LAKELAND, Fla. – The Florida Southern College men's tennis upset No. 15 Wingate University with a 4-2 victory Monday afternoon at the Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
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The Mocs (6-3, 1-1 SSC) lost the doubles point but rallied with four slight wins in singles for the match victory. The Bulldogs (3-3, 2-0 SAC) won doubles with quick sets but were unable to keep the momentum into singles with the 4-2 loss to the Mocs
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In doubles, FSC struggled on the courts with 6-2 losses on the #1 and #3 courts.
Chris Fok Kow and
Mario Garoz lost their flight 6-2 with
Ryan Rajakar and
George Russell the same fate on the #3 court.
Matteo Feggi and
Edoardo Melindo had their #2 court unfinished up 5-2 as the point was set to the Bulldogs.
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Florida Southern rallied in singles competition with four flight wins to win the match.
Bosko Boskovic opened the FSC scoring with a 6-4, 6-0 win at the #6 court, which WU answered with a 6-3, 6-3 win over
Elliott Altman at #5. The Mocs then stole all momentum with three-straight flight wins, as Fok Kow won 6-2, 6-4 and
Gabriel Jornert won 6-1, 7-6 (7-3). At the #3 court, Garoz battled No. 32 Florian Walcher, winning the first set but lost the second set. Garoz then clinched the match with a 6-3 set three win and 4-2 win for the Mocs. The flight of Russell versus No. 25 Gabriel Constantino went unfinished with the match secured to the Florida Southern.
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The Mocs will head to Valdosta, Ga. for a neutral-site matchup against Georgia College and State University on Thursday, March 7, slated for a 3 p.m. start.
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