DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --- The Florida Southern men's tennis team completed their three-day invite at Embry-Riddle, with many Mocs seeing lots of success.
On Friday,
Mael Houee and Alessandro de Bernardo both defeated their opponents in straight sets in the Singles of the Blue Flight portion of the schedule. In the first day of the White Flight of singles, the Mocs went 4-2 with wins coming from all of Ricard Novell,
Antonio Correia and Yeray Quian in straight sets before
Victor Gaillot won his match in a three-set thriller of a Saint Leo opponent.
On Saturday's Gold Flight where all matches included an FSC player, the Mocs went 5-4 with wins from Novell and Quian for a 2-0 singles start before
Bosko Boskovic and Onur Turget won their first matches as a Moc.
Wiley Simpson defeated Marco Ricci of Saint Thomas in three sets in the Blue Flight to close out Saturday's singles.
Florida Southern won three of the four singles matches in the Gold Flight on Sunday that included an FSC member, including wins from Gaillot, Novell and Boskovic. Novell went a perfect 3-0 on the weekend in singles matches while Boskovic went 2-1. Also in the win column on Monday was Quian, de Bernardo and Simpson for their second wins on the weekend to go along with
Hunter Nussbaum's victory over Leon Emich over Embrry-Riddle to end the singles portion.
In doubles, FSC won three of their four total matches on Friday as three duos all defeated a Saint Leo pair. The following day, Nussbaum and ElShafei picked up their second doubles victory in a row, this time, over a Saint Thomas opponent in the Gold Flight. The final day saw FSC go 2-3 overall in doubles, highlighted by Nussbaum and ElShafei's third win over an Embry-Riddle foe.
Next, the Mocs travel down to Miami next weekend to participate in their final fall invite of the season from Friday to Sunday (Nov. 6-8) at Barry.