Box Score TAMPA, Fla. -- Barry University men's tennis team dropped its Sunshine State Conference semifinal match to Lynn, 5-3, Friday at Hillsborough Community College's Dale Mabry campus.

The No. 7-ranked Buccaneers (13-6) will await the NCAA Division II Tournament Selection Show 8 p.m. Tuesday to see where they are headed for the South Regional. The Selection Show can be accessed HERE. 

Seeded second in the league tournament, Barry fell behind 2-0 in pairs play before sixth-ranked Ahmed Triki and Renato Lombardi grinded out an 8-6 win over Pavel Mojha and Ethan Itzkovitz at the No. 1 position. 

Triki, who owns the No. 3 national singles ranking, tied the match at 2-2 when he beat Daniel Riggs, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. It was Triki's 13th win of the season all at the top position. 

Barry's Daniel Ventura coasted through the first set in his No. 5 singles match with Itzkovitz, winning 6-0 before drama set in over a call during the second set. Ventura outlasted his Fighting Knights opponent in the second set, winning 7-5. That pushed the Bucs ahead 3-2 in the match.

But Lynn (16-6) picked up points at Nos. 6 and 2 singles to reclaim the lead before closing it out with a win at No. 3 singles. Both the Nos. 2 and 3 singles matches went three sets, and both featured nationally-ranked opponents on both sides of the court.

Barry had not played in 12 days. Its final regular season match with fifth-ranked Armstrong was cancelled for the second time, and the Bucs earned a bye in the first round of this weekend's tournament.

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