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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Barry University men's tennis team beat New York Tech, 6-3, Friday in a neutral site match at Florida Southern College.

The No. 3-ranked Buccaneers will take their 10-0 record into Saturday's conference match with No. 32 Florida Southern. NYIT, ranked 14th in the country, fell to 5-5.

Barry's Renato Lombardi and Fabian Pronnet gave the Bucs a 1-0 lead when they beat David Jiang and Nico Jubera, 8-3, at No. 2 doubles. New York Tech's Julio Pulido and Tomas Lieb knotted the match at 1-1 with an 8-5 victory over Barry's Dominik Haider and Franco Echenique at the No. 3 spot. But Barry's top pair of Fabian Groetsch and Ahmed Triki pulled out a 9-8 (7-1) win over Matej Selecky and Rafal Charkiewicz at No. 1 to send the Bucs into singles ahead, 2-1.

Groetsch defeated Jiang, 6-1, 6-1, for the first point in singles. Pronnet pushed the Buccaneers within a point of clinching as he beat Jubera, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 5. Triki sealed the win with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Selecky at No. 2.

Haider beat Charkiewicz, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 4 for Barry's last win. NYIT's Pulido outlasted Lombardi, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9, at No. 3 singles. Lieb was a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 winner over Ajdin Tahirovic at No. 6.