LAKELAND, FL - Florida Southern College men's tennis suffered their first loss of conference play this season, falling 5-2 to Saint Leo on Wednesday. The Moccasins (0-5, 0-1) battled in the doubles flights, losing 7-5 and 7-6 in the No. 2 and No. 3 matchups before the No. 6 Lions (3-2, 1-0) clinched the match in the singles flights.
Miroslav Cvjetan and Oscar Sohl were the only Moccasins able to come out on top of the Lions in the No. 4 and No. 5 flights, respectively. Both players have the best singles flight records for 2019, with Cvjetan at 3-2 and Sohl at 2-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
| Singles competition |
| 1. #40 Bruno Faletto (SLM) def. Valentin Hertweck (FSCM) 6-2, 5-7, 3-1, retired |
| 2. Ghali Mensour (SLM) def. Victor Ahlbeck (FSCM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 3. Aurel Ciocanu (SLM) def. Tim Becker (FSCM) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 4. Miroslav Cvjetan (FSCM) def. Noel Kunz (SLM) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 |
| 5. Oscar Sohl (FSCM) def. Willem Van Den Akker (SLM) 7-6, 6-2 |
| 6. David Perez (SLM) def. Brian Pham (FSCM) 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3) |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Willem Van Den Akker/Aurel Ciocanu (SLM) def. John Sakellarides/Hikaru Nagoshi (FSCM) 6-1 |
| 2. Bruno Faletto/Leonardo Vega (SLM) def. Tim Becker/Danny Thomas (FSCM) 7-5 |
| 3. Ghali Mensour/David Perez (SLM) def. Victor Ahlbeck/Valentin Hertweck (FSCM) 7-6 (7-5) |
| Match Notes |
| Saint Leo 3-2; National ranking #6; Regional ranking #4 |
| Florida Southern 0-5 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,5,1,4,6) |
UP NEXT
The Moccasins will stay in Lakeland for this Saturday's match against Palm Beach Atlantic, time set for 1:00 p.m.
