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Fernando Tous helped Barry sweep No. 3 Saint Leo in 2017
Joel Auerbach
Fernando Tous improved to 6-0 in doubles as No. 2 Barry swept No. 3 Saint Leo.
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Saint Leo SLM (7-3, 2-1 SSC)
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Winner Barry BARRY-MT (11-1, 2-0 SSC)
Saint Leo SLM
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Final
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Barry BARRY-MT
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Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 2 Men's Tennis Shuts Out No. 3 Saint Leo

Bucs host No. 12 UC-San Diego 3 p.m. Monday

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University's second-ranked men's tennis team made a statement Sunday -- a loud one.

The Buccaneers blanked No. 3 Saint Leo, 9-0, at Buccaneer Tennis Center to remain at the top of the Sunshine State Conference standings.

Barry won every match featuring ranked players with Ahmed Triki, Pierre Montrieul, Carlos Gomez, Vivien Versier and Nico Dreer combining for those six victories in doubles and singles. It came with resistance, however, as 25th ranked Gomez and Versier needed a gutcheck to pull out a 9-8 (8-6) win over Francisco Aparicio and Oskar Nurmio at No. 2 doubles. The Bucs duo trailed 5-3 in the tiebreaker.

Ranked No. 2 in singles, Triki survived a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) test from No. 14 Thomas Grinberg, at the No. 1 position in the final match to finish. Gomez, who is 11th in the country, rallied to beat No. 45 Vincent Suillerot, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8, at No. 2 singles.
 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, Saint Leo 0 
Records: Barry 11-1, 2-0 SSC; Saint Leo 7-3, 2-1 SSC

SUMMARY:

  • Fernando Tous and Dreer beat Charles Benet and Willem Van Den Akker, 8-4, at No. 3 doubles. Triki and Montrieul, who hold the No. 4 national pairs ranking, authored an 8-4 No. 1 doubles win over Grinberg and Suillerot.
  • Ranked 26th in the nation, Montrieul won his No. 3 singles match when Aparicio retired in the first set, facing a 5-1 deficit. That gave the Bucs a 4-0 lead.
  • Dreer, the 46th-ranked singles player, beat Bennet, 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 4 position. 
  • Versier put the Buccaneers ahead, 6-0, when he finished off Van Den Akker, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 6 singles.
  • Fabian Pronnet defeated Nurmio, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 5 singles.

NOTEWORTHY:

  • It was Barry's first sweep since blanking Rollins, 9-0, on Feb. 25. The Bucs have five shutouts this season.
  • Triki is one singles win away from 50 in his career. Three other former Bucs finished their careers with 50 singles victories. He improved to 71-11 in doubles, giving him an .866 percentage that puts him at the top of Barry's all-time pairs list

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will host No. 12 UC-San Diego 3 p.m. Monday. 

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