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Men's Tennis Clinched A Trip To The Finals
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West Florida UWF (17-6)
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Winner Barry BARRY-M (10-0)
West Florida UWF
(17-6)
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Final
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Barry BARRY-M
(10-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Dennis Jezek, Jr.

SURPRISE: Men's Tennis Punches Ticket To Nationals

Bucs take down host West Florida 4-1 for region championship

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The top-seeded Barry Buccaneers powered their way to a 4-1 win over the third-seeded hosts, the West Florida Argonauts, in the championship match of the 2021 NCAA Division II South Region men's tennis tournament at the Skeeter Carson Tennis Center on Sunday.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #2 Barry 4, #7 West Florida 1
Records: Barry 10-0, West Florida 17-6
Series: Barry leads 12-8

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

SUMMARY:

Singles

  1. #29 Serdar Bojadjiev (UWF) def #1 Alessandro Giuliato (Barry)  6-3, 6-4
  2. Alejandro Oretaga Palacios (Barry) def Nicolas Lecoutre (UWF) 6-3, 6-0
  3. Alejandro Ibañez Gallego (Barry) def Juan Cabrera (UWF) 6-1, 6-2
  4. Hugo Cazaban (Barry) vs Juan Motta (UWF) 6-0, 3-6, 1-2 unf
  5. Arnau Rodriguez (Barry) vs Gabriel Nery 3-6, 6-3 unf
  6. Ignasi Forcano (Barry) def Luis Miralles Miro (UWF) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles

  1. Ignasi Forcano/Martin Gutierrez (Barry) def Salvador Bandeira/Gabriel Nery 6-2
  2. Alessandro Giuliato/Tim Buettner (Barry) def. Serdar Bojadjiev/Luis Miralles Miro (UWF) 6-3
  3. Alejandro Ibañez Gallego/Hugo Cazaban (Barry) vs Nicolas Lecoutre/William Shkrob 6-5 unf

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Bucs came out hot in doubles. Forcano and Gutierrez posted their second straight post-season win by knocking off Bandeira and Nery at number one 6-2.
  • Giuliato and Buettner continued their dominant play with a 6-3 win over Bojadjiev and Miralles Miro at number two.
  • In singles, Ortega Palacios trailed Lecoutre 3-2 in the first set, but won 10 straight games to post a 6-3, 6-0 victory at number two singles.
  • The Argonauts picked up their only point at number one singles in an upset as 29th-ranked Bojadjiev topped #1-ranked Giuliato 6-3, 6-4. It is Giuliato's only career loss as a Buccaneer and the first since his freshman campaign at Hawai'i-Hilo.
  •  Ibañez Gallego quickly got the point back with a 6-1, 6-2 win at number three over Cabrera that put the bucks one point away.
  • Forcano provided the clincher at number six, 7-5, 6-4 over Miralles Miro.
  • The remaining matches went unfinished.

NOTES

  • The Bucs advance to the national finals for the 22nd time since 1995.
  • The finals will be contested at the Surprise Tennis Center in Surprise, Ariz. The Bucs previously won titles on those courts in 2013 and 2015.

ON THE HORIZON

The Bucs will play in the national finals in Surprise, Ariz., May 18-20.

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