PENSACOLA, Fla.- Following a tough outcome at the ITA Team Indoor Championships, the UWF men's tennis is looking to get back on track as they return home to face Saint Leo and Texas Tyler on March 7th and March 8th at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex at the University of West Florida.
The third ranked Argonaut men are coming into the match-ups with a 7-3 overall and 4-0 in the GSC, which includes a recent run in the
inagural ITA Team Indoor Championships in Oklahoma City. Although the team finished 1-2 at the tournament, senior
Serdar Bojadjiev and freshman Adam
Svensson were named GSC Player and Freshman of the Week for their play.Â
Bojadjiev went 3-0 in singles play, including wins over two top 50 ranked players while
Svensson went 1-0 in singles action. Both players teamed up as a doubles pairing to take the eighth ranked duo in the nation, Alejandro
Ibanez and Carlos Gomez from Barry, as well.
Scouting the Opponents: Texas Tyler approaches the match with a current record of 1-6 with their lone win against GSC foe, Alabama Huntsville. This weekend, the Patriots will rely on seniors, Ford Cunningham, Gabriel Hidalgo and Daniel Rodriguez.
Saint Leo, the fifth ranked team in the country, comes into the match at 5-1, which includes a 2-1 record in last weekend's ITA indoor tournament as they defeated Flagler and fourth ranked Wingate. The Lions will look to their top 3 players ranked inside the top 50 ITA singles rankings in
Aurel Ciocanu, Bruno
Faletto and
Ghali Mensour, to lead them.
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The match with Saint Leo on Saturday, March 7th will begin at 10 am while the match with Patriots will begin on Sunday, March 8th at 2pm.
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