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Machado
Michelle Murch
6
Winner Barry BARRY-M (10-0 SSC 4-0)
1
Eckerd ECKERD (1-3, SSC 0-3)
Winner
Barry BARRY-M
(10-0 SSC 4-0)
6
Final
1
Eckerd ECKERD
(1-3, SSC 0-3)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Delilah Zapata

Men's Tennis Rallies to Defeat Eckerd in Fourth Straight Conference Win

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry University men's tennis team has done it again with their fourth straight conference win of the year, this time defeating Eckerd College 6-1. With this win, the Bucs now move to 4-0 in conference play and 10-0 in the regular season. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:  #1 Barry 6, Eckerd 1
Records: Eckerd (4-1, SSC 2-1); Barry (10-0, SSC 4-0)
All-Time Series: The Bucs lead the series 35-1  

SUMMARY:

Doubles

  1. Riccardo Trione / Simone Cavalleri (Barry) def. Batu Ataseven / Amirali Ghavam (Eckerd) 6-1
  2. Thomas Machado / Adam Lynch (Barry) def. Marshall Hulett / Adrian Gheorghe (Eckerd) 6-3
  3. Yan Kodjoed / Antonin Chapuis (Barry) def. Mario Kirkov / Konrad Fischer (Eckerd) 7-5

Singles

  1. #1 Yan Kodjoed (Barry) def. Batu Ataseven (Eckerd) 7-5, 7-5
  2. Riccardo Trione (Barry) def. Amirali Ghavam (Barry) 7-6(5), 6-3
  3. Mario Kirkov (Eckerd) def. Antonin Chapuis (Barry) 7-6(3), 2-6, 7-5
  4. Elie Azoulay (Barry) def. Marshall Hulett (Eckerd) 6-1, 6-1
  5. Cooper Dillon (Barry) def. Konrad Fischer (Eckerd) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
  6. Loup Alleno (Barry) def. Valdemar Spillemose (Eckerd) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Barry won all three doubles matches, putting them ahead of Eckerd to start the singles matches.
  • Azoulay was the first to finish his singles match, besting his opponent in two sets and only allowing him to score two points total.
  • Kodjoed then won his match against Ataseven, avoiding the tie breaker in both sets, and the Bucs moved to 3-0.
  • Trione clinched the match for Barry, with his first set ending in a tie breaker that he won and his second set ending with him winning 6-3, putting the Bucs one point away from clinching.
  • The Bucs clinched the match 4-0 with three singles matches left. 
  • Dillon then added on Barry's points with his own win making the score 5. 
  • Alleno won his match in a tie-breaking third set, giving the Bucs their final point. 
  • Chapuis fell to Kirvo after a hard-fought match, losing in the first set in the tie-breaker, then coming back and winning in the second set, but eventually falling in the final set 7-5. 

NOTEWORTHY:

  • The last time the Bucs lost to Eckerd was the 2001 spring season.
  • With this win, Kodjoed has moved to a seven-match win streak 
  • As a duo Machado and Lynch have also moved to a seven-match win streak. 

ON THE HORIZON

Men's Tennis will travel to Orlando, Fla., where they will play Davenport University on Wednesday, March 4th at the UTSA Training Center. 
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