LAKELAND, Fla. --- The Florida Southern men's tennis team competed at the ITA South Regional, an event in which they also hosted. 15 teams across both the SSC and GSC competed from Friday-Monday (Oct. 16-19).

In the Men's Singles, the Mocs went 2-4 in their opening round matchups. The two to come away with a victory were Youssef ElShafei, defeating Amerigo Ambrosi and Eckerd (6-2, 6-3), and Ricard Novell, taking down Alvaro Velasco Gonzalez of Spring Hill (6-3, 6-3). However, both were defeated in the second round to knock the Mocs out the Singles bracket. In the consolation bracket, Victor Gaillot was the only one to defeat their opponent, handling Amirali Ghavam of Eckerd (8-6) to advance. However, the remainder of the consolation brackets were canceled due to inclement weather on Saturday. 

Three of the four pairs won their First Round matchup in the Doubles bracket. Gaillot and Ricard Novell picked up an 8-4 victory over a duo from Spring Hill, Onur Turgut and his partner Hunter Nussbaum defeated a Barry duo 8-2 and Yeray Quian Darriba and Bosko Boskovic took down a strong pair from Mississippi Christian, 8-5. Unfortunately, all three pairs would drop their matches in the Second Round. 

Louay Makke of Lynn took home the Singles title, defeating Marc Mail of Embry-Riddle (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). In the Doubles bracket, the pair of Joshua Hinton and Charles Lefort of Mississippi Christian defeated Matias Iturbe and Kuzma Gomziakov of West Alabama to win the title.

The Mocs next take to the courts next weekend from Friday-Sunday (Oct. 30 - Nov. 1) in the Embry-Riddle Invite in their second of three Fall competitions.