Shane Virginia L 6-4, 6-7(4), 1-0(5) 14-9 8-5 4-3 04/21/2013 6 Aaron Gomez Virginia Tech W 6-2, 6-1 15-9 9-5 5-3 04/25/2013 5 Eduardo Segura Georgia Tech dnf 6-4, 6-6 dnf 15-9 9-5 04/26/2013 70 5 Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 6-2, 6-3 15-10 9-6 05/10/2013 5 Mads Engsted California L 6-4, 6-1 15-11 9-7 Jordan Kelly-Houston Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 108 T Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 6-4, 6-4 1-0 09/15/2012 108 T Pedro Davisson North Florida W 4-6, 7-6(), 6-2 2-0 09/15/2012 108 T Guillermo De Vilchez South Florida L 6-4, 6-3 2-1 10/01/2012 108 T Ryan Lipman Vanderbilt L 6-4, 6-2 2-2 10/02/2012 108 T Rifat Biktyakov Oklahoma State L 6-4, 6-3 2-3 10/19/2012 108 T Oliver Webb Georgia Southern W 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 3-3 10/20/2012 108 T Billy Federhofer Florida W 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 4-3 10/20/2012 108 T Austin Smith Georgia W 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 5-3 10/21/2012 108 17 T Bob Van Overbeek Florida L 7-5, 6-3 5-4 11/02/2012 108 T Juan Melian Georgia Tech W 6-4, 6-3 6-4 11/03/2012 108 T Juan Pablo Murra Kentucky L 6-4, 6-4 6-5 11/03/2012 108 T Ronnie Schneider U.S. Tennis Assoc W 6-3, 2-6, 1-0(13-11) 7-5 01/12/2013 1 Jorge Blasco Central Florida W 7-6(5),2-6,1-0(10-4) 8-5 1-0 01/12/2013 3 Joel Cook Furman W 7-5, 6-4 9-5 2-0 01/19/2013 2 Dean Tsamas Florida Gulf Coast W 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 10-5 3-0 01/19/2013 1 David Zimmerman Alabama-Birmingham W 3-6, 6-1, 1-0(10-8) 11-5 4-0 01/21/2013 1 Daniel Leitner South Alabama L 6-2, 6-2 11-6 4-1 01/26/2013 68 2 James McKie Drake L 6-2, 6-2 11-7 4-2 01/27/2013 2 Alex Sarkissian Pepperdine L 6-1, 6-0 11-8 4-3 02/02/2013 2 Anderson Scarpa Mercer W 6-4, 6-4 12-8 5-3 02/09/2013 26 2 Florent Diep Florida L 7-6(7-4), 6-4 12-9 5-4 02/24/2013 89 2 Alex Sarkissian Pepperdine L 6-1, 6-4 12-10 5-5 03/01/2013 3 Nick Naumann Texas W 4-6, 7-6(8-6), 6-2 13-10 6-5 03/03/2013 3 Guillermo De Vilchez South Florida W 7-5, 6-4 14-10 7-5 03/12/2013 3 Dane Webb Oklahoma W 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(5) 15-10 8-5 03/15/2013 3 Eduardo Segura Georgia Tech W 6-4, 7-5 16-10 9-5 1-0 03/17/2013 2 Hunter Harrington Clemson L 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-4 16-11 9-6 1-1 03/24/2013 2 Diego Soto Miami L 6-1, 6-3 16-12 9-7 1-2 03/29/2013 3 Dave Thomson North Carolina State L 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 16-13 9-8 1-3 03/30/2013 89 4 Chris Mengel Duke L 6-1, 7-6(7-4) 16-14 9-9 1-4 04/05/2013 3 Julien Belair North Florida L 6-0, 6-1 16-15 9-10 04/12/2013 105 4 Adam Lee Wake Forest L 6-2, 6-2 16-16 9-11 1-5 04/25/2013 3 Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech dnf 6-4, 4-6, 2-1 dnf 16-16 9-11 04/26/2013 52 3 Michael Redicki Duke L 6-4, 6-3 16-17 9-12 05/10/2013 60 3 Campbell Johnson California L 6-0, 6-4 16-18 9-13 Benjamin Lock Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 100 T Jose Fantova Florida Atlantic W 6-3, 6-2 1-0 09/15/2012 100 T Gordon Watson Florida L 6-4, 6-4 1-1 10/01/2012 100 T Matthew Kirby Tulsa W 6-1, 6-3 2-1 10/02/2012 100 T Nikita Fomin George Washington W 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 3-1 10/03/2012 100 80 T Max Wennakoski VA Commonwealth L 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 3-2 10/19/2012 100 T Amar Hromic Central Florida W 6-1, 6-2 4-2 10/20/2012 100 T Pedro Davisson North Florida W 6-3, 6-3 5-2 10/20/2012 100 T Juan Melian Georgia Tech L 6-3, 6-2 5-3 11/02/2012 100 T Jonny Wang Southern California W 6-3, 6-4 6-3 11/02/2012 100 124 T Chris Konigsfeldt California L 6-3, 6-4 6-4 11/03/2012 100 T Tom Jomby Kentucky W injured 7-4 01/12/2013 99 3 Pedro Wagner Central Florida W 6-3, 7-5 8-4 1-0 01/12/2013 99 2 Alex Christ Furman W 6-3, 2-2 ret 9-4 2-0 01/19/2013 99 1 Tianyu Bao Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4, 6-3 10-4 3-0 01/19/2013 99 3 Chris Helliar Alabama-Birmingham W 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8) 11-4 4-0 01/21/2013 99 3 Alex Bernard South Alabama L 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 11-5 4-1 01/21/2013 99 2 Juan Varon Bethune-Cookman W 6-2, 6-1 12-5 5-1 01/26/2013 99 3 Robin Goodman Drake W 6-0, 6-4 13-5 6-1 01/27/2013 99 3 Finn Tearney Pepperdine L 6-2, 6-2 13-6 6-2 02/02/2013 99 2 Jose Fantova Florida Atlantic W 6-3, 6-3 14-6 7-2 02/02/2013 99 3 Arsav Mohanty Mercer W 6-2, 6-7(6), 1-0(8) 15-6 8-2 02/09/2013 99 3 Stephane Piro Florida L 6-4, 6-2 15-7 8-3 02/24/2013 105 3 Finn Tearney Pepperdine W 7-6(7-4), 6-4 16-7 9-3 03/01/2013 80 2 Daniel Whitehead Texas W 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 17-7 10-3 03/03/2013 2 Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz South Florida L 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 17-8 10-4 03/12/2013 2 Guillermo Alcorta Oklahoma L 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-4 17-9 10-5 03/15/2013 53 2 Juan Spir Georgia Tech L 6-2, 6-1 17-10 10-6 0-1 03/17/2013 3 Gerardo Meza Clemson W 6-4, 6-2 18-10 11-6 1-1 03/24/2013 3 Wilfredo Gonzalez Miami W 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(9-7) 19-10 12-6 2-1 03/29/2013 2 Robbie Mudge North Carolina State L 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 19-11 12-7 2-2 03/30/2013 5 1 Henrique Cunha Duke L 6-1, 6-4 19-12 12-8 2-3 04/05/2013 2 Daniel Sotomarino North Florida dnf 5-7, 5-4 19-12 12-8 04/05/2013 2 Michael McGinnis Boston College W 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-6) 20-12 13-8 3-3 04/12/2013 2 Danny Kreyman Wake Forest W 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 21-12 14-8 4-3 04/14/2013 2 Brett Clark North Carolina L 6-7(3),7-6(6),1-0(7) 21-13 14-9 4-4 04/19/2013 2 2 Alex Domijan Virginia L 6-2, 6-3 21-14 14-10 4-5 04/21/2013 98 2 Andreas Bjerrehus Virginia Tech W 6-0, 6-3 22-14 15-10 5-5 04/25/2013 2 Juan Melian Georgia Tech L 6-3, 6-3 22-15 15-11 04/26/2013 37 2 Fred Saba Duke dnf 1-6, 6-4, 1-1 dnf 22-15 15-11 05/10/2013 86 2 Christoffer Koningsfeldt California dnf 3-6, 5-3 dnf 22-15 15-11 Anderson Reed Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Oliver Pramming South Florida W 7-5, 7-6(5) 1-0 09/15/2012 T Diego Soto Bedford Cup L 6-3, 7-6() 1-1 09/29/2012 T Jesse Kiuru Saint Mary's College W 7-6(14), 6-1 2-1 09/30/2012 T Badr Cherradi Southern Illinois W 6-2, 7-6() 3-1 09/30/2012 T Amau Dachs Texas Christian L 7-5, 6-2 3-2 10/01/2012 82 T David O'Leary Memphis L 6-2, 6-4 3-3 10/19/2012 T Admire Mushonga Florida A&M L 7-6(6), 6-3 3-4 11/02/2012 85 T Robert Quiroz Southern California L 6-0, 6-3 3-5 11/03/2012 T Martin Redlicki U.S. Tennis Assoc L 4-6, 6-0, 1-0(10-3) 3-6 11/04/2012 T Martin Redicki U.S. Tennis Assoc W 4-6, 6-0, 1-0(10-3) 4-6 11/04/2012 T Tristan Jackson Tulsa W 6-4, 6-2 5-6 01/12/2013 4 Jose Sangroniz Central Florida W 6-2, 6-2 6-6 1-0 01/12/2013 4 Matt Browne Furman W 6-1, 6-3 7-6 2-0 01/19/2013 4 Michael Beiler Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 6-3 8-6 3-0 01/19/2013 5 Lucas Dirube Alabama-Birmingham W 6-4, 6-2 9-6 4-0 01/21/2013 4 Cody Hall South Alabama W 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 10-6 5-0 01/21/2013 3 Seve Day Bethune-Cookman W 6-0, 6-1 11-6 6-0 01/26/2013 5 Jean Erasmus Drake W 7-6(6), 7-6(2) 12-6 7-0 01/27/2013 5 Mousheg Hovhannisyan Pepperdine W 6-3, 1-6, 5-0 ret 13-6 8-0 02/02/2013 3 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Alford/Florent Diep Florida L 8-4 8-2 11/02/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Jorge Blasco/Matthew Gladstone Central Florida W 8-1 9-2 11/03/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Luke Johnson/Thomas Proisy Florida W 8-2 10-2 11/04/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Jose Fantova/Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 8-5 11-2 11/04/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Alejandro Espejo Sanchez/Matt Kirby Tulsa L 8-1 11-3 01/19/2013 27 1 Benjamin Lock Lance Lvovsky/Dean Tsamas Florida Gulf Coast W 8-1 12-3 1-0 01/19/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Luiz Felipe Pinto/Rafael Rondino Alabama-Birmingham W 8-7(7-5) 13-3 2-0 01/21/2013 27 1 Benjamin Lock Daniel Leitner/Juan Troglia South Alabama L 8-7(7-3) 13-4 2-1 01/21/2013 27 1 Benjamin Lock Seve Day/Juan Varon Bethune-Cookman L 8-6 13-5 2-2 01/26/2013 27 16 1 Benjamin Lock Anis Ghorbel/James McKie Drake W 8-5 14-5 3-2 01/27/2013 27 1 Benjamin Lock Francis Alcantara/Finn Tearney Pepperdine W 8-4 15-5 4-2 02/09/2013 27 1 Benjamin Lock Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson Florida dnf 4-7 dnf 15-5 4-2 02/24/2013 52 1 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Benjamin Lock David Hopkins/Amogh Prabhaker Wake Forest L 9-8(7-2) 18-11 7-8 1-4 04/14/2013 40 2 Benjamin Lock Brett Clark/Esben Hess-Olesen North Carolina L 8-6 18-12 7-9 1-5 04/19/2013 58 21 2 Benjamin Lock Alex Domijan/Mitchell Frank Virginia L 8-4 18-13 7-10 1-6 04/21/2013 58 2 Benjamin Lock Hunter Koontz/Trpimir Kujundzic Virginia Tech W 8-4 19-13 8-10 2-6 04/25/2013 61 2 Benjamin Lock Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech dnf 4-6 dnf 19-13 8-10 04/26/2013 61 24 2 Benjamin Lock Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke dnf 4-6 dnf 19-13 8-10 05/10/2013 78 3 Michael Rinaldi Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton California L 8-6 19-14 8-11 Dominic Cotrone Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/15/2012 T Anderson Reed Juan Carlos Acuna/Federico Sabogal South Florida W 8-2 1-0 09/15/2012 T Anderson Reed Julen Belair/Moritz Buerchner North Florida L 8-6 1-1 10/02/2012 T Anderson Reed Sebastian Florczyk/Marc Herrman Nebraska W 8-5 2-1 10/19/2012 T Benjamin Lock John Nowak/Matthew Samberg Florida Atlantic W 8-1 3-1 10/19/2012 T Benjamin Lock Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 8-6 4-1 10/20/2012 T Benjamin Lock Juan Spir/Vikram Hundal Georgia Tech L 8-4 4-2 11/02/2012 T Benjamin Lock Deiton Baughman/George Goldhoff U.S. Tennis Assoc W 9-7 5-2 11/03/2012 T Benjamin Lock Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson Florida W 8-2 6-2 11/04/2012 T Benjamin Lock Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke L 8-3 6-3 01/12/2013 1 Benjamin Lock Juan Bolina/Amar Hromic Central Florida W 8-4 7-3 1-0 01/12/2013 1 Michael Rinaldi Richard Casagrande/Andrew Mellow Furman W 8-3 8-3 2-0 01/19/2013 1 Benjamin Lock Tom Puetz/David Zimmerman Alabama-Birmingham L 8-6 8-4 2-1 01/21/2013 2 Michael Rinaldi Alex Bernard/Shayann Vaezzadeh South Alabama W 8-3 9-4 3-1 01/21/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Kip Jackson/Gilbert Kibet Bethune-Cookman W 8-2 10-4 4-1 01/26/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Ben Lott/Alen Salibasic Drake L 8-4 10-5 4-2 01/27/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer Pepperdine dnf 7-6 dnf 10-5 4-2 02/02/2013 2 Michael Rinaldi Jose Fantova/Richard Meade Florida Atlantic W 8-4 11-5 5-2 02/02/2013 2 Michael Rinaldi Arnav Mohanty/Arsav Mohanty Mercer W 8-5 12-5 6-2 02/09/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Stephane Piro/Bob van Overbeek Florida L 8-3 12-6 6-3 02/24/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer Pepperdine L 8-3 12-7 6-4 03/01/2013 3 Blake Davis Jacoby Lewis/Sudanwa Sitaram Texas W 8-1 13-7 7-4 03/03/2013 3 Blake Davis Everth Dzib/Frederico Sabogal South Florida W 8-5 14-7 8-4 03/12/2013 3 Blake Davis Lawrence Formentera/Peerakit Siributwong Oklahoma W 8-1 15-7 9-4 03/15/2013 3 Blake Davis Colin Edwards/Garrett Gordon Georgia Tech W 8-0 16-7 10-4 1-0 03/17/2013 3 Blake Davis Hunter Harrington/Ayrton Wibowo Clemson W 8-4 17-7 11-4 2-0 03/24/2013 3 Blake Davis Marco Stancati/Henrique Tsukamoto Miami L 8-4 17-8 11-5 2-1 03/29/2013 3 Blake Davis Beck Bond/Austin Powell North Carolina State W 8-2 18-8 12-5 3-1 03/30/2013 14 2 Blake Davis Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke W 8-6 19-8 13-5 4-1 04/05/2013 2 Blake Davis Norbert Nemcsek/Daniel Sotomarino North Florida W 8-3 20-8 14-5 04/05/2013 2 Blake Davis Billy Grokenberger/Matt Wagner Boston College W 8-4 21-8 15-5 5-1 04/12/2013 34 2 Blake Davis Danny Kreyman/Adam Lee Wake Forest L 8-4 21-9 15-6 5-2 04/14/2013 34 81 1 Blake Davis William Parker/Nelson Vick North Carolina W 8-6 22-9 16-6 6-2 04/19/2013 42 1 1 Blake Davis Jarmere Jenkins/Mac Styslinger Virginia W 8-2 23-9 17-6 7-2 04/21/2013 42 22 1 Blake Davis Andresa Bjerrehus/Amerigo Contini Virginia Tech W 8-1 24-9 18-6 8-2 04/25/2013 17 10 1 Blake Davis Vikram Hundal/Juan Spir Georgia Tech W 8-6 25-9 19-6 04/26/2013 17 2 1 Blake Davis Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 8-4 25-10 19-7 05/10/2013 14 26 1 Blake Davis Campbell Johnson/Christoffer Konigsfeldt California W 8-4 26-10 20-7 05/23/2013 14 15 N Blake Davis Garrett Brasseaux/Nathan Pasha Georgia W 7-5, 7-5 27-10 05/24/2013 14 2 N Blake Davis Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 27-11 Blake Davis Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 01/12/2013 2 Anderson Reed Francesc Aulina/Pedro Wagner Central Florida L 8-7 (12-10) 0-1 0-1 01/12/2013 2 Joao Gauer Matt Browne/Tyler Droll Furman W 8-2 1-1 1-1 01/19/2013 2 Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Tianyu Bao/Michael Beiler Florida Gulf Coast W 8-7(7-4) 2-1 2-1 01/21/2013 3 Joao Gauer Blake Gregor/Cody Hall South Alabama W 8-4 3-1 3-1 02/02/2013 3 Benjamin Lock Robert Dubuque/Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff Florida Atlantic W 8-5 4-1 4-1 02/02/2013 3 Benjamin Lock Vincent DeLise/Anderson Scarpa Mercer W 8-6 5-1 5-1 03/01/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Jacoby Lewis/Sudanwa Sitaram Texas W 8-1 6-1 6-1 03/03/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Everth Dzib/Frederico Sabogal South Florida W 8-5 7-1 7-1 03/12/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Lawrence Formentera/Peerakit Siributwong Oklahoma W 8-1 8-1 8-1 03/15/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Colin Edwards/Garrett Gordon Georgia Tech W 8-0 9-1 9-1 1-0 03/17/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Hunter Harrington/Ayrton Wibowo Clemson W 8-4 10-1 10-1 2-0 03/24/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Marco Stancati/Henrique Tsukamoto Miami L 8-4 10-2 10-2 2-1 03/29/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Beck Bond/Austin Powell North Carolina State W 8-2 11-2 11-2 3-1 03/30/2013 14 2 Dominic Cotrone Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke W 8-6 12-2 12-2 4-1 04/05/2013 2 Dominic Cotrone Norbert Nemcsek/Daniel Sotomarino North Florida W 8-3 13-2 13-2 04/05/2013 2 Dominic Cotrone Billy Grokenberger/Matt Wagner Boston College W 8-4 14-2 14-2 5-1 04/12/2013 34 2 Dominic Cotrone Danny Kreyman/Adam Lee Wake Forest L 8-4 14-3 14-3 5-2 04/14/2013 34 81 1 Dominic Cotrone William Parker/Nelson Vick North Carolina W 8-6 15-3 15-3 6-2 04/19/2013 42 1 1 Dominic Cotrone Jarmere Jenkins/Mac Styslinger Virginia W 8-2 16-3 16-3 7-2 04/21/2013 42 22 1 Dominic Cotrone Andresa Bjerrehus/Amerigo Contini Virginia Tech W 8-1 17-3 17-3 8-2 04/25/2013 17 10 1 Dominic Cotrone Vikram Hundal/Juan Spir Georgia Tech W 8-6 18-3 18-3 04/26/2013 17 2 1 Dominic Cotrone Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 8-4 18-4 18-4 05/10/2013 14 26 1 Dominic Cotrone Campbell Johnson/Christoffer Konigsfeldt California W 8-4 19-4 19-4 05/23/2013 14 15 N Dominic Cotrone Garrett Brasseaux/Nathan Pasha Georgia W 7-5, 7-5 20-4 05/24/2013 14 2 N Dominic Cotrone Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 20-5 Joao Gauer Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Timo Kranz/Leo Nahar North Florida W 8-4 1-0 09/14/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Jackson Moore/Dean Tsamas Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 2-0 09/15/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Omar Aly/Mark Schanerman Miami W 8-6 3-0 09/16/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock Florida State L 8-5 3-1 10/02/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Arturs Kazijev/Mischa Nowicki Southern Methodist L 8-5 3-2 10/19/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Michael Beiler/Collin Brown Florida Gulf Coast W 8-1 4-2 10/19/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Lucas Santa Ana/Victor Valente Georgia State L 8-6 4-3 11/02/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez David Orces/Jonny Wang Southern California W 8-6 5-3 11/03/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Josh Levine/Daniel McCall Duke W 8-5 6-3 11/04/2012 T Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Alejandro Espejo Sanchez/Matt Kirby Tulsa L 8-2 6-4 01/12/2013 3 Michael Rinaldi Matthew Gladstone/Mario Samson Central Florida W 8-6 7-4 1-0 01/12/2013 2 Blake Davis Matt Browne/Tyler Droll Furman W 8-2 8-4 2-0 01/21/2013 3 Blake Davis Blake Gregor/Cody Hall South Alabama W 8-4 9-4 3-0 Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Joao Gauer Timo Kranz/Leo Nahar North Florida W 8-4 1-0 09/14/2012 T Joao Gauer Jackson Moore/Dean Tsamas Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 2-0 09/15/2012 T Joao Gauer Omar Aly/Mark Schanerman Miami W 8-6 3-0 09/16/2012 T Joao Gauer Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock Florida State L 8-5 3-1 10/02/2012 T Joao Gauer Arturs Kazijev/Mischa Nowicki Southern Methodist L 8-5 3-2 10/19/2012 T Joao Gauer Michael Beiler/Collin Brown Florida Gulf Coast W 8-1 4-2 10/19/2012 T Joao Gauer Lucas Santa Ana/Victor Valente Georgia State L 8-6 4-3 11/02/2012 T Joao Gauer David Orces/Jonny Wang Southern California W 8-6 5-3 11/03/2012 T Joao Gauer Josh Levine/Daniel McCall Duke W 8-5 6-3 11/04/2012 T Joao Gauer Alejandro Espejo Sanchez/Matt Kirby Tulsa L 8-2 6-4 01/19/2013 2 Blake Davis Tianyu Bao/Michael Beiler Florida Gulf Coast W 8-7(7-4) 7-4 1-0 Jordan Kelly-Houston Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Tianyu Boa/Jordi Vives Florida Gulf Coast W 8-6 1-0 09/14/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Mike Alfred/Florent Diep Florida L 9-7 1-1 10/02/2012 T Michael Rinaldi Brandon Fickey/Edward Jones Tennessee L 8-3 1-2 10/19/2012 T Anderson Reed Garrett Gordon/Anish Sharma Georgia Tech W 8-0 2-2 10/19/2012 T Anderson Reed Tobi Menhofer/Louis Thedor Kennesaw State W 8-6 3-2 10/20/2012 T Anderson Reed Moritz Buerchner/Norbert Nemcsek North Florida L 8-6 3-3 11/02/2012 T Anderson Reed Dragos Ignat/Eric Rubin Columbia W 9-7 4-3 11/03/2012 T Anderson Reed Yannick Hanfmann/Roberto Quinoz Southern California L 8-2 4-4 01/19/2013 2 Anderson Reed Lucas Dirube/Chris Helliar Alabama-Birmingham W 8-3 5-4 1-0 01/21/2013 2 Anderson Reed Diego Garavito/Santiago Lobelo Bethune-Cookman W 8-4 6-4 2-0 01/26/2013 2 Anderson Reed Jean Erasmus/Robin Goodman Drake W 8-4 7-4 3-0 01/27/2013 2 Anderson Reed Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkiaaian Pepperdine W 8-5 8-4 4-0 02/02/2013 1 Anderson Reed Sean Bacha/Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 8-0 9-4 5-0 02/02/2013 1 Anderson Reed Joao Pagan/Peter Tauchner Mercer W 8-4 10-4 6-0 02/09/2013 45 2 Anderson Reed Michael Alford/Florent Diep Florida L 8-3 10-5 6-1 02/24/2013 2 Anderson Reed Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkissian Pepperdine dnf 6-5 dnf 10-5 6-1 03/01/2013 2 Anderson Reed Ben Chen/Daniel Whitehead Texas L 8-2 10-6 6-2 03/03/2013 2 Anderson Reed Guillermo De Vilchez/Ravi Patel South Florida W 8-2 11-6 7-2 03/12/2013 56 2 Anderson Reed Guillermo Alcorta/Axel Alvarez Llamas Oklahoma W 9-7 12-6 8-2 03/15/2013 2 Anderson Reed Eduardo Segura/Juan Spir Georgia Tech L 8-2 12-7 8-3 0-1 03/17/2013 2 Anderson Reed Austin Ansari/Zachary Rigsby Clemson W 8-3 13-7 9-3 1-1 03/24/2013 2 Anderson Reed Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto Miami dnf dnf 13-7 9-3 1-1 03/29/2013 2 Anderson Reed Robbie Mudge/Thomas Weigel North Carolina State L 9-8(7-4) 13-8 9-4 1-2 03/30/2013 44 3 Anderson Reed Chris Mengal/Fred Saba Duke W 8-5 14-8 10-4 2-2 04/05/2013 3 Anderson Reed Pedro Davisson/Leonardo Nahar North Florida W 8-6 15-8 11-4 04/05/2013 3 Anderson Reed Kyle Childree/Alexandre Thirouin Boston College W 8-4 16-8 12-4 3-2 04/12/2013 89 3 Anderson Reed Sam Bloom/Jon Ho Wake Forest W 8-4 17-8 13-4 4-2 04/14/2013 89 3 Anderson Reed James Coxe/Oystein Steiro North Carolina W 9-8(7-2) 18-8 14-4 5-2 04/19/2013 75 3 Anderson Reed Justin Shane/Julen Uriguen Virginia L 8-1 18-9 14-5 5-3 04/21/2013 3 Anderson Reed Joao Monteiro/Lucas Oliveira Virginia Tech W 8-6 19-9 15-5 6-3 04/25/2013 3 Anderson Reed Colin Edwards/Eduardo Segura Georgia Tech W 8-4 20-9 16-5 04/26/2013 64 3 Anderson Reed Chris Mengel/Fred Saba Duke L 8-4 20-10 16-6 05/10/2013 65 2 Anderson Reed Mads Engsted/Ben McLachlan California L 8-5 20-11 16-7 Benjamin Lock Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Andres Bucaro Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto Miami W 8-5 1-0 09/15/2012 T Andres Bucaro Diego Garavito/Santiago Lobelo Bethune-Cookman W 8-5 2-0 09/15/2012 T Andres Bucaro Takura Happy/Salif Kante Florida A&M W 8-5 3-0 09/16/2012 T Andres Bucaro Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez Florida State W 8-5 4-0 09/17/2012 T Andres Bucaro Mike Alford/Florent Diep Florida W 8-5 5-0 10/02/2012 T Andres Bucaro Esben Hess-Olesen/Nelson Vick North Carolina L 8-3 5-1 10/19/2012 T Dominic Cotrone John Nowak/Matthew Samberg Florida Atlantic W 8-1 6-1 10/19/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 8-6 7-1 10/20/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Juan Spir/Vikram Hundal Georgia Tech L 8-4 7-2 11/02/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Deiton Baughman/George Goldhoff U.S. Tennis Assoc W 9-7 8-2 11/03/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson Florida W 8-2 9-2 11/04/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke L 8-3 9-3 01/12/2013 1 Dominic Cotrone Juan Bolina/Amar Hromic Central Florida W 8-4 10-3 1-0 01/19/2013 27 1 Andres Bucaro Lance Lvovsky/Dean Tsamas Florida Gulf Coast W 8-1 11-3 2-0 01/19/2013 1 Dominic Cotrone Tom Puetz/David Zimmerman Alabama-Birmingham L 8-6 11-4 2-1 01/21/2013 27 1 Andres Bucaro Daniel Leitner/Juan Troglia South Alabama L 8-7(7-3) 11-5 2-2 01/21/2013 27 1 Andres Bucaro Seve Day/Juan Varon Bethune-Cookman L 8-6 11-6 2-3 01/26/2013 27 16 1 Andres Bucaro Anis Ghorbel/James McKie Drake W 8-5 12-6 3-3 01/27/2013 27 1 Andres Bucaro Francis Alcantara/Finn Tearney Pepperdine W 8-4 13-6 4-3 02/02/2013 3 Blake Davis Robert Dubuque/Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff Florida Atlantic W 8-5 14-6 5-3 02/02/2013 3 Blake Davis Vincent DeLise/Anderson Scarpa Mercer W 8-6 15-6 6-3 02/09/2013 27 1 Andres Bucaro Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson Florida dnf 4-7 dnf 15-6 6-3 02/24/2013 52 1 Andres Bucaro Francis Alcantara/Finn Tearney Pepperdine L 8-4 15-7 6-4 03/01/2013 11 1 Andres Bucaro Chris Camillone/David Holiner Texas W 8-6 16-7 7-4 03/03/2013 56 1 Andres Bucaro Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz/Oliver Pramming South Florida W 8-3 17-7 8-4 03/12/2013 22 44 1 Andres Bucaro Costin Paval/Dane Webb Oklahoma L 8-2 17-8 8-5 03/15/2013 1 Andres Bucaro Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 9-7 18-8 9-5 1-0 03/17/2013 22 11 1 Andres Bucaro Dominique Maden/Yannick Maden Clemson dnf 4-5 dnf 18-8 9-5 1-0 03/24/2013 22 1 Andres Bucaro Omar Aly/Wilfredo Gonzalez Miami L 8-3 18-9 9-6 1-1 03/29/2013 45 16 1 Andres Bucaro Dave Thompson/Sean Weber North Carolina State L 8-6 18-10 9-7 1-2 03/30/2013 45 1 1 Andres Bucaro Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler Duke L 8-3 18-11 9-8 1-3 04/05/2013 45 1 Andres Bucaro Julien Belair/Moritz Buerchner North Florida dnf 4-6 dnf 18-11 9-8 04/05/2013 1 Andres Bucaro Michael McGinnis/Philip Nelson Boston College dnf 4-4 dnf 18-11 9-8 1-3 04/12/2013 40 47 1 Andres Bucaro David Hopkins/Amogh Prabhaker Wake Forest L 9-8(7-2) 18-12 9-9 1-4 04/14/2013 40 2 Andres Bucaro Brett Clark/Esben Hess-Olesen North Carolina L 8-6 18-13 9-10 1-5 04/19/2013 58 21 2 Andres Bucaro Alex Domijan/Mitchell Frank Virginia L 8-4 18-14 9-11 1-6 04/21/2013 58 2 Andres Bucaro Hunter Koontz/Trpimir Kujundzic Virginia Tech W 8-4 19-14 10-11 2-6 04/25/2013 61 2 Andres Bucaro Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech dnf 4-6 dnf 19-14 10-11 04/26/2013 61 24 2 Andres Bucaro Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir Duke dnf 4-6 dnf 19-14 10-11 Anderson Reed Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/15/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Juan Carlos Acuna/Federico Sabogal South Florida W 8-2 1-0 09/15/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Julen Belair/Moritz Buerchner North Florida L 8-6 1-1 10/02/2012 T Dominic Cotrone Sebastian Florczyk/Marc Herrman Nebraska W 8-5 2-1 10/19/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Garrett Gordon/Anish Sharma Georgia Tech W 8-0 3-1 10/19/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Tobi Menhofer/Louis Thedor Kennesaw State W 8-6 4-1 10/20/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Moritz Buerchner/Norbert Nemcsek North Florida L 8-6 4-2 11/02/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Dragos Ignat/Eric Rubin Columbia W 9-7 5-2 11/03/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Yannick Hanfmann/Roberto Quinoz Southern California L 8-2 5-3 01/12/2013 2 Blake Davis Francesc Aulina/Pedro Wagner Central Florida L 8-7 (12-10) 5-4 0-1 01/19/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Lucas Dirube/Chris Helliar Alabama-Birmingham W 8-3 6-4 1-1 01/21/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Diego Garavito/Santiago Lobelo Bethune-Cookman W 8-4 7-4 2-1 01/26/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Jean Erasmus/Robin Goodman Drake W 8-4 8-4 3-1 01/27/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkiaaian Pepperdine W 8-5 9-4 4-1 02/02/2013 1 Jordan Kelly-Houston Sean Bacha/Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 8-0 10-4 5-1 02/02/2013 1 Jordan Kelly-Houston Joao Pagan/Peter Tauchner Mercer W 8-4 11-4 6-1 02/09/2013 45 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Michael Alford/Florent Diep Florida L 8-3 11-5 6-2 02/24/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkissian Pepperdine dnf 6-5 dnf 11-5 6-2 03/01/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Ben Chen/Daniel Whitehead Texas L 8-2 11-6 6-3 03/03/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Guillermo De Vilchez/Ravi Patel South Florida W 8-2 12-6 7-3 03/12/2013 56 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Guillermo Alcorta/Axel Alvarez Llamas Oklahoma W 9-7 13-6 8-3 03/15/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Eduardo Segura/Juan Spir Georgia Tech L 8-2 13-7 8-4 0-1 03/17/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Austin Ansari/Zachary Rigsby Clemson W 8-3 14-7 9-4 1-1 03/24/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto Miami dnf dnf 14-7 9-4 1-1 03/29/2013 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Robbie Mudge/Thomas Weigel North Carolina State L 9-8(7-4) 14-8 9-5 1-2 03/30/2013 44 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Chris Mengal/Fred Saba Duke W 8-5 15-8 10-5 2-2 04/05/2013 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Pedro Davisson/Leonardo Nahar North Florida W 8-6 16-8 11-5 04/05/2013 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Kyle Childree/Alexandre Thirouin Boston College W 8-4 17-8 12-5 3-2 04/12/2013 89 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Sam Bloom/Jon Ho Wake Forest W 8-4 18-8 13-5 4-2 04/14/2013 89 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston James Coxe/Oystein Steiro North Carolina W 9-8(7-2) 19-8 14-5 5-2 04/19/2013 75 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Justin Shane/Julen Uriguen Virginia L 8-1 19-9 14-6 5-3 04/21/2013 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Joao Monteiro/Lucas Oliveira Virginia Tech W 8-6 20-9 15-6 6-3 04/25/2013 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Colin Edwards/Eduardo Segura Georgia Tech W 8-4 21-9 16-6 04/26/2013 64 3 Jordan Kelly-Houston Chris Mengel/Fred Saba Duke L 8-4 21-10 16-7 05/10/2013 65 2 Jordan Kelly-Houston Mads Engsted/Ben McLachlan California L 8-5 21-11 16-8 Michael Rinaldi Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/14/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Tianyu Boa/Jordi Vives Florida Gulf Coast W 8-6 1-0 09/14/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Mike Alfred/Florent Diep Florida L 9-7 1-1 10/02/2012 T Jordan Kelly-Houston Brandon Fickey/Edward Jones Tennessee L 8-3 1-2 10/19/2012 T Andres Bucaro Guillermo de Vilchez/Ravi Patel South Florida W 8-2 2-2 10/19/2012 T Andres Bucaro Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto Miami W 8-5 3-2 10/19/2012 T Andres Bucaro Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson Florida W 8-4 4-2 10/20/2012 T Andres Bucaro Mike Alford/Florent Diep Florida L 8-4 4-3 11/02/2012 T Andres Bucaro Jorge Blasco/Matthew Gladstone Central Florida W 8-1 5-3 11/03/2012 T Andres Bucaro Luke Johnson/Thomas Proisy Florida W 8-2 6-3 11/04/2012 T Andres Bucaro Jose Fantova/Will Neuner Florida Atlantic W 8-5 7-3 11/04/2012 T Andres Bucaro Alejandro Espejo Sanchez/Matt Kirby Tulsa L 8-1 7-4 01/12/2013 3 Joao Gauer Matthew Gladstone/Mario Samson Central Florida W 8-6 8-4 1-0 01/12/2013 1 Dominic Cotrone Richard Casagrande/Andrew Mellow Furman W 8-3 9-4 2-0 01/19/2013 3 Andres Bucaro Luiz Felipe Pinto/Rafael Rondino Alabama-Birmingham W 8-7(7-5) 10-4 3-0 01/21/2013 2 Dominic Cotrone Alex Bernard/Shayann Vaezzadeh South Alabama W 8-3 11-4 4-0 01/21/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Kip Jackson/Gilbert Kibet Bethune-Cookman W 8-2 12-4 5-0 01/26/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Ben Lott/Alen Salibasic Drake L 8-4 12-5 5-1 01/27/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer Pepperdine dnf 7-6 dnf 12-5 5-1 02/02/2013 2 Dominic Cotrone Jose Fantova/Richard Meade Florida Atlantic W 8-4 13-5 6-1 02/02/2013 2 Dominic Cotrone Arnav Mohanty/Arsav Mohanty Mercer W 8-5 14-5 7-1 02/09/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Stephane Piro/Bob van Overbeek Florida L 8-3 14-6 7-2 02/24/2013 3 Dominic Cotrone Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer Pepperdine L 8-3 14-7 7-3 05/10/2013 78 3 Andres Bucaro Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton California L 8-6 14-8 7-4
Underclassmen Highlight First Day Of Bedford Cup.
The Seminoles won 12 of their 15 matches along with Gauer and Rinaldi winning their first collegiate matches.
Sept. 14, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL - The underclassmen of the Florida State men's tennis team highlighted a great start to the Bedford Cup on the campus of Florida against all the teams in the state of Florida. The team went out on the first day and won 12 of the 15 matches with three doubles teams playing in tomorrow's quarterfinals. The day was highlighted by redshirt-freshman João Gauer winning his first singles collegiate match, which happened against a ranked player.
"I like how we started today winning six of seven doubles matches," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We had very good team togetherness in our doubles and came away with three teams in the quarterfinals. I was pleased with how we competed in the singles play and liked what we saw out of our younger guys. We were able to tough out a few matches and close them out, especially Anderson."
Singles play was suspended due to rain but returned to the courts to finish play. The Seminoles won six of their eight first round matches. Gauer, who played in his first collegiate singles match, faced off against Florida Atlantic's Taylor Albrecht, the No. 105 player in the nation, and defeated him 7-5, 6-1. Freshman Michael Rinaldi, also playing his first singles match, defeated USF's Joao Souza 6-3, 6-1.
"I'm very happy that my hard work paid off," said Gauer. "I'm very happy to be able to play this season (after redshirting last year). All I want is to keep getting better. I really liked playing doubles with Cristian because we have a similar game and it turned out well."
Also nabbing wins today was No. 100 Benjamin Lock who won 6-3, 6-2 over Jose Fantova of FAU. No. 108 Jordan Kelly-Houston defeated Will Neuner of FAU 6-4, 6-4. Senior Anderson Reed won 7-5, 7-6 (5) over Oliver Pramming of USF. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone took on FAMU's Salif Kante and won 6-3, 6-4.
In the morning, the team won all three of their first round matches. Senior Andres Bucaro and Lock, a sophomore, won their first round match 8-4 against Miami's Gabriel Flores and Diego Soto. In the second round, the duo took down Bethune-Cookman's Lobelo and Garavto 8-5. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez played with Gauer and the duo won 8-4 against Leo Nahar and Timo Kranz of UNF. In the second round the team defeated Florida Gulf Coast's Jackson Moore and Dean Tsamas 8-4.
Kelly-Houston, a senior, and Rinaldi won 8-6 in the first round against Jordi Vives and Tianyu Bao of FGCU. The pair lost in the second round to Mike Alfred and Florent Diep 9-7. Reed and Cotrone received a bye in the first round to win 8-2 against USF's Juan Carlos Acuna and Federico Sanogal in the second round.
"It's been a good tournament so far," said Rinaldi. "I'm really excited to play my match tomorrow and it felt good to get my first college win today."
Sophomore Dominic Cotrone upset Florida's No. 17 Bob van Overbeek in the round of 16.
Sept. 15, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL -Florida State's underclassmen continued to provide the top highlights for the squad today at the Bedford Cup in Gainesville. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone had a huge upset against the No. 17 player in the nation Bob van Overbeek of Florida. The Seminoles advanced two doubles teams to tomorrow's quarterfinals.
"I was pleased with our doubles play," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "It's been a highlight of the tournament. I thought we won two tight matches over Miami and FAMU. Dominic had two really good wins today and I was especially pleased with his win over the No. 17 player. His return serve and his ability to control points really worked well today."
The day started with singles play where Cotrone and senior Jordan Kelly-Houston were the only players to walk away with wins in the second round. Cotrone topped Victor Mauz of Miami 6-3, 6-4. Kelly-Houston won 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 over North Florida's Pedro Davisson.
The highlight of the day was when Cotrone took the court against van Overbeek on Gator territory. As Cotrone began to read van Overbeek, the Bradenton, Fla., native was able to break the Gator to upset him in two sets. He won 6-4, 6-4 and will play in the semifinals tomorrow against Federico Sabogal of USF.
"I knew it would be a very tough match," Cotrone said. "Dwayne (Hultquist) and Nick (Crowell) gave me a good strategy before the match but Evan (Urbina) was the one that was on court with me. We came up with a slogan `weather the storm' that really helped me. We came up with slogan because Bob (van Overbeek) has a big serve and a big forehand. I made sure I continued to play physical tennis and went for my shots. I served real well and I'm happy with the way I played."
In doubles play, the Seminoles won two of three quarterfinal matches. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez and redshirt-freshman João Gauer topped Miami's Omar Aly and Mark Schanerman 8-6. Senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock came up big with an 8-5 win over Florida A&M's Salif Kante and Takura Happy. The two Florida State teams will square off with each other tomorrow at 2 pm.
"Benjamin and I have been really focused and intense when we play doubles," described Bucaro. "We feed off each other's energy and stay positive all the time. We have fun out there every time."
In the consolation bracket, Bucaro defeated Kip Jackson of Bethune-Cookman 6-2, 6-0.
Florida State walked away with two wins in today's action.
Sept. 16, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL - Play continued on the third day of competition at the Bedford Cup on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. The Seminoles have doubles partners Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock play in tomorrow's final match.
The semifinal doubles match today was Garnet vs. Gold as Bucaro and Lock faced off against their own teammates Cristian Gonzalez Mendez and João Gauer. Playing against very familiar opponents, the two teams went back and forth but Gold, Bucaro and Lock, walked off the court with the 8-5 win. They play Florida's Alford and Diep tomorrow.
"One of our goals was to have an individual or a team in the finals," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Benjamin and Andres have done that and will have a tough match in the finals against the Florida team who won Southern Intercollegiate last week. We know it will be a tough match. I like how they have played their return games and have picked up their serves. I'm pleased with the progress they've made so far."
Sophomore Dominic Cotrone's impressive singles run ended in the semifinals as he lost in a tight three set match. USF's Federico Sabogal won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
"Dominic had a great tournament here," continued Hultquist. "He had a top 20 win which is the highest ranked win of his career. To do it on the other team's home court and in straight sets was a really good showing on his part. He was a little bit tired today; he played a real good first set but didn't have enough to quite finish it off."
Playing a consolation match was freshman Michael Rinaldi who topped Florida Gulf Coast's Tianyu Bao 7-6, 6-4.
Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock are this year's doubles champions.
Sept. 17, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL - The Seminoles left Gainesville with a trophy today as senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock won the doubles final at the Bedford Cup. The No. 4 seeded duo won five matches in the four day tournament at the Ring Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Florida.
Today's final match was against Florida's Mike Alford and Florent Diep. The Seminoles started with an early 2-0 lead and did not look back as they topped the No. 3 seed 8-5.
"Because of the success we had last year Andres and I are very comfortable and confident playing with each other," said Lock. "This week our chemistry was great and we both combined and played great together at the right moments. I'm ecstatic with my first collegiate title, it means a lot to me and it is very rewarding for the hard work that I put in for the summer."
"The key was the summer work that both Andres and I did," continued Lock. "I know Andres worked really hard on his physical conditioning and I played lots of tournament and matches. From the summer I got really more mentally mature and professional on and off the courts. The preparations with the coaches played a huge role for both of us. Now we go back to the courts to work again and will look to take the success to the All-American tournament."
"We served really well today and that gave us confidence to be aggressive with our formation and returning games," said Bucaro. "Benjamin played really well at the net and was clutch today."
09/14/2012
Doubles
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto (UM) 8-5
Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Timo Kranz/Leo Nahar (UNF) 8-4
Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Jackson Moore/Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 8-4
Jordan Kelly-Houston/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Tianyu Boa/Jordi Vives (FGCU) 8-6
Mike Alfred/Florent Diep (UF) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 9-7
Singles
Joao Gauer (FSU) d. #105 Taylor Albrecht (FAU) 7-5, 6-1
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Joao Souza (USF) 6-3, 6-1
#100 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Jose Fantova (FAU) 6-3, 6-2
#108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Will Neuner (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Oliver Pramming (USF) 7-5, 7-6(5)
Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Salif Kante (FAMU) 6-3, 6-4
#84 Mike Alford (UF) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-4, 6-0
Jorge Blasco (UCF) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
09/15/2012
Doubles
Dominic Cotrone/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Juan Carlos Acuna/Federico Sabogal (USF) 8-2
Julen Belair/Moritz Buerchner (UNF) d. Dominic Cotrone/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-6
Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Omar Aly/Mark Schanerman (UM) 8-6
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Diego Garavito/Santiago Lobelo (BCU) 8-5
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Takura Happy/Salif Kante (FAMU) 8-5
Singles
Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Victor Mauz (UM) 7-6(), 6-4
Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #17 Bob Van Overbeek (UF) 6-4, 6-4
#101 Florent Diap (UF) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
Diego Soto d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-3, 7-6()
Julien Belair (UNF) d. Joao Gauer (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
Gordon Watson (UF) d. #100 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
#108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Pedro Davisson (UNF) 4-6, 7-6(), 6-2
Guillermo De Vilchez (USF) d. #108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Kip Jackson (BCU) 6-2, 6-0
Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 7-6(), 7-6()
09/16/2012
Doubles
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 8-5
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 8-5
Singles
Federico Sabogal (USF) d. Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Tianyu Boa (FGCU) 7-6(), 6-4
09/17/2012
Doubles
Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Mike Alford/Florent Diep (UF) 8-5
Noles Finish At USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships.
Jordan Kelly-Houston lost in the quarterfinals of singles Sunday.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After competing in the USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals the past four days, the Florida State men's tennis team wrapped up play on Sunday. Senior Jordan Kelly-Houston competed in the quarterfinals of the singles main draw at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
In the only match for the Garnet and Gold, No. 108 Kelly-Houston faced off against Florida's No. 17 Bob van Overbeek. The pair played a tight first set but van Overbeek pulled away for the 7-5, 6-3 win.
"Jordan had an outstanding tournament," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "He won three matches where he lost the first set. I think the key to the match was how the first set turned out. He got down a break at the beginning and was down 5-2 and fought back to 5-5. I think that was kind of the key at 5-5 that if he would have gotten the game it would have been different. He played a lot of tennis and it was a good run for him."
On Monday the finals of singles and doubles play at 10a.m. at Florida State's tennis courts.
10/18/2012
Singles
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Robbie Dubuque (FAU) 6-1, 6-2
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Lance Lvovsky (FGCU) 6-0, 6-3
Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Alex Doherty (GSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Simon Julin (Stet) d. Joao Gauer (FSU) 7-6(1), 7-5
10/19/2012
Doubles
Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. John Nowak/Matthew Samberg (FAU) 8-1
Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt (GT) 8-6
Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Guillermo de Vilchez/Ravi Patel (USF) 8-2
Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto (UM) 8-5
Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson (UF) 8-4
Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Garrett Gordon/Anish Sharma (GT) 8-0
Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Tobi Menhofer/Louis Thedor (KSU) 8-6
Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Michael Beiler/Collin Brown (FGCU) 8-1
Lucas Santa Ana/Victor Valente (GSU) d. Joao Gauer/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 8-6
Singles
Marco Nunez (UGa) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(8)
#108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Oliver Webb (GSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Jose Fantova (FAU) 6-3, 6-1
Garrett Brasseaux (UGa) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-4, 7-6(5)
#100 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Amar Hromic (UCF) 6-1, 6-2
Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Alex Toliver (KSU) 6-1, 6-1
Admire Mushonga (FAMU) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 7-6(6), 6-3
10/20/2012
Doubles
Moritz Buerchner/Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-6
Mike Alford/Florent Diep (UF) d. Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-4
Juan Spir/Vikram Hundal (GT) d. Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-4
Singles
#100 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Pedro Davisson (UNF) 6-3, 6-3
Diego Soto (UM) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
#108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Billy Federhofer (UF) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Sofiane Chevallier (GSU) 6-3, 6-2
Juan Melian (GT) d. #100 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
#108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Austin Smith (UGa) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
Nathan Pasha (UGa) d. Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Nathan Rakitt (GT) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 7-6(6), 6-3
Omar Aly (UM) d. Joao Gauer (FSU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0(7)
#84 Mike Alford (UF) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 7-5, 7-6(5)
10/21/2012
Singles
#17 Bob Van Overbeek (UF) d. #108 Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 7-5, 6-3
Noles Shut Down Knights, Paladins.
Florida State went 12-0 in singles to start the season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 32 Florida State men's tennis team started the 2013 season Saturday with a pair of wins at the Indoor Tennis Facility in Tallahassee. The Seminoles were nearly perfect on the day going 12-0 in singles and 4-1 in doubles to beat UCF 7-0 then top Furman 7-0.
"It's great being 12-0 in singles play," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "When you get used to winning you build that confidence to go for your shots. I think both teams had some pretty good players so it was great to come away with two convincing wins. One of the advantages of doubleheader matches is you can work on your mental conditioning to be able to sustain a high level of play for a longer period of time."
To begin the day, the team started with singles against UCF. The Seminoles took the courts eager to win and it showed as they went on to win all six first sets. Getting off the courts first was senior Anderson Reed who easily took down Jose Sangroniz 6-2, 6-2. Following him was freshman Michael Rinaldi who won 6-1, 6-3 over Mario Samson.
"I think everybody played really well for the first match," said Rinaldi. "Almost everybody got off the court fast. Getting a couple matches under your belt gets us ready for the rest of the season."
Senior Andres Bucaro quickly followed off with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Francesc Aulina while No. 99 sophomore Benjamin Lock defeated Pedro Wagner 6-3, 7-5. No. 107 Dominic Cotrone took down Amar Hromic 7-5, 7-5 while senior Jordan Kelly-Houston closed it down with a 7-6 (5), 2-6, (10-4) win over Jorge Blasco.
In doubles play Cotrone and Lock defeated Juan Bolina and Hromic 8-4 on court one while Redshirt freshman João Gauer and Rinaldi clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 win over Matthew Gladstone and Samson.
After a break, Florida State stormed back to the courts in a match against Furman, a series which dates back to 1962. Cotrone defeated Andrew Mellow on court one 6-1, 6-1 while Lock defeated Alex Christ 6-3, 2-2 (ret.). Reed topped Matt Browne 6-1, 6-3 on court four while Rinaldi beat Robbie Aru 6-1, 6-1 on court six.
"We all played well," said Cotrone. "We played together as a team backing each other up. We all were just ready to play and were very prepared. It's always great to get confidence. I know how good I've been playing so I wanted to make sure I executed and played the game style I wanted."
Kelly-Houston played a long match but came out on top 7-5, 6-4 on court three against Joel Cook. In a match which lasted two hours and 30 minutes, Bucaro grinded out a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Jacob Behal.
Only two doubles matches were played since two singles matches went long. Rinaldi and Cotrone teamed up to top Richard Casagrande and Mellow 8-3 while Gauer and junior Blake Davis topped Browne and Tyler Droll won 8-2.
"There were some things we need to work on, like doubles. But I was really pleased with Dominic getting a solid win and playing well in the second match. It was great to see Michael, a freshman, get two wins today.
No.
32 Florida State 7, Central Florida 0.
Doubles
No. 1: Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Juan Bolina/Amar Hromic (UCF) 8-4
No. 2: Francesc Aulina/Pedro Wagner (UCF) d. Blake Davis/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-7 (12-10)
No. 3: Joao Gauer/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Matthew Gladstone/Mario Samson (UCF) 8-6
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Jorge Blasco (UCF) 7-6(5),2-6,1-0(10-4)
No. 2: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Amar Hromic (UCF) 7-5, 7-5
No. 3: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Pedro Wagner (UCF) 6-3, 7-5
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Jose Sangroniz (UCF) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5: Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Francesc Aulina (UCF) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Mario Samson (UCF) 6-1, 6-3
Noles Shut Down Knights, Paladins.
Florida State went 12-0 in singles to start the season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 32 Florida State men's tennis team started the 2013 season Saturday with a pair of wins at the Indoor Tennis Facility in Tallahassee. The Seminoles were nearly perfect on the day going 12-0 in singles and 4-1 in doubles to beat UCF 7-0 then top Furman 7-0.
"It's great being 12-0 in singles play," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "When you get used to winning you build that confidence to go for your shots. I think both teams had some pretty good players so it was great to come away with two convincing wins. One of the advantages of doubleheader matches is you can work on your mental conditioning to be able to sustain a high level of play for a longer period of time."
To begin the day, the team started with singles against UCF. The Seminoles took the courts eager to win and it showed as they went on to win all six first sets. Getting off the courts first was senior Anderson Reed who easily took down Jose Sangroniz 6-2, 6-2. Following him was freshman Michael Rinaldi who won 6-1, 6-3 over Mario Samson.
"I think everybody played really well for the first match," said Rinaldi. "Almost everybody got off the court fast. Getting a couple matches under your belt gets us ready for the rest of the season."
Senior Andres Bucaro quickly followed off with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Francesc Aulina while No. 99 sophomore Benjamin Lock defeated Pedro Wagner 6-3, 7-5. No. 107 Dominic Cotrone took down Amar Hromic 7-5, 7-5 while senior Jordan Kelly-Houston closed it down with a 7-6 (5), 2-6, (10-4) win over Jorge Blasco.
In doubles play Cotrone and Lock defeated Juan Bolina and Hromic 8-4 on court one while Redshirt freshman João Gauer and Rinaldi clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 win over Matthew Gladstone and Samson.
After a break, Florida State stormed back to the courts in a match against Furman, a series which dates back to 1962. Cotrone defeated Andrew Mellow on court one 6-1, 6-1 while Lock defeated Alex Christ 6-3, 2-2 (ret.). Reed topped Matt Browne 6-1, 6-3 on court four while Rinaldi beat Robbie Aru 6-1, 6-1 on court six.
"We all played well," said Cotrone. "We played together as a team backing each other up. We all were just ready to play and were very prepared. It's always great to get confidence. I know how good I've been playing so I wanted to make sure I executed and played the game style I wanted."
Kelly-Houston played a long match but came out on top 7-5, 6-4 on court three against Joel Cook. In a match which lasted two hours and 30 minutes, Bucaro grinded out a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Jacob Behal.
Only two doubles matches were played since two singles matches went long. Rinaldi and Cotrone teamed up to top Richard Casagrande and Mellow 8-3 while Gauer and junior Blake Davis topped Browne and Tyler Droll won 8-2.
"There were some things we need to work on, like doubles. But I was really pleased with Dominic getting a solid win and playing well in the second match. It was great to see Michael, a freshman, get two wins today.
No.
32 Florida State 7, Furman 0.
Doubles
No. 1: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Richard Casagrande/Andrew Mellow (FU) 8-3
No. 2: Blake Davis/Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Matt Browne/Tyler Droll (FU) 8-2
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Andrew Mellow (FU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Alex Christ (FU) 6-3, 2-2 ret
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Joel Cook (FU) 7-5, 6-4
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Matt Browne (FU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5: Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Jacob Behal (FU) 7-6(7-2), 6-3
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Robbie Aru (FU) 6-1, 6-1
Seminoles Go 7-0 Twice In A Day.
Florida State tops both FGCU and UAB 7-0 to start the season 4-0.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After starting the season last week with a pair of 7-0 wins, the No. 32 Florida State men's tennis team (4-0) did it again on Saturday. The Seminoles started the day with a 7-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast and then rolled over No. 73 UAB with another 7-0 win. The Seminoles are now 24-0 in singles this season.
"One thing we liked is that we won both matches 7-0," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It's something we achieved to do. Florida Gulf Coast had some injuries so it was a tough break for them, but they've done a good job of getting a lot better and really improving their team."
The Florida State Seminoles started bright and early at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in singles against Florida Gulf Coast. The Eagles forfeited on court six by not having enough players for Florida State to automatically start with a 1-0 lead. Off the courts first for the Seminoles was No. 99 Benjamin Lock. The sophomore took down Tianyu Bao 6-4, 6-3 with No. 107 Dominic Cotrone right after him. The other sophomore beat Lance Lvovsky 6-0, 6-4. Clinching the match was senior Anderson Reed who topped Michael Beiler 6-3, 6-3.
"We want to start the season solid, which we've done so far," said Reed. "We want to start as best as we can before we go out to California to fight for a berth for a Sweet 16 National Indoors. Today really helped not only my confidence, but the team's confidence by getting off the courts quickly."
Closing it out for the Seminoles was freshman Michael Rinaldi winning 6-4, 6-2 Gabe Echeverry. Senior Jordan Kelly-Houston closed out singles after coming back from losing the first set. He beat Dean Tsamas 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles play, the teams played only two matches as one was forfeited by FGCU. No. 27 Bucaro and Lock topped Lvovsky and Tsamas quickly with an 8-1victory. Junior Blake Davis and sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won 8-7 (4).
Returning to the courts in the afternoon, the Seminoles played one of their toughest matches of the season against No. 73 UAB. In doubles play, the Seminoles got a win from Reed and Kelly-Houston by topping Chris Helliar and Lucas Dirube 8-3. UAB took the next match with Tom Puetz and David Zimmermad topping Lock and Cotrone 8-6. Bucaro and Rinaldi competed against Rafael Rondino and Luiz Filipe Pinto on court three, but the freshman Rinaldi stepped up his play to help with the tiebreaker 8-7 (5).
Using momentum from winning the doubles point, the Seminoles came back to the courts for singles play. The Seminoles started a little sluggish with two players losing their first sets and another winning a tiebreaker.
Coming over first for the Seminoles was Gonzalez Mendez who won his match in an hour against Tom Puetz 6-0, 6-1. Bucaro came off the match next with another quick match. He topped Pinto 6-2, 6-0. Clinching the second match of the day was Reed as he won 6-4, 6-2 against Dirube.
"The UAB guys were talented," continued Reed. "We had to face a little bit of adversity today. I think with Michael pulling out that tiebreaker with Andres really helps him down the road. It helps his confidence and our confidence in him the rest of the season. Getting wins like that is so positive."
Kelly-Houston lost his first set of the match for the second time of the day. The senior fought back to force a third set tiebreaker. After being down 6-2, he came back to win the tiebreaker 10-8 to win the match 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8) on court one. Cotrone was down early in the first set but fought back to win the first set and won the match 7-6 (3), 6-1 on court two. On court three, Lock closed out the match with a 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8) win over Helliar to finish the day with his teammates cheering him on from the courts.
"Michael really came through with Andres in doubles," continued Hultquist. "Going into singles it was tight in the first sets, had we lost the doubles point, the match could have been different. The loner we played, the more control of the match we got. I was pleased with Benjamin and Jordan who showed a lot of heart by not giving up and coming back to win their matches."
No. 32 Florida State 7, Florida Gulf Coast 0
Doubles
No. 1: #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Lance Lvovsky/Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 8-1
No. 2: Blake Davis/Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Tianyu Bao/Michael Beiler (FGCU) 8-7(7-4)
Singles
No. 1: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Tianyu Bao (FGCU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Lance Lvovsky (FGCU) 6-0, 6-4
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Michael Beiler (FGCU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Gabe Echeverry (FGCU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Default (FGCU) Default
Seminoles Go 7-0 Twice In A Day.
Florida State tops both FGCU and UAB 7-0 to start the season 4-0.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After starting the season last week with a pair of 7-0 wins, the No. 32 Florida State men's tennis team (4-0) did it again on Saturday. The Seminoles started the day with a 7-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast and then rolled over No. 73 UAB with another 7-0 win. The Seminoles are now 24-0 in singles this season.
"One thing we liked is that we won both matches 7-0," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It's something we achieved to do. Florida Gulf Coast had some injuries so it was a tough break for them, but they've done a good job of getting a lot better and really improving their team."
The Florida State Seminoles started bright and early at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in singles against Florida Gulf Coast. The Eagles forfeited on court six by not having enough players for Florida State to automatically start with a 1-0 lead. Off the courts first for the Seminoles was No. 99 Benjamin Lock. The sophomore took down Tianyu Bao 6-4, 6-3 with No. 107 Dominic Cotrone right after him. The other sophomore beat Lance Lvovsky 6-0, 6-4. Clinching the match was senior Anderson Reed who topped Michael Beiler 6-3, 6-3.
"We want to start the season solid, which we've done so far," said Reed. "We want to start as best as we can before we go out to California to fight for a berth for a Sweet 16 National Indoors. Today really helped not only my confidence, but the team's confidence by getting off the courts quickly."
Closing it out for the Seminoles was freshman Michael Rinaldi winning 6-4, 6-2 Gabe Echeverry. Senior Jordan Kelly-Houston closed out singles after coming back from losing the first set. He beat Dean Tsamas 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles play, the teams played only two matches as one was forfeited by FGCU. No. 27 Bucaro and Lock topped Lvovsky and Tsamas quickly with an 8-1victory. Junior Blake Davis and sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won 8-7 (4).
Returning to the courts in the afternoon, the Seminoles played one of their toughest matches of the season against No. 73 UAB. In doubles play, the Seminoles got a win from Reed and Kelly-Houston by topping Chris Helliar and Lucas Dirube 8-3. UAB took the next match with Tom Puetz and David Zimmermad topping Lock and Cotrone 8-6. Bucaro and Rinaldi competed against Rafael Rondino and Luiz Filipe Pinto on court three, but the freshman Rinaldi stepped up his play to help with the tiebreaker 8-7 (5).
Using momentum from winning the doubles point, the Seminoles came back to the courts for singles play. The Seminoles started a little sluggish with two players losing their first sets and another winning a tiebreaker.
Coming over first for the Seminoles was Gonzalez Mendez who won his match in an hour against Tom Puetz 6-0, 6-1. Bucaro came off the match next with another quick match. He topped Pinto 6-2, 6-0. Clinching the second match of the day was Reed as he won 6-4, 6-2 against Dirube.
"The UAB guys were talented," continued Reed. "We had to face a little bit of adversity today. I think with Michael pulling out that tiebreaker with Andres really helps him down the road. It helps his confidence and our confidence in him the rest of the season. Getting wins like that is so positive."
Kelly-Houston lost his first set of the match for the second time of the day. The senior fought back to force a third set tiebreaker. After being down 6-2, he came back to win the tiebreaker 10-8 to win the match 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8) on court one. Cotrone was down early in the first set but fought back to win the first set and won the match 7-6 (3), 6-1 on court two. On court three, Lock closed out the match with a 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8) win over Helliar to finish the day with his teammates cheering him on from the courts.
"Michael really came through with Andres in doubles," continued Hultquist. "Going into singles it was tight in the first sets, had we lost the doubles point, the match could have been different. The loner we played, the more control of the match we got. I was pleased with Benjamin and Jordan who showed a lot of heart by not giving up and coming back to win their matches."
No. 32 Florida State 7, Alabama-Birmingham 0
Doubles
No. 1: Tom Puetz/David Zimmerman (UAB) d. Dominic Cotrone/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-6
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Lucas Dirube/Chris Helliar (UAB) 8-3
No. 3: Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Luiz Felipe Pinto/Rafael Rondino (UAB) 8-7(7-5)
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. David Zimmerman (UAB) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0(10-8)
No. 2: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Rafael Rondino (UAB) 7-6(3), 6-0
No. 3: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Chris Helliar (UAB) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8)
No. 4: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Tom Puetz (UAB) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Lucas Dirube (UAB) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-2, 6-0
Florida State Notches Two Wins.
The Seminoles defeated both South Alabama and Bethune-Cookman today.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles had a goal of starting the season 6-0 and accomplished that Monday. The Florida State men's tennis team (6-0) spent the day at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center to come away with a 5-2 win over No. 35 South Alabama and a 7-0 victory over Bethune-Cookman.
"We've had a pretty long day, in three days some of our guys have played eight matches, four singles and four doubles," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It's been a good preseason for us. Heading into the ITA Kick-Off we wanted to be 6-0. We did that. We wanted to win in convincing fashions, which we did except against South Alabama. I thought they played very well this morning and pushed us. They have a good team and program."
To start the day, the Seminoles battled it out with South Alabama in singles. No. 107 sophomore Dominic Cotrone started the day out with a win as he topped Grhard Gruindelingh 6-0, 6-0 on court one. The Jaguars tied the match at 1-1 when Daniel Leitner topped senior Jordan Kelly-Houston 6-2, 6-2. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez let the Seminoles take the lead with a 6-0, 6-4 win on court five over Shayann Vaezzadeh.
Senior Andres Bucaro made the score 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Blake Gregor on court six. Clinching his third match in a row was senior Anderson Reed who won on court four over Cody Hall 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
In doubles play, the Seminoles swept all three courts as Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock won 8-7 (7-3), while Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi won 8-3. Redshirt-freshman João Gauer and junior Blake Davis won 8-4.
In the afternoon, the teams returned to the courts for a match against Bethune-Cookman for the first time in school history. Reed and Kelly-Houston teamed up to get an 8-4 win on court two over Diego Garavito and Santiago Lobelo. Cotrone and Rinaldi went 8-2 against Kip Jackson and Gilbert Kibet on court three.
After winning the doubles point, the Seminoles took a quick lead in singles and ended up not dropping a set. Getting off the courts first for the Seminoles was Gonzalez Mendez, who is now 3-0 on the season. He did not drop a game against Jackson as he won 6-0, 6-0 on court four.
"It was great to go 2-0 as a team and as an individual today," said Gonzalez Mendez. We are very excited to start the season 6-0 before we leave for Pepperdine because that was one of our goals. It was great to get back out onto the courts this weekend. We have two days of practice before we leave for California and we plan on working hard to qualify for the National Indoors."
Reed won the next match with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Seve Day on court three. Cotrone defeated Leonardo Lima 6-0, 6-0 on court one. Cotrone did not lose a game today and won 24 straight games. No. 99 Lock defeated Juan Varon on court two. Davis made his singles debut for the season and won 6-1, 6-4 on court five against Gilbert Kibet. Rinaldi closed out the day with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court four over Santiago Lobelo.
No. 32 Florida State 5, No. 53 South
Alabama 2
Doubles
No. 1: Daniel Leitner/Juan Troglia (USA) d. #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-7(7-3)
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Alex Bernard/Shayann Vaezzadeh (USA) 8-3
No. 3: Blake Davis/Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Blake Gregor/Cody Hall (USA) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: Daniel Leitner (USA) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Grhard Gruindelingh (USA) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: Alex Bernard (USA) d. #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Cody Hall (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 5: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Shayann Vaezzadeh (USA) 6-0, 6-4
No. 6: Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Blake Gregor (USA) 6-3, 6-2
Florida State Notches Two Wins.
The Seminoles defeated both South Alabama and Bethune-Cookman today.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles had a goal of starting the season 6-0 and accomplished that Monday. The Florida State men's tennis team (6-0) spent the day at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center to come away with a 5-2 win over No. 35 South Alabama and a 7-0 victory over Bethune-Cookman.
"We've had a pretty long day, in three days some of our guys have played eight matches, four singles and four doubles," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It's been a good preseason for us. Heading into the ITA Kick-Off we wanted to be 6-0. We did that. We wanted to win in convincing fashions, which we did except against South Alabama. I thought they played very well this morning and pushed us. They have a good team and program."
To start the day, the Seminoles battled it out with South Alabama in singles. No. 107 sophomore Dominic Cotrone started the day out with a win as he topped Grhard Gruindelingh 6-0, 6-0 on court one. The Jaguars tied the match at 1-1 when Daniel Leitner topped senior Jordan Kelly-Houston 6-2, 6-2. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez let the Seminoles take the lead with a 6-0, 6-4 win on court five over Shayann Vaezzadeh.
Senior Andres Bucaro made the score 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Blake Gregor on court six. Clinching his third match in a row was senior Anderson Reed who won on court four over Cody Hall 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
In doubles play, the Seminoles swept all three courts as Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock won 8-7 (7-3), while Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi won 8-3. Redshirt-freshman João Gauer and junior Blake Davis won 8-4.
In the afternoon, the teams returned to the courts for a match against Bethune-Cookman for the first time in school history. Reed and Kelly-Houston teamed up to get an 8-4 win on court two over Diego Garavito and Santiago Lobelo. Cotrone and Rinaldi went 8-2 against Kip Jackson and Gilbert Kibet on court three.
After winning the doubles point, the Seminoles took a quick lead in singles and ended up not dropping a set. Getting off the courts first for the Seminoles was Gonzalez Mendez, who is now 3-0 on the season. He did not drop a game against Jackson as he won 6-0, 6-0 on court four.
"It was great to go 2-0 as a team and as an individual today," said Gonzalez Mendez. We are very excited to start the season 6-0 before we leave for Pepperdine because that was one of our goals. It was great to get back out onto the courts this weekend. We have two days of practice before we leave for California and we plan on working hard to qualify for the National Indoors."
Reed won the next match with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Seve Day on court three. Cotrone defeated Leonardo Lima 6-0, 6-0 on court one. Cotrone did not lose a game today and won 24 straight games. No. 99 Lock defeated Juan Varon on court two. Davis made his singles debut for the season and won 6-1, 6-4 on court five against Gilbert Kibet. Rinaldi closed out the day with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court four over Santiago Lobelo.
No. 32 Florida State 7,
Bethune-Cookman 0
Doubles
No. 1: Seve Day/Juan Varon (BCU) d. #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-6
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Diego Garavito/Santiago Lobelo (BCU) 8-4
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Kip Jackson/Gilbert Kibet (BCU) 8-2
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Leonardo Lima (BCU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Juan Varon (BCU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Seve Day (BCU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Santiago Lobelo (BCU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Gilbert Kibet (BCU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Kip Jackson (BCU) 6-0, 6-0
Florida State Tops Drake 4-3 At ITA Kick-Offs.
Anderson Reed clinches his fourth match of the year against the Bulldogs.
MALIBU, CA - The No. 33 Florida State men's tennis team (7-0) topped the No. 45 Drake Bulldogs (0-1) today 4-3 to take on No. 7 Pepperdine Sunday to advance to the ITA National Indoors. Today's win at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on the campus of Pepperdine makes seven straight wins to start the season, which matches last year's mark.
"It was a really hard fought win and we feel fortunate to win," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Drake is a very good team and (former Seminole) Davidson Kozlowski has done a great job. I'm proud of Dominic (Cotrone) to come through and beat a really high ranked guy. Benjamin (Lock) played amazing and Anderson (Reed) came through in the most opportune time. With him clinching four matches it shows he can really step it up when we need him. Another think I thought was helpful was Cristian coming back to win his second set to give us three opportunities to win."
To begin the day, the two teams squared off in doubles. Seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed started it off with an 8-4 win over Robin Goodman and Jean Eramus on court two. The Seminole lost on court three with Alen Salibasic and Ben Lott defeated sophomore Dominic Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi 8-4.
With the doubles point on the line, the match on court one became the deciding factor. Ranked No. 27 in the nation, senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock topped the No. 16 duo of Anis Ghorbel and James McKie 8-5 to get the 1-0 lead.
"Drake came out to start the match with a lot of energy," said Reed. "Jordan and I felt that so we took our chances and were able to us that against their advantage to run away with the win on court two. We could feel Andres and Benjamin on court one feeding off our energy. All of us were able to raise our games to get the doubles point."
The teams came back on the court with the Seminoles having two ranked players and Drake with four. Florida State won four of the six first set to get a slight advantage over the Bulldogs. Drake tied up the match when No. 68 McKie topped Kelly-Houston 6-2, 6-2 on court. The Seminoles won the get two matches right after each other with No. 99 Lock defeating Robin Goodman 6-0, 6-4 and No. 107 Cotrone upsetting No. 35 Ghorbel 6-2, 7-5.
At this point, the deciding point came down to sophomore Cristian Gonazlez Mendez, who was in his third set, and Reed and Bucaro who were both playing in second sets after winning their firsts. Reed got the win by topping Erasmis 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2) to get his four clinched match of the season. Drake would go on to win the next to matches to make the final score 4-3.
"I think that it was important to get my first tiebreaker under my belt," explained Reed. "I was down 5-3 in the first and knew if I could just get it back, I could pull out the tiebreaker. In the second set he fought really hard. I knew Cristian, Andres or I had to close out the match so I really used my senior experience to pull out the tiebreaker."
No. 33 Florida
State 4, No. 45 Drake 3
Doubles
No. 1: #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #16 Anis Ghorbel/James McKie (DU) 8-5
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Jean Erasmus/Robin Goodman (DU) 8-4
No. 3: Ben Lott/Alen Salibasic (DU) d. Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #35 Anis Ghorbel (DU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 2: #68 James McKie (DU) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Robin Goodman (DU) 6-0, 6-4
No. 4: #86 Alen Salibasic (DU) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-2
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Jean Erasmus (DU) 7-6(6), 7-6(2)
No. 6: #109 Ben Mullis (DU) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 4-6, 7-6(4) retired
Seminoles Fall To No. 7 Pepperdine 5-2.
Florida State loses its first match of the year against No. 7 Pepperdine.
MALIBU, CA - The No. 33 Florida State men's tennis team (7-1) lost its first match of the season in a tight match against No. 7 Pepperdine (4-0) in the second round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Seminoles were able to sweep the doubles point at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center, but were only able to get one singles win.
"We had some good things today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We have a good team but Pepperdine was better today. I thought we played very good in the first two hours, we had some chances in the first sets but weren't able to capitalize on it. It hurt us when Andres and Cristian lost the first set. If we had won them, things could have been different."
In doubles play, No. 27 senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock got a quick 8-4 win over Finn Tearney and Francis Alcantara on court one. On court two, seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed clinched the doubles point against Alex Sarkissian and Sebastian Fanselow 8-5.
In singles play, the Seminoles started strong winning two first sets, but momentum started to swing to the Waves as they proceeded to win the rest of the first sets. No. 107 sophomore Dominic Cotrone won the first set against No. 6 Sebastian Fanselow but lost the next two sets to fall 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 on court one.
Reed won the lone singles match of the day with a 6-3, 1-6, 5-0 ret. over Mousheg Hovhanniasyan on court five.
"Anderson won a good match over a strong player," continued Hultquist. "I was proud of Dominic today, he lost in the third but played a great first set."
No. 7 Pepperdine 5, No. 33 Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Francis Alcantara/Finn Tearney (Pepp) 8-4
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkiaaian (Pepp) 8-5
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) vs. Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer (Pepp) 7-6 dnf
Singles
No. 1: #6 Sebastian Fanselow (Pepp) d. #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: Alex Sarkissian (Pepp) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 3: Finn Tearney (Pepp) d. #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Francis Alcantara (Pepp) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Mousheg Hovhannisyan (Pepp) 6-3, 1-6, 5-0 ret
No. 6: David Sofaer (Pepp) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 7-6(1), 6-2
FSU Sweeps Both FAU And Mercer 7-0.
The Seminoles won 18 matches and only lost two sets on the day.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 29 Florida State men's tennis team (9-1) had a successful Saturday by defeating both FAU and Mercer 7-0. The Seminoles went on to win 18 of 18 matches and only lost two sets on the day. The last time the team started with a 9-1 record was in 2010. Today marked the fourth of five doubleheaders of the season.
"One of the things I liked today was that we won every match we played," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "That wasn't necessarily easy to do. João (Gauer) had to come from behind to win his match and Benjamin (Lock) had to win a tiebreaker in the third for his. To win all the matches is important and a good sign for us."
The Seminoles started the morning against Florida Atlantic and swept the Owls for the doubles point. With senior Andres Bucaro out of the country competing in the Davis Cup, doubles partners were switched around. Seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed nabbed an 8-0 win on court one. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi got the 8-4 win on court two while on court three sophomore Benjamin Lock and junior Blake Davis won 8-5.
In singles play, Davis got the first win with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Richard Meade on court four. No. 107 Cotrone came off the courts next by defeating Will Neuner 6-4, 6-0 on court one. Clinching his fifth match of the season was Reed who topped Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff 6-2, 6-4.
Rinaldi topped Matthew Samberg 6-1, 6-4 on court five while No. 99 Lock defeated Jose Fantova on court two 6-3, 6-3. The comeback of the day went to redshirt-freshman João Gauer over Robert Dubuque on court six. After Gauer lost the first set, he was down 5-2 in the second set and proceeded to win five straight games to force a third set tiebreaker. Gauer won the tiebreaker for an overall score of 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8).
In the afternoon, the Seminoles once again swept in doubles while the same pairs all pulled away with wins. In singles play, after being the last one off earlier in the day, Gauer walked off the courts with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Peter Tauchner on court six. On court one, No. 107 Cotrone topped Arnav Mohanty 6-0, 6-1. Davis topped Joao Pagan 6-1, 6-2 on court four to clinch the match against the Bears.
"It was a good match today," said Davis. "We played a doubleheader out there, those are always tough physically, especially for me coming off back surgery in the fall. My fitness isn't quite to the point where I want it to be, so I knew that today would be a tough challenge for me. The team did an excellent job the first match, took care of business and fought through the fatigue in the second match to get it done."
After the match was clinched, Kelly-Houston came off the courts with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Anderson Scarpa on court two. After a tight first set, Rinaldi came away with a 7-5, 6-1 victory on court five over Vincent DeLise. Lock finished the day with a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (8) win over Arsav Mohanty on court three.
No. 29 Florida State 7, Florida Atlantic 0
Doubles
No. 1: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Sean Bacha/Will Neuner (FAU) 8-0
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Jose Fantova/Richard Meade (FAU) 8-4
No. 3: Blake Davis/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Robert Dubuque/Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff (FAU) 8-5
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Will Neuner (FAU) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Jose Fantova (FAU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff (FAU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Richard Meade (FAU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Matthew Samberg (FAU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Robert Dubuque (FAU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8)
FSU Sweeps Both FAU And Mercer 7-0.
The Seminoles won 18 matches and only lost two sets on the day.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 29 Florida State men's tennis team (9-1) had a successful Saturday by defeating both FAU and Mercer 7-0. The Seminoles went on to win 18 of 18 matches and only lost two sets on the day. The last time the team started with a 9-1 record was in 2010. Today marked the fourth of five doubleheaders of the season.
"One of the things I liked today was that we won every match we played," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "That wasn't necessarily easy to do. João (Gauer) had to come from behind to win his match and Benjamin (Lock) had to win a tiebreaker in the third for his. To win all the matches is important and a good sign for us."
The Seminoles started the morning against Florida Atlantic and swept the Owls for the doubles point. With senior Andres Bucaro out of the country competing in the Davis Cup, doubles partners were switched around. Seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed nabbed an 8-0 win on court one. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi got the 8-4 win on court two while on court three sophomore Benjamin Lock and junior Blake Davis won 8-5.
In singles play, Davis got the first win with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Richard Meade on court four. No. 107 Cotrone came off the courts next by defeating Will Neuner 6-4, 6-0 on court one. Clinching his fifth match of the season was Reed who topped Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff 6-2, 6-4.
Rinaldi topped Matthew Samberg 6-1, 6-4 on court five while No. 99 Lock defeated Jose Fantova on court two 6-3, 6-3. The comeback of the day went to redshirt-freshman João Gauer over Robert Dubuque on court six. After Gauer lost the first set, he was down 5-2 in the second set and proceeded to win five straight games to force a third set tiebreaker. Gauer won the tiebreaker for an overall score of 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8).
In the afternoon, the Seminoles once again swept in doubles while the same pairs all pulled away with wins. In singles play, after being the last one off earlier in the day, Gauer walked off the courts with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Peter Tauchner on court six. On court one, No. 107 Cotrone topped Arnav Mohanty 6-0, 6-1. Davis topped Joao Pagan 6-1, 6-2 on court four to clinch the match against the Bears.
"It was a good match today," said Davis. "We played a doubleheader out there, those are always tough physically, especially for me coming off back surgery in the fall. My fitness isn't quite to the point where I want it to be, so I knew that today would be a tough challenge for me. The team did an excellent job the first match, took care of business and fought through the fatigue in the second match to get it done."
After the match was clinched, Kelly-Houston came off the courts with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Anderson Scarpa on court two. After a tight first set, Rinaldi came away with a 7-5, 6-1 victory on court five over Vincent DeLise. Lock finished the day with a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (8) win over Arsav Mohanty on court three.
No. 29 Florida State 7, Mercer University 0
Doubles
No. 1: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Joao Pagan/Peter Tauchner (MU) 8-4
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Arnav Mohanty/Arsav Mohanty (MU) 8-5
No. 3: Blake Davis/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Vincent DeLise/Anderson Scarpa (MU) 8-6
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Arnav Mohanty (MU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Anderson Scarpa (MU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Arsav Mohanty (MU) 6-2, 6-7(6), 1-0(8)
No. 4: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Joao Pagen (MU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Vincent DeLise (MU) 7-5, 6-1
No. 6: Joao Gauer (FSU) d. Peter Tauchner (MU) 6-2, 6-2
Florida State Falls To Gators 5-2.
No. 107 Dominic Cotrone won today over the No. 51 player in the nation.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 28 Florida State men's tennis team (9-2) lost its first match at home this season against No. 11 Florida (6-0) on Saturday. The Seminoles pulled out two singles win at the packed Scott Speicher Tennis Center including an upset and come-from-behind win but lost the tight match 5-2.
"It was an awesome crowd today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "I hope the fans had a good time and come back in the future. I thought we were poised to make some runs in singles. The key to the match was that there were four close first sets and Florida won all of those. If we would have won some of those sets, things would have turned out differently. It was our first time we've lost the doubles point. For me that's always been an important point. Florida played very well winning the deuce points."
In doubles play, the Seminoles rushed out to get the early lead, but the Gators came back to win two matches for the doubles point. Seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston lost 8-3 to Michael Alford and Florent Diep on court two. On court three, sophomore Dominic Cotrone and freshman Michael Rinaldi fell to Bob van Overbeek and Stephane Piro 8-3. The match on court one was stopped when the doubles point was clinched.
In singles play, the two teams came out battling with one another. Florida State once again had an early lead but Florida came back to win five first sets. Coming off the courts first was sophomore Benjamin Lock and Piro. The Seminole lost on court three 6-4, 6-2. Almost immediately after the, Reed lost his first match of the year 6-2, 6-4 to Gordon Watson on court four. Senior Andres Bucaro came off the courts next with a 7-5, 6-1 loss to Alford on court five. That win clinched the match for the Gators.
The next finished match of the day was when No. 107 Cotrone upset No. 51 van Overbeek on court one. Cotrone continued his stellar play this season with a strong 6-2, 6-4 win over the seasoned Gator.
"When you play a really good player a second time, it's really hard to beat them again," said Hultquist. "I was proud of Dominic to be able to win convincingly on court number one. He had beaten Bob in the fall and then won again. I like how Dominic had a lot of energy today. He played a lot of tough long games and grinded those out to win them."
Using the momentum from Cotrone's match, junior Blake Davis came back from down one set. On court six, Davis and Billy Federhofer battled it out in a third set tiebreaker, with the crowd behind him, Davis won 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-5).
"It's good to get Blake back in the line-up," concluded Hultquist. "He's still not 100% but he's a guy we need to be in there contributing. For him to come back and win is a strong performance and shows he's getting better from his surgery to where he needs to be."
No. 11
Florida 5, No. 28 Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: #27 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Billy Federhofer/Gordon Watson (UF) 4-7 dnf
No. 2: #45 Michael Alford/Florent Diep (UF) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-3
No. 3: Stephane Piro/Bob van Overbeek (UF) d. Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-3
Singles
No. 1: #107 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #51 Bob van Overbeek (UF) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: #26 Florent Diep (UF) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 7-6(7-4), 6-4
No. 3: Stephane Piro (UF) d. #99 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4: #118 Gordon Watson (UF) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Michael Alford (UF) d. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 7-5, 6-1
No. 5: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Billy Federhofer (UF) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-5)
Seminoles Fall To Waves 5-2 On Sunday.
The Seminoles participated in the first college match played at IMG Academy today.
BRADENTON, Fla. - The No. 29 Florida State men's tennis team faced off against No. 7 Pepperdine on Sunday, February 24 at the IMG Academy. The Seminoles and Waves participated in the first college match ever played at the Stadium Courts in a packed, energetic setting. The Seminoles ended up losing the match 5-2.
"It was a great crowd and I appreciate the Florida State supporters that came out here today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Pepperdine is an outstanding team and it showed today why they are No. 7 in the nation. I don't think we won the big points in doubles. At one doubles we lost a lot of our deciding points."
"Well it means a lot to IMG and to all the students here to actually see the spirit of college tennis and the why the coaches get into it. But you're not playing for me, you're playing for the college and that's very important because it shows how important teamwork is. We hope to do a lot more of this. IMG is thrilled to have two outstanding universities here."
In doubles play, the Seminoles took an early lead but the Waves pushed the momentum to their side by coming back to win 8-4 on court one and 8-3 on court three.
"I was proud of Benjamin today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "I feel like he played on of his best matches in his career today. Michael had a very good win over an outstanding player who has been a very good player for them the last four years. We want to thank IMG and I hope a lot of people got to watch it online and we hope to do it in the future again."
In singles play, the Seminoles were able to win three first sets, but were only able to capitalize on two of those matches. Senior Anderson Reed was the first off the courts with a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Francis Alcantara on court four. On court one, No. 99 Dominic Cotrone, a sophomore from Bradenton, Fla., lost the first set to No. 4 Sebastian Fanselow. In the beginning of a tight second set, Cotrone lost the match due to a forfeit.
With the Seminoles down 3-0, senior Jordan Kelly-Houston started to come back in the second set but was unable to hold on long enough so he lost to No. 89 Alex Sarkissian 6-1, 6-4 on court two. Freshman Michael Rinaldi nabbed the first win of the day for the Seminoles with a solid 6-2, 6-4 win over Mousheg Hovhannisyan on court six. Rinaldi was down 2-1 in the first set but won five straight games to win.
"The start of the match I got broken in the first three games," said Rinaldi. "I broke back and just stayed solid from there. For the second set I just wanted to be solid and play high on him and waited for my time to break him."
Junior Blake Davis won his first set 6-1 but lost his next two sets to fall 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on court five to David Sofaer. Sophomore Benjamin Lock won the last match of the day upsetting No. 105 Finn Tearnery 7-6 (4), 6-4 to finish the day.
"I just tried to be as intense and loud as possible," said Lock. "I knew I needed to be confident and to get real fired up. The surface suited my game style very well and used external factors to my advantage such as the weather and the crowd. I'm coming off of two great weeks of training. The main this today is that I played my game and the way I wanted to play."
No. 7 Pepperdine 5, No. 28 Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: Francis Alcantara/Finn Tearney (Pepp) d. #52 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-4
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) vs. Sebastian Fanselow/Alex Sarkissian (Pepp) 6-5 dnf
No. 3: Mousheg Hovhannisyan/David Sofaer (Pepp) d. Dominic Cotrone/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-3
Singles
No. 1: #4 Sebastian Fanselow (Pepp) d. #99 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-1, 3-2 default
No. 2: #89 Alex Sarkissian (Pepp) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 3: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #105 Finn Tearney (Pepp) 7-6(7-4), 6-4
No. 4: Francis Alcantara (Pepp) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: David Sofaer (Pepp) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Mousheg Hovhannisyan (Pepp) 6-2, 6-4
Seminoles Upset Longhorns 5-2.
No. 44 Florida State defeated No. 15 Texas for the first time in school history.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - For the first time in school history, the Florida State men's tennis team defeated Texas. Not only was it a win, but the No. 44 Seminoles upset the No. 15 Longhorns 5-2. The Seminoles are now 10-3 on the season while the Longhorns fell to 6-4 at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in a four hour match.
"We have such a hard schedule at home this year with a lot of tough teams," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "One of our goals we set was to control our home court advantage and today we did that. Texas is a great team. I was really proud of our team. One of the keys to the match was we won so many second sets today. We had a good start to doubles, but we only won two first sets."
The Seminoles quickly ran out into the frigid air and got the match started in doubles. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone and junior Blake Davis played in their first doubles match of the year together and won a dominating 8-1 match against Sudanwa Sitaram and Jacoby Lewin on court three.
"Today means a lot," said Cotrone. "We knew we haven't beaten Texas in school history and that meant a lot to us. Before we went out there, we knew we wanted to do this for the school more than ourselves. That really motivated us. We wanted to have nine straight really solid efforts and we did that. Coach Evan (Urbina) gave me a pump-up talk and that really motivated me to really give my all for our team."
With the doubles split 1-1, the point came down to court one where the unranked duo of senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock was fighting with No. 11 Chris Camillon and David Holiner. The Seminoles played their game and came out on top to win 8-6 and clinch the doubles point.
Florida State got out to a slow start in singles winning only two first sets. Davis lost his match on court four to make the score 1-1. After losing his first set, senior Jordan Kelly-Houston came back from a 3-0 deficit to win his second set. In the third set, the Seminole took control and came away with a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Nick Naumann on court three. Beginning at that point, the Seminoles won the next five second sets.
"The match that really turned it around was Jordan being down a set and down 3-0 in the second," continued Hultquist. "He pulled out the second set and pulled away with the third. Blake and Dominic were awesome in doubles getting off to an 8-1 start and putting us in position to win the doubles point."
With the score at 2-1, freshman Michael Rinaldi topped Andrew Korinek on court six 7-5, 6-4 to give himself an 8-0 record this spring and to make the Seminoles one win closer to the upset. All season long, No. 89 Cotrone has been making wins on the court and today was no different. After losing the first set in a tiebreaker, the Seminole only lost four games the next two sets to win 6-7 (2), 6-0, 6-4 over Sitaram on court one to clinch the match.
"I've just been working really hard in practice and fight for every point," said Rinaldi. "I just try to have the best attitude I can have and not get down no matter what's going on in the match. It feels unbelievable today. It's a great win for the team. I knew we could win this match, I believe in this team and we can do whatever we want, the sky is the limit."
To close out the match, senior Anderson Reed lost his match to make the score 4-2. After losing his first set, Lock came back to win the last match of the day 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 over No. 80 Daniel Whitehead on court two for his second straight upset win. Previously the Seminoles had lost eight straight matches to the Longhorns dating back to 1996.
No. 44 Florida State 5, No. 15 Texas 2
Doubles
No. 1: Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #11 Chris Camillone/David Holiner (UTx) 8-6
No. 2: Ben Chen/Daniel Whitehead (UTx) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-2
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Jacoby Lewis/Sudanwa Sitaram (UTx) 8-1
Singles
No. 1: #89 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Sudanwa Sitaram (UTx) 6-7(7-2), 6-0, 6-4
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #80 Daniel Whitehead (UTx) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Nick Naumann (UTx) 4-6, 7-6(8-6), 6-2
No. 4: Lloyd Glasspool (UTx) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5: David Holiner (UTx) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Andrew Korinek (UTx) 7-5, 6-4
Florida State Rolls To A 6-1 Victory Over USF.
The Seminoles are now 11-3 this season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 44 Florida State men's tennis team (11-3) rolled away today with a 6-1 win over No. 75 USF (4-5) at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. After winning all three doubles matches, the Seminoles went on to win five of the singles matches for the win on the cold Sunday afternoon.
"I was really pleased with the effort today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "I thought it was a hard day to play 100% with the cold and wind. We were a little bit beat-up today, we were a little tired and injured. The guys that were a little injured came through. I thought the key to the match was Jordan (Kelly-Houston) and Anderson (Reed) who were down breaks in their first sets and they both came back to win those sets and ran off with the rest of the match."
The Seminoles ran away quickly in doubles play to take an early lead. After losing their past two matches, seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston bounced back with an 8-2 win on court two over Guillermo De Vilchez and Ravi Patel. Senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock won their second ranked match in a row by a score of 8-3 over Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz and Oliver Pramming on court one. On court three, junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone defeated Frederico Sabogal and Everth Dzib on court three 8-5.
The Seminoles started a little slow but bounced back to win five first sets in singles play. Freshman Michael Rinaldi came off the courts first with a 6-2, 6-0 win on court six over Dzib. Kelly-Houston made the match 3-0 with a 7-5, 6-4 win against De Vilchez on court three.
"I fought through a couple breaks of serve in both sets to come up with the win," said Kelly-Houston. "The team had a really solid weekend and we will work hard this week to come out with a win in Oklahoma."
Reed clinched the match against Patel on court five with a 6-4, 6-3 win. No. 89 Cotrone won his 12th match of the season 6-4, 7-6 (2) against Pramming on court one. Davis won his first set and fell to 1-5 in the second set. He won five straight games and won a tiebreaker for a 7-5, 7-6 (8) win on court four to Juan Carlos Acuna.
"I was down early in the match and really started playing longer, smarter points," said Reed. "I was able to turn the match late in the second and run away with it. I'm glad I could pull it out for the team today. My teammates gave me confidence to do so with them having won so many first sets. I'm proud of the team as a whole on the weekend and we look forward to a week of training before we head to Oklahoma for a top five contest."
No. 44 Florida State 6, No. 75 South Florida 1
Doubles
No. 1: Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #56 Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz/Oliver Pramming (USF) 8-3
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Guillermo De Vilchez/Ravi Patel (USF) 8-2
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Everth Dzib/Frederico Sabogal (USF) 8-5
Singles
No. 1: #89 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Oliver Pramming (USF) 6-4, 7-6(7-2)
No. 2: Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz (USF) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Guillermo De Vilchez (USF) 7-5, 6-4
No. 4: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Juan Carlos Acuna (USF) 7-5, 7-6(10-8)
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Ravi Patel (USF) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Everth Dzib (USF) 6-2, 6-0
Seminoles Upset No. 7 Oklahoma 4-3.
Kelly-Houston clinched both match point and the doubles point in tonight's win.
NORMAN, OK - The No. 28 Florida State men's tennis team upset No. 7 Oklahoma (10-4) Tuesday night 4-3 in a match that lasted over four hours. The Seminoles are now 12-3 this season after winning at the Headington Family Tennis Pavilion.
"We had such an unbelievable effort from all the guys tonight," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It was a long match, but it's a huge win for us. It puts us in good position the rest of the season. We have a lot of work to do with the ACC schedule ahead of us, but we're on fire right now. Oklahoma is a good team and started to come back, but we were able to hold them off."
Florida State came out in doubles with a quick 8-1 win on court three by sophomore Dominic Cotrone and junior Blake Davis. With doubles tied 1-1, seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston upset the No. 56 doubles team of Guillermo Alcorta and Axel Alvarez Llamas in a tight 9-7 match on court two.
"During doubles, Dominic and Blake were just on fire in their match," continued Hultquist. "It was a battle at court two with Jordan and Anderson. They were holding serve the whole way, but Jordan had a strong point for us to come back and win the doubles point."
In singles play, the Sooners tied up the match when Alvarez Llamas defeated Davis 6-2, 6-4 on court four. The undefeated freshman Michael Rinaldi extended his spring record to 10-0 to give the Seminoles a 2-1 lead. Rinaldi topped Peerakit Siributwong 6-1, 7-5 on court six.
"This is a monumental victory for us," said Rinaldi. "I'm so proud of every guy on this team. Jordan clinching the match in the third set was unbelievable. We proved how good we can be tonight."
Oklahoma bounced back one again when No. 17 Costin Paval defeated No. 110 Cotrone 6-3, 7-6(5) on court one. Reed was one of three Seminoles to win the first set, but he lost the second to force a third set. The Seminole came back to defeat Leonard Stakhovsky 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
After being down 4-2 in the first set, Kelly-Houston battled back to force a tiebreaker. After winning the first set, he fell in the second. During a close third set, it was fitting for the match point to come down to a third set tiebreaker. After playing for more than four hours, the Seminole took the lead and clinched the match 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-5 (5).
"I was just happy to bring it home for the team," said Kelly-Houston. We play college tennis for this kind of moment. To come out on top against a top 10 team on the road makes the hard work we put in that much more gratifying."
No. 28 Florida State 4, No. 7 Oklahoma 3
Doubles
No. 1: #44 Costin Paval/Dane Webb (OU) d. #22 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-2
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. #56 Guillermo Alcorta/Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) 9-7
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Lawrence Formentera/Peerakit Siributwong (OU) 8-1
Singles
No. 1: #17 Costin Paval (OU) d. #110 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 2: Guillermo Alcorta (OU) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-4
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Dane Webb (OU) 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(5)
No. 4: Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Leonard Stakhovsky (OU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Peerakit Siributwong (OU) 6-1, 7-5
FSU Opens ACC Play With Win Over Georgia Tech.
Rinaldi extends win streak to 13 while Kelly-Houston wins his fourth straight.
ATLANTA, GA - The No. 28 Florida State men's tennis team (13-3, 1-0) won its fourth straight match of the season Friday, March 15, as the Seminoles opened conference play against No. 63 Georgia Tech (7-7, 0-1). The Seminoles started strong winning the doubles point as they went on to win 4-3 at the Ken Byers Tennis Center.
"Winning a match on the road in the ACC is always difficult," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We're pleased to get a win today after such a high ranked win over Oklahoma. The doubles point was huge. Benjamin (Lock) and Andres (Bucaro) were down a break in the middle of the set. They fought back after some terrible match points but they finally converted to win 9-7."
Junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone came out strong and put the Seminoles up early with an 8-0 shutout on court three. After losing on court two, the doubles point came down to senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock on court one. Florida State battled back and forth with Georgia Tech, but came out on top with a 9-7 win. With today's win, Bucaro has the 10th most career doubles wins at Florida State with 74.
"It was a very close match," said Bucaro. "They are a good team, but it was great to clinch the doubles point. It was very good to have momentum moving into singles and gave us an edge. It's an honor to be in the top ten, but I've always played next to a teammate with those wins."
In singles play, freshman Michael Rinaldi continued his strong play as he won his 13th straight match of the year. After defeating Colin Edwards 6-1, 6-0 on court six, he increased his spring record to 11-0. Senior Anderson Reed went on to finish his match quickly after with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Anish Sharma on court five.
"Michael and I getting off the court fast today helped the team a lot," said Reed. "We knew there were some tough matches going on with the other courts so it was important we gave the team some confidence."
Senior Jordan Kelly-Houston clinched the second match in a row with a 6-4, 7-5 win on court three over Eduardo Segura.
"We knew coming in this would be a tough match especially being out first ACC match," said Kelly-Houston. "It was very important for Benjamin and Andres to get that doubles point to set up the team for the win."
No. 28 Florida State 4, No. 63 Georgia Tech 3
Doubles
No. 1: Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt (GT) 9-7
No. 2: Eduardo Segura/Juan Spir (GT) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-2
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Colin Edwards/Garrett Gordon (GT) 8-0
Singles
No. 1: Juan Melian (GT) d. #89 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10-8)
No. 2: #53 Juan Spir (GT) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) d. Eduardo Segura (GT) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4: Nathan Rakitt (GT) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 7-6(7-4), 6-2
No. 5: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Anish Sharma (GT) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Colin Edwards (GT) 6-1, 6-0
Seminoles Fall To No. 25 Clemson 4-3.
Florida State won their fifth straight doubles point today.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 28 Florida State men's tennis team (13-4, 1-1) lost a tight 4-3 match to No. 25 Clemson (13-2) Sunday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center to close out Spring Break. After winning their fifth straight doubles point, the Seminoles won five first sets but went on to lose four second sets.
"Clemson did a good job by winning two 4-3 matches in a row," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We didn't do a good job on the second sets and the key to the match today was those second sets. We immediately got down in the second sets pretty early. We didn't win any of the three set matches so that hurt us as well."
In doubles play, seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston won their fourth match in a row with an 8-3 victory over Austin Ansari and Zachary Rigsby on court two. Clinching the doubles point was junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone on court three. The duo recorded an 8-4 win over Ayrton Wibowo and Hunter Harrington.
"We've only lost the doubles point twice all year, so this is one of our better lines," said Hultquist. "We played really good at two and three doubles today. Benjamin played very well today at singles. His game plan was excellent. Blake came through and finished his match."
In singles play, the Seminoles start strong winning five first sets. Sophomore Benjamin Lock snapped his three-match losing streak with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court three over Gerardo Meza. Following that win, Clemson won two straight matches on courts five and one.
Blake Davis made the score 3-2 in the Seminole favor with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Wibowo on court four. The Tigers went on to tie the match with a win on court six. With the match on the line, the attention was focused on Kelly-Houston on court two. After winning his first set, the Seminole lost in a second set tiebreaker to play a third. Kelly-Houston would go on to lost 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Harrington.
No. 25 Clemson 4, No. 28 Florida State 3
Doubles
No. 1: #22 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. #11 Dominique Maden/Yannick Maden (CU) 4-5 dnf
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Austin Ansari/Zachary Rigsby (CU) 8-3
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Hunter Harrington/Ayrton Wibowo (CU) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #41 Yannick Maden (CU) d. #110 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: Hunter Harrington (CU) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-4
No. 3: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Gerardo Meza (CU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Ayrton Wibowo (CU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5: Austin Ansari (CU) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6: Zachary Rigsby (CU) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Seminoles Storm The Hurricanes.
Florida State won five straight matches to win against Miami.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 16 Florida State men's tennis team (14-4, 2-1) weathered the storm Sunday, March 24 and topped No. 65 Miami 5-2 to win their second ACC match of the year. What started as a damp morning turned into a hot afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center as both teams battled back and forth for over four hours.
"I think where we are right now is that we're a high ranked team and people have us on target," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It was one of our weaker doubles efforts today. We didn't start the way I would have liked and we got behind early. We jumped on them with early breaks by winning four first sets in singles though."
The Seminoles started the morning just as dreary as the weather when they lost 8-3 on court one and 8-4 on court three of doubles. Entering singles play, Miami was up 1-0. As the sun started coming out, the Seminoles turned their play around winning four first sets to get an early advantage.
The Hurricanes got the first singles win to make the score 2-0 in their favor with Diego Soto defeating senior Jordan Kelly-Houston 6-3, 6-0 on court two. Playing in his first match since January, sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won the Seminoles first match with a 6-2, 6-0 domination over William Albanese.
"Cristian is just getting back to practicing with us and had a real good week at practice," said Hultquist. "He's a very consistent, hardworking guy. It was good to see him get that solid win."
No. 110 Dominic Cotrone evened up the match up court one. After falling behind 2-0 in the first set, the sophomore went on to finish his match 6-3, 6-0 over Gabriel Flores. Anderson Reed came off the courts next to give Florida State its first lead of the day. The senior topped Omar Aly 6-2, 6-3 on court four.
Clinching the match for Florida State was freshman Michael Rinaldi who was playing on court five against Marco Stancati. After winning his first set, the Seminole lost his second set. While this was going on, sophomore Benjamin Lock was on court three taking on Wilfredo Gonzalez. Lock lost his first set but won his second. With both matches in the third set, Rinaldi won the match for the Seminoles 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Lock took a longer route forcing a tiebreaker in the third to win 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(7).
"A lot of credit goes to Coach (Nick) Crowell for getting Michael in the right mindset during the third set," finished Hultquist. "Michael came back strong from being down to dominating the end of the match."
"I thought today was a tough day," said Lock. "There were tough conditions and it's always hard playing rival schools. We didn't play our best today in doubles, they really took us by surprise but I was really proud of how the whole team handled the match. We came out really pumped in singles and everyone played with passion. Got some quick wins and then Michael clinched it for us."
"This was a good win for us today," said Rinaldi. I'm really happy about how all the guys bounced back after losing the doubles point to get the win."
No. 16 Florida State 5, No. 65 Miami 2
Doubles
No. 1: Omar Aly/Wilfredo Gonzalez (UM) d. #22 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-3
No. 2: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) vs. Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto (UM) dnf
No. 3: Marco Stancati/Henrique Tsukamoto (UM) d. Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #110 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Gabriel Flores (UM) 6-3, 6-0
No. 2: Diego Soto (UM) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Wilfredo Gonzalez (UM) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(9-7)
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Omar Aly (UM) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Marco Stancati (UM) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
No. 6: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. William Albanese (UM) 6-2, 6-0
FSU Falls To Wolfpack 5-2.
Reed, Rinaldi nab wins in today's road loss.
RALEIGH, NC - The No. 18 Florida State men's tennis team (14-5, 2-2) dropped its match to No. 38 NC State (11-6, 4-1) on Friday, March 29. The Seminoles won two singles matches but lost 5-2 at the Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium.
"It was a battle with five three setters that could have gone any way," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We had opportunities and couldn't close out on them. With five matches going to three sets, it was a circus out there. We lost the doubles in a tiebreaker and then we lost three matches where we won the first set and won two matches that we lost the first set. It was just a crazy day."
In doubles play, sophomore Dominic Cotrone and junior Blake Davis defeated Beck Bond and Austin Powell 8-2 on court three to take an early lead. The Wolfpack's No. 16 Dave Thomson and Sean Weber topped No. 45 senior Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock 8-6 on court one to tie it up. Seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed battled with Robbie Mudge and Thomas Weigel on court two but fell short with a 9-8 (4) loss.
In singles play, NC State won the first match to take the 2-0 lead but Reed bounced back from losing his first set with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-0 win on court four. Reed is now 14-4 this spring. The Wolfpack went on to win the next three matches to clinch the win. Freshman Michael Rinaldi closed out the match with his 13th match of the season by defeating Beck Bond 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) on court five.
No. 38 NC State 5, No. 18
Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: #16 Dave Thompson/Sean Weber (NCS) d. #45 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-6
No. 2: Robbie Mudge/Thomas Weigel (NCS) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 9-8(7-4)
No. 3: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Beck Bond/Austin Powell (NCS) 8-2
Singles
No. 1: Austin Powell (NCS) d. #122 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
No. 2: Robbie Mudge (NCS) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Dave Thomson (NCS) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Thomas Weigel (NCS) 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Beck Bond (NCS) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-5)
No. 6: Sean Weber (NCS) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
Seminoles Drop To No. 9 Duke 6-1.
The Seminoles won the doubles point upsetting two teams.
DURHAM, NC - After starting the day strong by winning the doubles point, the No. 18 Florida State men's tennis team (14-6, 2-3) lost all six singles matches. The Seminoles fell to No. 9 Duke (16-4, 4-1) 6-1 at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
The Seminoles No. 45 senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock opened doubles with a loss to the No. 1 team of Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler. Florida State proceeded to win the next two matches to claim the doubles point.
"Duke played a great match today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We had a very good start by playing outstanding doubles. We beat a very good team in Redlicki and Tahir on court two and another great team at three doubles. It gave us a good opportunity going into singles but Duke did great in coming back. We had a chance to come back with two tiebreakers at four and six but unfortunately we didn't come through on them."
Seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston defeated the No. 44 duo of Chris Mengel and Fred Saba 8-5 on court three for their 10th win of the spring. Sophomore Dominic Cotrone and junior Blake Davis finished it out with a win over No. 14 Michael Redlicki and Jason Tahir 8-6 on court two.
In singles play, Duke won five of the six first sets to go on and win all six singles matches. On court one, No. 5 Dunha topped Benjamin Lock 6-1, 6-4 while No. 25 Saba defeated No. 121 Cotrone 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9) on court two.
In position three, No. 56 Redlicki topped Reed 6-4, 6-3 while No. 89 Mengel defeated Kelly-Houston 6-1, 7-6 (4) on court four. Freshman Michael Rinaldi was topped by No. 73 Raphael Hemmeler while sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez fell 6-1, 7-6 (6) to Tahir.
No. 9 Duke 6 def. No. 18 Florida State 1
Doubles
No. 1: #1 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) d. #45 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-3
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #14 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (Duke) 8-6
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. #44 Chris Mengal/Fred Saba (Duke) 8-5
Singles
No. 1: #5 Henrique Cunha (Duke) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 2: #25 Fred Saba (Duke) d. #121 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(11-9)
No. 3: #56 Michael Redlicki (Duke) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: #89 Chris Mengel (Duke) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-1, 7-6(7-4)
No. 5: #73 Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 6: Jason Tahir (Duke) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-1, 7-6(8-6)
Florida State Tops UNF, BC.
The Seminoles won the doubles point in both matches.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles spent Friday at the chilly Scott Speicher Tennis Center, but finished the day with two wins over UNF and Boston College. The men's tennis team improved to 16-6 on the year and 3-3 in the ACC. Florida State topped North Florida 4-1 in the afternoon and then concluded the night with a 6-1 win over BC.
"It was good to get both doubles points today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Our doubles record has been outstanding this year. We dominated and got off to a good start. It was a good day. We did what we expected, North Florida gave us a pretty good push there and it was a little bit of a tough match. We only dropped two points today so that's good."
The Seminoles had a strong back in doubles going 4-0 on the day. The Osprey's gave Florida State some problems at the beginning of the day but the Seminoles gained control with an 8-3 win by junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone on court two. On court three, seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 victory.
Against Boston College, the Seminoles came out strong and ended strong with two 8-4 wins on court two and three. Davis and Cotrone are now 9-1 this year after defeating Billy Grokenberger and Matt Wagner on two while Kelly-Houston and Reed are now 12-4 this spring after beating Kyle Childree and Alexandre Thirouin.
"Doubles is a strong point for our team," said Reed. "It was great for us to start both of our matches at 1-0. It was important for our team to get two good starts and it set the tone of singles."
Taking on North Florida in singles, Reed defeated Norbert Nemcsek 6-2, 7-5 and is one win away from having 20 singles win in a season. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won next on court six be topping Leonardo Nahar 6-2, 7-6 (3). Freshman Michael Rinaldi clinched the match for the Seminoles by winning 6-4, 6-4 over Pedro Davisson. The Seminole was down 2-4 in both sets and fought back to win both.
"It was a tight match and was down a break in both sets," said Rinaldi. "I just kept fighting back and got the win. I kept at it and had a ton of breakpoints."
Against Boston College, Davis came off the courts first with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jonathan Raude on court three. Senior Andres Bucaro won the next match for the Seminoles by topping Childree 6-2, 6-1on court five. No. 121 Cotrone clinched the match for the Seminoles by defeating Philip Nelson 6-3, 6-1.
Gonzalez Mendez finished the day as the only Seminole to win two singles matches on the day. He topped Grokenberger 6-4, 6-0 on court four. Lock posted the last win of the day by defeating McGinnis 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6).
"Both wins were very important to me," said Gonzalez Mendez. "I've been out most of the season and it's always tough to come back from an injury. These two matches were really tough but I got two wins so that builds my confidence for the rest of the season."
No. 26 Florida State 4, No. 66 North Florida 1
Doubles
No. 1: #45 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Julien Belair/Moritz Buerchner (UNF) 4-6 dnf
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Norbert Nemcsek/Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) 8-3
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Pedro Davisson/Leonardo Nahar (UNF) 8-6
Singles
No. 1: #121 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) vs. Moritz Buerchner (UNF) 6-7(), 5-0 dnf
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) 5-7, 5-4
No. 3: Julien Belair (UNF) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) 6-2, 7-5
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Pedro Davisson (UNF) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Leonardo Nahar (UNF) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Florida State Tops UNF, BC.
The Seminoles won the doubles point in both matches.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles spent Friday at the chilly Scott Speicher Tennis Center, but finished the day with two wins over UNF and Boston College. The men's tennis team improved to 16-6 on the year and 3-3 in the ACC. Florida State topped North Florida 4-1 in the afternoon and then concluded the night with a 6-1 win over BC.
"It was good to get both doubles points today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Our doubles record has been outstanding this year. We dominated and got off to a good start. It was a good day. We did what we expected, North Florida gave us a pretty good push there and it was a little bit of a tough match. We only dropped two points today so that's good."
The Seminoles had a strong back in doubles going 4-0 on the day. The Osprey's gave Florida State some problems at the beginning of the day but the Seminoles gained control with an 8-3 win by junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone on court two. On court three, seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 victory.
Against Boston College, the Seminoles came out strong and ended strong with two 8-4 wins on court two and three. Davis and Cotrone are now 9-1 this year after defeating Billy Grokenberger and Matt Wagner on two while Kelly-Houston and Reed are now 12-4 this spring after beating Kyle Childree and Alexandre Thirouin.
"Doubles is a strong point for our team," said Reed. "It was great for us to start both of our matches at 1-0. It was important for our team to get two good starts and it set the tone of singles."
Taking on North Florida in singles, Reed defeated Norbert Nemcsek 6-2, 7-5 and is one win away from having 20 singles win in a season. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won next on court six be topping Leonardo Nahar 6-2, 7-6 (3). Freshman Michael Rinaldi clinched the match for the Seminoles by winning 6-4, 6-4 over Pedro Davisson. The Seminole was down 2-4 in both sets and fought back to win both.
"It was a tight match and was down a break in both sets," said Rinaldi. "I just kept fighting back and got the win. I kept at it and had a ton of breakpoints."
Against Boston College, Davis came off the courts first with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jonathan Raude on court three. Senior Andres Bucaro won the next match for the Seminoles by topping Childree 6-2, 6-1on court five. No. 121 Cotrone clinched the match for the Seminoles by defeating Philip Nelson 6-3, 6-1.
Gonzalez Mendez finished the day as the only Seminole to win two singles matches on the day. He topped Grokenberger 6-4, 6-0 on court four. Lock posted the last win of the day by defeating McGinnis 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6).
"Both wins were very important to me," said Gonzalez Mendez. "I've been out most of the season and it's always tough to come back from an injury. These two matches were really tough but I got two wins so that builds my confidence for the rest of the season."
No. 26 Florida State 6, Boston College 1
Doubles
No. 1: Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Michael McGinnis/Philip Nelson (BC) 4-4 dnf
No. 2: Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. Billy Grokenberger/Matt Wagner (BC) 8-4
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Kyle Childree/Alexandre Thirouin (BC) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #121 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. Philip Nelson (BC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Michael McGinnis (BC) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-6)
No. 3: Blake Davis (FSU) d. Jonathan Raude (BC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Billy Grokenberger (BC) 6-4, 6-0
No. 5: Andres Bucaro (FSU) d. Kyle Childree (BC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6: Matt Wagner (BC) d. Joao Gauer (FSU) 6-4, 7-6(7-4)
Florida State Falls In Tight 4-3 Match.
Benjamin Lock won his 20th match of the season tonight.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The No. 27 Florida State men's tennis team spent the afternoon battling back and forth with No. 26 Wake Forest. The Seminoles fell to the Demon Deacons 4-3 at Leighton Courts and are now 16-7 for the year and 3-4 in the ACC.
"It was a great college tennis match," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Unfortunately we came out on the other end of it. It was tough to lose the doubles point in the tiebreaker. We started a little slow in singles and then we just ran out of time."
In doubles play, the Seminoles started strong with an 8-4 victory on court three. No. 89 Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston topped Jon Ho and Sam Bloom. Wake Forest came back and won the match on court two.
Court one came down to a tiebreaker for the doubles point, but Wake Forest's No. 47 David Hopkins and Amogh Prabhakar won 9-8 (7-2) over No. 40 Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock.
Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez defeated Morgan Mays on court six 6-3, 6-1to tie up the match. Senior Jordan Kelly-Houston lost on court four 6-2, 6-2 to Adam Lee to give Wake Forest the advantage. Freshman Michael Rinaldi tied the match back-up by defeating Ho 6-3, 6-4 on court five.
The Demon Deacons once again took the lead when No. 62 Amogh Prabhakar topped senior Anderson Reed 6-0, 7-6 (6) on court three. Sophomore Benjamin Lock lost his first set but came back to win both the second and third. Lock topped Danny Kreyman 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 on court two to tie the match back up. With tonight's win, Lock joins Dominic Cotrone and Rinaldi for 20 wins in a season.
With the match at 3-3, it came down to court one with No. 125 Cotrone and David Hopkins. Cotrone lost the first set but came back to win the second. Up in the third set, the sophomore lost ground after Hopkins got a break. Cotrone lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
"I am proud of how Dominic, Benjamin and Anderson fought back after losing first sets," said Cotrone. "I was really pleased in the effort by Cristian and Michael for winning straight sets to get us back in the match."
No. 26 Wake Forest 4, No. 27 Florida State 3
Doubles
No. 1: #47 David Hopkins/Amogh Prabhaker (Wake) d. #40 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 9-8(7-2)
No. 2: Danny Kreyman/Adam Lee (Wake) d. #34 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) 8-4
No. 3: #89 Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Sam Bloom/Jon Ho (Wake) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: David Hopkins (Wake) d. #125 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Danny Kreyman (Wake) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 3: #62 Amogh Prabhaker (Wake) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-0, 7-6(6)
No. 4: #105 Adam Lee (Wake) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Jon Ho (Wake) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Morgan Mays (Wake) 6-3, 6-1
Seminoles Defeat North Carolina 5-2.
Anderson Reed won his 20th singles match of the season in the team's first win over UNC since 2009.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - The No. 27 Florida State men's tennis team improved to 17-7this season after defeating No. 69 North Carolina 5-2 on Sunday. The Seminoles took the doubles point and then went on to increase their record to 4-4 in the ACC at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
"It was a really good win today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "This was the first time we've beaten them since 2009, so we knew how good North Carolina was going into the match. It was important to win the doubles point, especially since we were down in both matches that we ended up winning."
UNC won the first doubles match of the day on court two, but the Seminoles bounced back by winning on court one and three. No. 34 Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis topped No. 81 William Parker and Nelsen Vick 8-6. The duo was down 5-2 but bounced back for the win. With the doubles point on the line, it came to court three between No. 89 Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed and James Coxe and Oystein Steiro.
UNC led the match 4-2 until Florida State won four straight games. The Tar Heels broke at 6-4 and then each team held serve until UNC broke 7-7 to serve for the win. The Seminoles broke back to force a tiebreaker. Kelly-Houston and Reed went on to win 9-8 (2).
"Jordan and I pulling out the tiebreaker was huge in doubles," said Reed. "It helped with momentum heading into singles. Benjamin (Lock) and I were both fortunate enough to pull out a singles tiebreaker in the first set to secure another lead for us. It was huge for closing out the match as a team by giving them no momentum. I am proud of the other guys in singles getting off the court fast to close the match."
Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won his fourth straight match with a 6-4, 6-3 score over Steiro on court five. Up next for the team was an upset by No. 125 Cotrone against No. 31 Esben Hess-Olesen. The sophomore bounced back from his loss on Friday to win 6-0, 6-4 on court one.
UNC won the next match to make the score 3-1 but freshman Michael Rinaldi went on to clinch the match on court six with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Taylor Meyer. After the match was clinched, Reed would give the Seminoles their final point by winning his 20th singles match of the year. Four Seminoles have reached that mark this year, the most since 2008 when six Seminoles joined the 20 win club.
"Beating UNC today was a solid win in the ACC," said Rinaldi. "They're a talented team. I think everybody played a good match and this will help our confidence going into the match against Virginia on Friday."
"I'm really pleased with how we pulled out five first sets," continued Hultquist. "Especially with Anderson (Reed) winning the tiebreaker. Benjamin (Lock) was down 5-3 but won his. We got another great win from Cristian (Gonzalez Mendez) and Dominic (Cotrone) had a great upset. Michael (Rinaldi) continued his great play with another clinched win."
No. 27 Florida State 5, No. 69 North Carolina 2
Doubles
No. 1: #34 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #81 William Parker/Nelson Vick (UNC) 8-6
No. 2: Brett Clark/Esben Hess-Olesen (UNC) d. #40 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-6
No. 3: #89 Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. James Coxe/Oystein Steiro (UNC) 9-8(7-2)
Singles
No. 1: #125 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #31 Esben Hess-Olesen (UNC) 6-0, 6-4
No. 2: Brett Clark (UNC) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-7(3),7-6(6),1-0(7)
No. 3: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Nelson Vick (UNC) 7-6(2), 6-3
No. 4: William Parker (UNC) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 6-0, 7-5
No. 5: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Oystein Steiro (UNC) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Taylor Meyer (UNC) 6-2, 6-3
FSU Upsets No. 1 Doubles Team In The Nation.
Florida State lost to No. 1 Virginia 7-0 on Friday.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 30 Florida State men's tennis team played No. 1 Virginia on Friday but lost to the undefeated Cavaliers 7-0. Although the Seminoles fell to 17-8 on the year, the doubles tandem of Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis upset the No. 1 doubles team in the nation at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
"We did some very good things today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "When you beat the No. 1 doubles team in the country it is an outstanding win. I thought a couple of our guys played great matches today. We had some shots, but Virginia deserves to be the number one team in the country. They are so good up top. Hopefully we can rebound and win on Sunday."
Starting the day at doubles, Florida State lost on courts two and three as Virginia clinched the doubles point, but court one had a different outcome. The No. 42 duo of Davis and Cotrone came out strong and completely dominated the No. 1 team of Jarmere Jenkins and Mac Styslinger to win 8-2. The duo is now 11-2 on the season.
"We played really well," said Davis. "We came out there ready to play and very excited. We made a goal early on when we started to get a streak going that we wanted to make the NCAA Individual Tournament, it's kind of a long shot, but I feel like we made a good step towards it today."
In singles play, the No. 1, No. 2, No. 23 and No. 36 players in the nation all played for Virginia and showed how good they were by winning all four of those matches in two sets. On court five, freshman Michael Rinaldi played strong in his second set against Julen Uriguen but ultimately fell 6-2, 7-5. On court six, Cristian Gonzalez Mendez fell in the first set but bounced back to win a second set tiebreaker. He lost in a third set tiebreaker to Justin Shane 6-4, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (10-5).
No. 1 Virginia 7, No. 30 Florida State 0
Doubles
No. 1: #42 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #1 Jarmere Jenkins/Mac Styslinger (UVa) 8-2
No. 2: #21 Alex Domijan/Mitchell Frank (UVa) d. #58 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) 8-4
No. 3: #75 Justin Shane/Julen Uriguen (UVa) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-1
Singles
No. 1: #1 Jarmere Jenkins (UVa) d. #95 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: #2 Alex Domijan (UVa) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3: #36 Mitchell Frank (UVa) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4: #23 Mac Styslinger (UVa) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 5: Julen Uriguen (UVa) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 6: Justin Shane (UVa) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-4, 6-7(4), 1-0(5)
Seminoles Drop Tight 4-3 Match On Senior Day.
Florida State won its 20th doubles point of the season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 30 Florida State men's tennis team started the day strong sweeping doubles and honoring their seniors before singles, but the Seminoles were unable to hold on to the match as No. 52 Virginia Tech (14-8) topped FSU (17-9) 4-3 on Sunday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
"It was a pretty hard loss with the team losing on Senior Day," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We did great in doubles, it was a good start to the day, but we just lost the momentum at the end of the first sets of singles."
Beginning in doubles, the Seminoles raced ahead on courts one and two to give the team an early lead. The No. 42 tandem of junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone posted their second consecutive upset by defeating No. 22 Andreas Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini 8-1 on court one.
On court two, the No. 58 duo of senior Andres Bucaro and sophomore Benjamin Lock won 8-4 over Hunter Koontz and Trpimir Kujundzic to clinch the point. On court three, seniors Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston were down 3-5, but fought hard and came back to win 8-6 for the sweep.
After a break to recognize seniors Bucaro, Reed and Kelly-Houston, the teams returned to the courts for singles play. Virginia Tech fought back from losing doubles and managed to win four first sets to set up an upset.
"That was the key to the match," continued Hultquist. "We only won two of the first sets. Virginia Tech got the momentum. Michael (Rinaldi) did good fighting back to force a third set but Virginia Tech ended up playing stronger in the end."
Lock upset No. 98 Bjerrehus 6-0, 6-3 on court two to give Florida State a 2-0 advantage but No. 52 Contini defeated No. 95 Cotrone 6-2, 6-1 on court one to make the score 2-1. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez gave Florida State the 3-1 lead with a 6-2, 6-1 win on court six over Aaron Gomez.
After that, the Hokies tied it up 3-3 with Koontz defeating Reed 6-1, 6-1 and Joao Monteiro topping Davis 6-3, 6-4. With the match tied, it came down to freshman Michael Rinaldi on court five.
Rinaldi lost the first set to Lucas Oliveira and as the only court left in play, he took control and won the second set to force a third set. They both held serve for the first two games until they went on to break one another for three straight games. With the match 5-3 in advantage of the Hokies, Rinaldi fought hard to hold his serve to make it 5-4. Rinaldi tried to break Oliveira but was unable as the Hokie won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to clinch the upset.
No. 52 Virginia Tech 4, No. 30 Florida State 3
Doubles
No. 1: #42 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #22 Andresa Bjerrehus/Amerigo Contini (VT) 8-1
No. 2: #58 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Hunter Koontz/Trpimir Kujundzic (VT) 8-4
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Joao Monteiro/Lucas Oliveira (VT) 8-6
Singles
No. 1: #52 Amerigo Contini (VT) d. #95 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #98 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) 6-0, 6-3
No. 3: Hunter Koontz (VT) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4: Joao Monteiro (VT) d. Blake Davis (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5: Lucas Oliveira (VT) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
No. 6: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) d. Aaron Gomez (VT) 6-2, 6-1
Seminoles Top Georgia Tech At ACC Championships.
Cotrone notched upset against the No. 10 doubles team and No. 40 singles player today.
CARY, NC - The No. 34 Florida State men's tennis team (18-9) came out strong at the Cary Tennis Park and left the courts with a 4-1 win over Georgia Tech (8-16) on Thursday, April 25. The Seminoles take on No. 9 Duke Friday at noon at the ACC Championships quarterfinals.
"I was really pleased with how we played," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "It was one of our more complete matches and had they not had injuries, Georgia Tech would have had a really good team. We look forward to playing a top ten team in Duke tomorrow."
Taking the courts in doubles, seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson took control quickly with an 8-4 win over Eduardo Segura and Colin Edwards on court three. Closing out the doubles point was the No. 17 duo junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone won their fourth consecutive match by upsetting the No. 10 tandem of Juan Spir and Vikram Hundal 8-6 on court one.
"Dominic and Blake came out very aggressively on their returns," said Hultquist. "They jumped out to a 3-0 lead but Georgia Tech worked their way back into the match. I thought the biggest thing of the match was when it was 5-all and we broke them and then Blake held serve after being down love-40. We got another solid performance from Jordan and Anderson to clinch the point."
"Blake and I played very well in doubles," said Cotrone. "We had a few games we got down early but we managed to fight through them and play from ahead."
Although singles started out close, Florida State eventually broke away winning five first sets. Reed quickly topped Hundal 6-2, 6-3 to allow the Seminoles to take a 2-0 lead. Today's win increased Reed's record on court four to 8-2.
"I'm just happy for our team that we can start ACCs the right way," said Reed. "I'm glad I started my last ACCs well and hopefully the team comes out with another victory tomorrow against a competitive Duke."
Georgia Tech fought back to make the score 2-1 when Juan Melian topped sophomore Benjamin Lock 6-3, 6-3. After that freshman Michael Rinaldi halted his two match losing streak by defeating Edwards 6-2, 6-3 on court six. At this point, Kelly-Houston had split sets with Nathan Rakitt. Cotrone and sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez were both just points away from clinching the match.
No. 109 Cotrone was able to clinch the match for the Seminoles by upsetting No. 40 Spir on court one. After winning a tight first set in a tiebreaker, he plowed through Spir in the second set to win 7-6 (9), 6-3.
"I thought I played well in singles," said Cotrone. "Evan (Urbina, Volunteer Assistant Coach) and I really focused on having a really strong demeanor during the match. It's a good win for me as Spir has won a lot of high ranked matches this year. I think we had strong efforts from each player on the team today and that led to the great win over Georgia Tech today."
"Singles started out very competitively," said Hultquist. "One of the keys to us controlling the singles points was Dominic's tiebreaker win at number one singles which allowed us to win five first sets. We had very strong performances from Anderson and Michael to win quickly. Georgia Tech showed that they have a lot of heart and determination in fighting back to win No. 2 singles and the second set at No. 3 singles. I was really pleased to see Dominic clinch the match at number one. He played hard all day long and had a great attitude all day long and had great energy."
No. 34 Florida State 4, Georgia Tech 1
Doubles
No. 1: #17 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #10 Vikram Hundal/Juan Spir (GT) 8-6
No. 2: #61 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt (GT) 4-6 dnf
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Colin Edwards/Eduardo Segura (GT) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #109 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #40 Juan Spir (GT) 7-6(11-9), 6-3
No. 2: Juan Melian (GT) d. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) vs. Nathan Rakitt (GT) 6-4, 4-6, 2-1 dnf
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) d. Vikram Hundal (GT) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) vs. Eduardo Segura (GT) 6-4, 6-6 dnf
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Colin Edwards (GT) 6-2, 6-3
Florida State Falls To Duke In Quarterfinals.
The Seminoles are now 18-10 this season.
CARY, NC - Although the No. 34 Florida State men's tennis team came out strong, the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils (22-4) defeated the Seminoles 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championships at the Cary Tennis Park.
In doubles play, the matches started even but Duke ultimately broke the Seminoles to take the wins on courts one and three. The No. 6 duo of Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler took a 4-1 lead against Florida State's No. 17 Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis. The Seminoles fought back to 4-4, but lost a triple break point to go down 4-5 with the Blue Devils running the rest of the match to win 8-4. On court three, seniors Jordan Kelly-Houston and Anderson Reed both played well against the No. 64 duo Fred Saba and Chris Mengel but lost 8-4.
"The key point in doubles was when we fought back to make the match 4-all, but lost the triple break point," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "Duke is a very good team and I anticipate they will go very far in the NCAA Championships."
The Seminoles were slightly lackluster in the first sets in singles except for No. 109 Dominic Cotrone who was taking on No. 6 Cunha of Duke. While matches were finishes around them, no one could distract both elite players as they battled back and forth. The players would break their opponent and then get broke right back. In a long tiebreaker, Cotrone won the first set, however as soon as the set was over, Duke clinched the match and the number one court had to stop.
Duke won the matches on courts three, five and six. Sophomore Cristian Gonzalez Mendez lost to Hemmeler 6-2, 6-3 while freshman Michael Rinaldi dropped to Jason Tahir 6-1, 7-5. As sophomore Benjamin Lock and Reed, a senior, battled back in their second sets to begin to force third sets, the match was decided on court three when Kelly-Houston lost to No. 52 Michael Redlicki 6-4, 6-3.
"Duke came out really strong in the first sets," finished Hultquist. "We played well but were able to only come out with one first set. I was pleased with the effort of Dominic against Cunha who I consider one of the best players in the country. I was proud of Anderson and Benjamin to fight back so well in the second sets."
No. 9 Duke 4, No. 34 Florida State 0
Doubles
No. 1: #2 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) d. #17 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) 8-4
No. 2: #61 Andres Bucaro/Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. #24 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (Duke) 4-6 dnf
No. 3: #64 Chris Mengel/Fred Saba (Duke) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-4
Singles
No. 1: #109 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) vs. #6 Henrique Cunha (Duke) 7-6 dnf
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. #37 Fred Saba (Duke) 1-6, 6-4, 1-1 dnf
No. 3: #52 Michael Redicki (Duke) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Anderson Reed (FSU) vs. #112 Chris Mengel (Duke) 2-6, 5-2 dnf
No. 5: #70 Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 6: Jason Tahir (Duke) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-1, 7-5
Seminoles Season Ends With 4-1 Loss.
Florida State finished the season with an 18-11 record.
GAINESVILLE, FL - The No. 33 Florida State men's tennis season ended with a 4-1 loss to No. 18 Cal on Friday at the Ring Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Florida. The Seminoles finished the year with an 18-11 record while Cal increased to 15-9.
"I felt like Cal played a really good match," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "They won it at a spot or two that I thought we had chance. I think that was the key to the match. It's a very bright future for our team with having three sophomores and a freshman in our line-up, especially with the emergence of Dominic at number one and Benjamin at number two. I think we played in a very difficult region and certainly the winner of this region will represent well at the final site."
The Seminoles came out hard battling in doubles going back-and-forth across the courts. The Seminoles started out with a win on court one with No. 14 Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis winning on court one over No. 26 Campbell Johnson and Christoffer Konigsfeldt 8-4.
At that point Cal just played better in the later part of the matches winning on court two 8-5 over Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston and on court three over Andres Bucaro and Michael Rinaldi 8-4.
"I thought we could have won the doubles even without playing Benjamin Lock," said Hultquist. "It's been a good point for us all year. We got off to an early break at one doubles and were on serve on two and even broke back on three but Cal stepped up and closed it out."
In singles play, the Golden Bears stormed the courts fast winning five of the six first sets. Freshman Cristian Gonzalez Mendez was off the courts first losing 6-4, 6-1 on court five to Mads Engsted. At this point, the Seminoles started bouncing back by coming back in the second sets.
The sophomore Cotrone, the No. 92 player in the nation, upset No. 38 Ben McLachlan on court one 7-5, 6-3 to put the Seminoles on the board. However Florida State was unable to capitalize on the win as both seniors Kelly-Houston and Reed fell short losing their matches.
"I was pleased with the effort of Dominic today," concluded Cotrone. "He had a very good win over No. 38 Ben McLachlan today. He's been very strong late in the season with lots of top 50 wins. I'm very proud of the effort Ben gave today being sick and giving it a great go. He was serving for the first set and was in position to take his match to three sets."
No.
18 California 4, No. 33 Florida State 1
Doubles
No. 1: #14 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #26 Campbell Johnson/Christoffer Konigsfeldt (Cal) 8-4
No. 2: #65 Mads Engsted/Ben McLachlan (Cal) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston/Anderson Reed (FSU) 8-5
No. 3: Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (Cal) d. #78 Andres Bucaro/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-6
Singles
No. 1: #92 Dominic Cotrone (FSU) d. #38 Ben McLachlan (Cal) 7-5, 6-3
No. 2: Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. #86 Christoffer Koningsfeldt (Cal) 3-6, 5-3 dnf
No. 3: #60 Campbell Johnson (Cal) d. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-0, 6-4
No. 4: Gregory Bayane (Cal) d. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5: Mads Engsted (Cal) d. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) vs. Riki McMcLachlan (Cal) 2-6, 5-2 dnf
Seminoles Win First Round Of Doubles.
Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis move on to the round of 16.
May 23, 2013
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, IL - The Seminoles started the 2013 NCAA Men's Tennis Doubles Championships with a win on Thursday as junior Blake Davis and sophomore Dominic Cotrone won their first round match. The Seminoles take on the No. 2 seed tomorrow to earn All-American honors on the campus of the University of Illinois.
"I was really proud of our guys for persevering today," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "The conditions are rough, it's cold and windy, but we did a good job of getting out of some games and overcoming some adversity. Blake did a good job of being positive in such tough conditions today."
The No. 14 Seminole duo came out to a quick 4-0 lead against No. 15 Garrett Brasseaux and Nathan Pasha of Georgia, but the Bulldogs fought back to win four straight games and eventually tied the first set 5-5. The Seminoles won the next two games to win that set 7-5.
In the second set, the teams started with a 3-3 tie, but Cotrone and Davis kept fighting back to go up 5-4. The teams proceeded to stay on serve as Florida State went up 6-5. Georgia tried to stay on serve but the Seminoles played tough and broke them to win the second set to win the match 7-5, 7-5.
"The conditions out there were so tough, especially for summer," said Davis. "It's cold and extremely windy, like winter in Tallahassee. In doubles it's important to be positive, especially in college tennis. We were able to get the key points today so it was big to be ready."
In order to be All-Americans, the Seminoles need to win tomorrow's match against the No. 2 team of Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler of Duke. The two teams faced off during the ACC Tournament in a tight match but the Blue Devils won 8-4.
"We know that they are a great team and one of the top teams in the tournament," continued Hultquist. "It will be a tough match. We had a very tough match against them earlier so we know it will be a tough day."
"We play one of the best teams in the country, probably the best," said Davis. "I think Dominic and I are one of the best, too, so it should be a great match tomorrow."
Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis finish the season with a 15-4 record.
May 24, 2013
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, IL - In the round of 16 of the NCAA Men's Tennis Doubles Championships, the duo of sophomore Dominic Cotrone and junior Blake Davis fell in a heartbreaking three set loss to Duke's Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler. Duke won 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 on the campus of the University of Illinois.
"The match was very well played and could have gone either way," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "We started a little slow but Duke played well and won some close games. After that we caught on fire to win the first set. Dominic moved very well and put a lot games away. We had some strong serving to get out of some games as Duke is a great returning team just like us."
"Duke is a great team," continued Hultquist. "We wish them the best of luck because I think they can go all the way. For four years Cunha has been a great doubles player, top in the nation, and he's still in both singles and doubles here."
Ranked No. 14 in the nation, the Seminole duo took on the No. 2 team to become All-Americans and advance in the tournament. Florida State was down in the first set 5-1 but then fought off Duke and broke them three times to win six straight games to win the first set.
In the second set, the two teams battled back and forth in long games until Duke eventually won the set 6-4. The two teams took the court with a blank slate for a third set. The teams once against battled one another with Florida State up 5-4. Duke was on serve and Florida State was one point away from the title, but Duke fought back to win their point. At that point Duke won three straight games to take the win over Florida State.
05/23/2013
Doubles
#14 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) d. #15 Garrett Brasseaux/Nathan Pasha (UGa) 7-5, 7-5
05/24/2013
Doubles
#2 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) d. #14 Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FSU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5