BOCA RATON, Fla. – Barry University 26-year men's tennis coach George Samuel is into winning championships. After all, he has won a bunch in his time at the tiny Miami Shores school.

Sunday, he won his 30th overall title with the men's program as the second-ranked Buccaneers beat No. 8 Lynn on the road for the Sunshine State Conference regular season championship.

"It's as good as every single year," Samuel said. "It lets us know where we stand going into the conference tournament. The guys fought hard, every one of them. They put out a lot of good effort. 

"Lynn's not one to be taken lightly. It's always nice to beat Lynn University because they are always competitive with us every time they play us. We're rivals, and we need that in this league."


INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: Barry 6, Lynn 3
Records: Barry 17-1, 7-0 SSC; Lynn 17-3, 5-1 SSC

SUMMARY:

• Carlos Gomez, the 11th-ranked singles player in NCAA Division II, clinched the title for Barry, following his 7-5, 6-2 win over 16th-ranked Kay Bartmann. Gomez and Vivien Versier, the No. 25-ranked doubles team, defeated Jose Porfirio and Bartmann, 8-6, at the second position to give the Bucs a 2-1 lead at the intermission.
• Nico Dreer and Fernando Tous posted an 8-3 win over Tristan Houle and Jean-Baptiste Mateo at No. 3 doubles for the Bucs first win. Dreer, who is 46th in the country in singles, defeated Houle, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 4 position to make it 4-1.
• Fabian Pronnet's 6-3, 6-2 No. 5 singles win over Florian Clemares put the Bucs ahead, 3-1.
• Versier gave Barry its final point when he beat Porfirio, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), at No. 6 singles. 
• The Bucs dropped the top two singles positions in third-set super tiebreakers featuring all ranked players.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Under Samuel, Barry has won 15 SSC championships, including three in the regular season. Samuel's teams have also won three NCAA Championships and 12 NCAA South Region titles.  
• The Bucs are 6-1 against nationally-ranked opponents this season. 
• Dreer improved to 15-0 in singles, going 7-0 in conference matches. His 59 career singles victories ranks eighth on the school's all-time list.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"As much as this is the regular season title, which I'm grateful for, when you're in the tournament, it's different. I'm happy to have won it, and the team is happy to beat every team in the conference, but when you get to the conference tournament, it's just different."
        -- Coach George Samuel

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry hosts No. 3 Keiser 3 p.m. Wednesday on Senior Day.