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Men's Tennis UWF Athletic Communications

No. 2 West Florida men's tennis earns two wins on Friday

Argonauts defeat BYU Hawaii 7-2 before beating GSC opponent Alabama Huntsville 5-1

BYU HAWAII RESULTS
ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE RESULTS

PENSACOLA, Fla. –
The No. 2-ranked University of West Florida men's tennis team defeated No. 17 BYU Hawaii 7-2 before defeating Gulf South Conference opponent Alabama Huntsville 5-1 at home on Friday afternoon at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex. West Florida (15-1, 6-0 GSC) improves to 8-1 on the year against nationally ranked opponents and remains unbeaten in matches against south region opponents.
 
No. 2 West Florida 7, No. 17 BYU Hawaii 2
 
West Florida's No. 1-ranked doubles team of junior Warren Kuhn (Johannesburg, South Africa) and senior Elio Latella (Sydney, Australia) fell to BYU Hawaii's No. 20-ranked doubles team of Martin Chojnacki and Yevhen Zakharov 7-9 at number one doubles.
 
Junior Kenny Brasil (Apucarana, Brazil) and sophomore Alex Peyrot (Castelnaudary, France) won their 14th straight match at number two doubles by a score of 8-4 and improve to 3-0 against regionally ranked opponents on the year. Junior Pablo Borrero (Pereira, Colombia) and sophomore Pablo Tellez (Bogota, Columbia/Colegio) won their 10th consecutive match at number three doubles by a score of 8-2.
 
No. 9 Peyrot defeated No. 39 Chojnacki at number one singles 6-4, 6-4 and improves to 2-1 against nationally ranked opponents on the year. No. 25 Kuhn won at number two singles 6-4, 6-1 and improves to 3-3 against regionally ranked opponents on the year.
 
No. 31 Brasil won at number three singles 6-2, 6-3 while Borrero fell 6-7, 4-6 at number four singles.
 
Latella won at number five singles 6-1, 6-2 while sophomore Douglas Boe (Vinhedo, Brazil) won 6-4, 7-6 at number six singles.
 
No. 2 West Florida 5, Alabama Huntsville 1
 
Brasil and Peyrot fell 6-8 at number one doubles while Borrero and Tellez won at number two doubles 8-1. Junior Valentim Goncalves (Curitiba, Brazil) and Latella won 8-0 at number three doubles.
 
Sophomore Carlos Moura (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) won 6-4, 6-4 at number four singles while junior Tom Dynka (Kitchener, Ontario) won 6-2, 6-1 at number five singles. Goncalves won 6-3, 6-2 at number six singles.
 
West Florida will next face Florida Southern on Saturday, March 28 at 9 a.m. CT. West Florida will wrap up the weekend by facing Delta State on Sunday, March 29 at 9 a.m. CT before facing Christian Brothers later that day at 1 p.m. CT.
 
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Players Mentioned

Tom Dynka

Tom Dynka

6' 2"
Junior
Carlos Moura

Carlos Moura

6' 0"
Sophomore
Douglas Boe

Douglas Boe

5' 8"
Sophomore
Alex Peyrot

Alex Peyrot

6' 1"
Sophomore
Kenny Brasil

Kenny Brasil

5' 10"
Junior
Valentim Goncalves

Valentim Goncalves

Junior
Warren Kuhn

Warren Kuhn

Junior
Pablo Borrero

Pablo Borrero

Junior
Elio Latella

Elio Latella

6' 0"
Senior
Pablo Tellez

Pablo Tellez

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Tom Dynka

Tom Dynka

6' 2"
Junior
Carlos Moura

Carlos Moura

6' 0"
Sophomore
Douglas Boe

Douglas Boe

5' 8"
Sophomore
Alex Peyrot

Alex Peyrot

6' 1"
Sophomore
Kenny Brasil

Kenny Brasil

5' 10"
Junior
Valentim Goncalves

Valentim Goncalves

Junior
Warren Kuhn

Warren Kuhn

Junior
Pablo Borrero

Pablo Borrero

Junior
Elio Latella

Elio Latella

6' 0"
Senior
Pablo Tellez

Pablo Tellez

Sophomore