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Florida Southern FSCM (17-9)
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Winner Barry BARRY-M (19-3)
Florida Southern FSCM
(17-9)
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Final
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Barry BARRY-M
(19-3)
Winner

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

Men's Tennis Quickly Wins Suspended Match At NCAA Regional

Bucs closed out the Mocs 4-0

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The third-seeded Barry Buccaneers closed out the sixth-seeded Florida Southern Moccasins in 11 minutes on Saturday morning, after their semifinal match was suspended due to weather at the NCAA South Region 2 Tournament at the Skeeter Carson Tennis Center on Friday. The Bucs quickly won at singles courts one and five to clinch the 4-0 win.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 3 Barry 4, No. 14 Florida Southern 0
Records: Barry (19-3), FSC (17-9)
Series: Buccaneers lead the series 40-7

SUMMARY:

Doubles

  1. Thomas Machado / Adam Lynch (Barry) vs #41 Mario Garoz / Chris Fok Kow (Florida Southern) — 5-4 (unf)
  2. #36 Gabriele Felline / Tim Riedel (Barry) def. Sam Frizelle / Matthew Hewitt (Florida Southern) — 6-2
  3. Riccardo Trione / Yan Kodjoed (Barry) def. Mehmet Turgut / George Russell (Florida Southern) — 6-1

Singles

  1. #38 Riccardo Trione (Barry) vs. #73 Sam Frizelle (Florida Southern) — 6-1, 6-3
  2. Gabriele Felline (Barry) vs. Chris Fok Kow (Florida Southern) — 6-4, 2-1 (unf)
  3. #33 Yan Kodjoed (Barry) def. #41 Mario Garoz (Florida Southern) — 6-3, 6-4
  4. Tim Riedel (Barry) vs George Russell (Florida Southern) — 6-3, 5-5 (unf)
  5. Adam Lynch (Barry) vs Matthew Hewitt (Florida Southern) — 6-4, 6-4
  6. Ariel Meshulam (Barry) vs Bosko Boskovic (Florida Southern) — 6-2, 5-5 (unf)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Barry secured the doubles by winning at the second and third flights. At the third flight, Riccardo Trione and Yan Kodjoed defeated Mehmet Turgut and George Russell 6-1. Gabriele Felline and Tim Riedel defeated Sam Frizelle and Matthew Hewitt 6-2 at #2 to clinch the point.
  • In singles, #33 Kodjoed made short work of #41 Mario Garoz 6-3, 6-4 at the third flight.
  • The rest of the matches were suspended due to weather on Friday, with Barry holding a one-set edge at all five courts. 
  • As the matches resumed on Saturday morning, Trione closed out Frizelle 6-1, 6-3 at the top flight.
  • Moments later, Adam Lynch clinched the match for the Bucs with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Hewitt at #5.

NOTEWORTHY:

  • Barry will take on the winner of the #2 West Florida/#7 Mississippi College match in the regional final.
  • Barry lost to the host Argonauts 4-3 in the semifinals of the ITA Indoor Championship in February and beat the Choctaws 5-2 in Orlando in March.
  • The Buccaneers have won 18 regional championships.

ON THE HORIZON

The championship match is scheduled for Sunday, May 11 at a time to be determined.

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