Men's Tennis Earns Neutral-Site Win Over Bobcats

VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Florida Southern College men's tennis team won its neutral-site matchup against Georgia College and State University by a 5-2 score Thursday afternoon in Valdosta.
 
The Mocs (8-3) won doubles in two flights and had a great singles competition with four court wins. The Bobcats (3-8) managed two singles court wins but not enough for a match victory.
 
In doubles, Matteo Feggi and Edoardo Melindo had a big 6-4 win on the #2 court to open the match. Ryan Rajakar and George Russell lost their flight at the #3 court to split the score and lead to a point-deciding court one. Chris Fok Kow and Mario Garoz took the match to a tiebreak and won the flight, and doubles point with a 7-6 (7-5) score.
 
With the doubles point secured, FSC had a great singles lineup that opened scoring with No. 39 Garoz at the #3 court with a 6-0, 6-2 win. Fok Kow, ranked 17^th in singles nationally, then won his court in a 6-2, 6-1 decision. The match-clinching flight was Gabriel Jornert who won 6-3, 6-2 and the final FSC point was on court #6 with Bosko Boskovic by a 6-2, 7-5 score. The final two courts of Russel (21^st in ITA singles) and Inaki Braun Simo each lost in three sets.
 
The Mocs will return to Lakeland to host Thomas Jefferson University on Saturday, March 9, for a noon start at Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
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