LAKELAND, Fla. -- The sixth-ranked Barry Buccaneers continued their regular season with their fifth straight win against their bitter Sunshine State Conference 22nd-ranked rival the Florida Southerns Mocs on Saturday morning at the Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 6 Barry 5, No. 22 FSCM 2
Records: Barry (10-2), Florida Southern (11-5)
Series: Buccaneers lead the series 38-7.
SUMMARY:
Doubles
- Leo Caill/Adam Lynch (BARRY) def. Chris Fok Kow/ Mario Garoz (FSCM) 7-5
- Tim Riedel/Gabriele Felline (BARRY) def. Bosko Boskovic/ Gabriel Jornert (FSCM) 6-4
- Riccardo Trione/Yan Kodjoed (BARRY) def. Sam Frizelle/Matthew Hewitt (FSCM) 6-2
Singles
- Gabriele Felline (BARRY) def. Sam Frizelle (FSCM) 6-2, 6-4
- Mario Garoz (FSCM) def. #25 Yan Kodjoed (BARRY) 6(5)-7, 6-3, 10-4
- Chris Fok Kow (FSCM) def. Tim Riedel (BARRY) 6-2, 6-3
- Adam Lynch (BARRY) def. Matthew Hewitt (FSCM) 7-5, 6-4
- Thomas Machado (BARRY) def. Bosko Boskovic (FSCM) 7-5, 6-3
- #58 Elie Azoulay (BARRY) def. Gabriel Jornert (FSCM) 6-1, 6-3
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Buccaneers secured victories in all of their doubles matches with clean sweeps, earning the doubles point.
- #54 Elie Azoulay handled his Gabriel Jornert with ease, sweeping both sets 6-1, 6-3 in court #6.
- Gabriele Felline controlled the pace of play on Court #1 early, defeating Sam Frizelle 6-2, but things became tougher as the match concluded 6-4, notching in his seventh win of the season.
- Adam Lynch fought through a tough match against Matthew Hewitt in the fourth court winning narrowly 7-5, Lynch assured his victory in the next set 6-4 for the final.
- Tim Riedel fell in a hard-fought match against Chris Fok Kow on Court #3. Riedel took the first set 6-3, but Chris Fok Kow roared back to win 6-1, and 7-6(8), in the last set.
- Thomas Machado dominated on Court #5, securing a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Bosko Boskovic for his sixth win of the season.
- #21 Yan Kodjoed fell in a highly contested match in Court #2 against Mario Garoz, the pair started their first match in extra sets, Yan won the exchange 7-6(5) to get the early lead. However Mario Garoz rallied back in the next match with a 6-3 win, before ending the final set with a score of 10-4 for the Mocs second point of the day.
ON THE HORIZON
The Bucs are heading to St. Augustine to face off against the #2 ranked team Flagler on March 23, the match begins at 10 am at the Pollard Tennis Center.