Men's Tennis | 9/25/2021 9:08:00 PM

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers posted a dominant performance on the first two days of the ITA South Region Men's Tennis Tournament at Florida Southern College .

Five Bucs competed in singles(Alessandro Giuliato, Alejandro Ibañez Gallego, Alejandro Ortega Palacios, Ignasi Forcano, and Hugo Cazaban) while Barry also fielded three doubles teams(Cazaban/Martin Gutierrez, Arnau Rodriguez/Tim Büttner, and Giuliato/Forcano).

Teams from the Sunshine State Conference, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Gulf South Conference comprised the field: Barry (BARRY), Lynn (LU), Florida Southern (FSC), Saint Leo, (SLU), Eckerd (EC), Embry-Riddle (ERAU), Palm Beach Atlantic (PBA), West Florida (UWF), West Alabama (UWA), Valdosta State (VSU),, Delta State (DSU), Auburn-Montgomery (AUM), Montevallo (UM).

SINGLES:

• ROUND of 64
  • Giuliato (Barry) def. David Mulas (AUM) 6-0, 6-1
  • Gallego (Barry) def. Efe Comu (RC) 6-4, 6-1
  • Forcano (Barry) def. Elliot Altman 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-7
  • Palacios (Barry) def. Dylan Valentine (UM) 6-4, 6-0
  • Cazaban (Barry) def. Julius Ziebart 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
• Round of 32
  • Giuliato (Barry) def. Loic Danze (USA) 6-1, 6-2
  • Gallego (Barry) def. Valentin Hertweck (FSC) 6-4, 6-1
  • Emiliano Elazarraraz def. Forcano (Barry) 6-1, 4-0 Ret.
  • Palacios (Barry) def. Andrea Brignacca (RC) 4-6, 6-0, 10-6
  • Bruno Faletto (SLU) def. Cazaban (Barry) 6-2, 6-2
• Round of 16
  • Luca Mack (VSU) def. Giuliato (Barry) 6-3, 6-4
  • Gallego (Barry) def. Juan Cabrera (UWF) 6-3, 6-0
  • Palacios (Barry) def. Nutti Jokinen (UWA) 6-3, 6-2
• Quarterfinals
  • Gallego (Barry) def. Luca Mack (VSU) 6-4, 6-3
  • Palacios (Barry) def. Rodrigo Carvalho (FC) 0-6, 7-6(4) Ret.

DOUBLES:

• ROUND of 32
  • Miro/Ekenros (UWF) def. Cazaban/Gutierrez (Barry) 8-7(6)
  • Jokinen/Danze (UWA) def. Buttner/Rodriguez (Barry) 8-6
  • Giuliato/Forcano (Barry) def. Fok Kow/Altman (FSC) 8-4
• Round of 16
  • Giuliato/Forcano (Barry) def. Bermejo/Descarrega (UWF) 8-6

ON THE HORIZON

The tournament continues on Sunday and Monday.