PENSACOLA, Fla. – The West Florida Men's Tennis team wrapped up their 2021 Spring season on Sunday falling to No. 1 Seeded Barry 4-1 on the day. This loss moves the Argonauts to 17-6 on the season and puts a cap on another success season under Head Coach
Derrick Racine.
In today's match, the Argonauts fought hard in doubles but fell just short of coming out with the lone point.
Gabriel Nery and
Salvador Bandeira fell from the No. 1 position 6-2 for one of Barry's two doubles victories on the day. Barry's clinching match came from the No. 2 doubles position where
Serdar Bojadjiev and partner
Lluis Miralles Miro fell 6-3 as the Buccaneers headed to singles play with the one-point advantage.
Nicolas Lecoutre and
William Shkrob were in a close 6-5 match from the No. 3 position before their match went unfinished.
Singles play was very back and forth between the two teams with the Buccaneers ultimately picking up wins from the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6 position to win the match.
Bojadjiev playing from the No. 1 position picked up the Argonauts lone point on the day taking the No. 1 player in the nation in straight-sets. That is now seven straight wins for Bojadjiev including two wins over the No. 5 player in the country and his win today over the No. 1 player in the nation in his last three.
From the No. 4 and No. 5 positions in singles,
Juan Motta and Nery were locked into very tight matches each having won one set over their opponent. Both ending unfinished, Motto was up 0-6, 6-3, 2-1 while Nery was heading to the third with a 6-3, 3-6 score.
This is now the second straight season that Barry has knocked the Argonauts out of the NCAA Tournament as they will now advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals which are to be held in Surprise, Arizona in the coming weeks.
West Florida ends the season with six wins over ranked opponents and advanced further than any other team within the Gulf South Conference. They will look to build on this year's successes to put together another great season next Spring.
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