MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- From the sounds of it, it couldn't have been any better for senior Fernando Tous and Barry University's men's tennis team.

Not after he and Filip Zupancic won at No. 1 doubles, and the No. 2-ranked Buccaneers zipped past No. 45 Florida Southern, 9-0, on Senior Day. Tous and Zupancic's 8-4 doubles victory gave the Bucs a 3-0 lead, and marked the fifth time Barry has swept pairs play, doing so for the first time in the last five matches.

"We had a good week," Tous said. "It was kind of nice to (end) this weekend with a win. It was a good day, and Senior Day is always special."

That it was for the Bucs, who won their fourth consecutive match and third straight in the Sunshine State Conference. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, Florida Southern 0
Records: Barry (16-2, 7-1 SSC), FSC (8-9, 2-5)
 

DOUBLES:

• Barry's Blake Bayldon and Matias Larregina fell behind 1-Love in the first set at the No. 3 position, but won five of the next six games to take control of the match. After swapping games in the next changeover, the Bucs pair put away Blaine Miller and Victor Ahlbeck, 8-3. 
• Carlos Gomez and Vivien Versier raced out to a 4-1 lead on Derek Bell and Tim Becker at No. 2 doubles. The Bucs duo extended the lead to 7-1 after winning the next three games before putting the Mocs pair away, 8-2, to give Barry a 2-Love lead in the match.
• Tous and Zupancic found themselves in a 3-2 tight one with FSC's Miguel Alvarez-Hevia and Oscar Soderlund five games into the match. But Tous and Zupancic broke the Mocs' pair and held serve in the next two games to go ahead, 5-2. The two teams traded games over the next four serves before the Bucs completed the doubles sweep.

SINGLES:

• Flavio Matteoli encountered zero resistance in steamrolling Miller, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6 singles. That moved the Buccaneers within a point of clinching. 
• Thirty fourth-ranked Daniel Ventura sealed the victory with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Soderlund at No. 4. 
• No. 73-ranked Versier swept  Lennart Vossgaetter, 6-0 6-0, at No. 3. 
• Bayldon beat Matt Matsuyama, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 5 to extend the lead to 7-Love.
• Larregina dropped the first game in both of his sets with Becker, but came back to win, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2.
• Fifth-ranked Gomez fell behind 2-1 with Alvarez-Hevia, but won the next two games to go ahead, 3-2. After splitting the next two games to maintain a one-game lead, Gomez wrapped up the first set, 6-3. He got out to a 4-1 lead in the second and held on for another 6-3 set victory to close out the match.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Bayldon and Larregina were paired together for the first time.
• Gomez and Versier improved to a team-leading 9-1.
• Tous and Zupancic moved over the .500 mark as a duo.
• Versier won his 11th consecutive singles match to improve to 15-1. It was the second time this season Versier has swept an opponent.
• Matteoli swept an opponent for the first time this year.
• Bayldon won for the seventh time in his last eight matches. He is 2-2 at No. 5 singles.
• Ventura secured his 13th victory of the season, including his second at the No. 4 position.
• Larregina won for the sixth straight time, and evened his No. 2 singles record at 1-1.
• Gomez moved within one singles victory of clinching his 10th.
• Tous has 27 career doubles victories in his two years at Barry.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"Today, we just put some good energy out there, went for the shots and it ended up going in. I don't know if it was the Senior Day that made it or just playing with Filip, who is a good guy, so we just had fun at got the win."
        -- Bucs senior Fernando Tous on his special day pairs victory with partner Filip Zupancic

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will host ASA 3 p.m. Tuesday in a scrimmage.

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