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Men's Tennis Kirk Downs

Men's Tennis Sees Season End in ASUN Semifinals

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Lipscomb men's tennis team could not capitalize on its recent winning streak Friday, as Florida Gulf Coast defeated the Bisons 4-1 at the UNF Tennis Complex in the semifinals of the ASUN Championship.

The loss ends the season for Lipscomb, who finished 9-7 overall and earned the No. 2 seed in the north division. FGCU, the south's top seed, advanced to play Liberty in the championship match on Sunday.

The Bisons fell behind in doubles after FGCU won 6-1 on the top line and 6-2 on court two. In the final pairing, Lipscomb's Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto and Jake Penny were leading 4-3 when doubles were called.

When singles play started, Spain native Carlos Salas-Tulla evened the match for the Bisons on court six with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Pedro Maciel.

The Eagles regained the lead at No. 2 with a 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) win over Jorge Ortegon, but the Bisons continued to battle as the other four singles matches all went to three sets.

Pedro Uribe took an early lead on court four with a 6-4 decision in set one, before FGCU's Gugli Stefanacci came from behind to win 6-2, 6-1 in the next two frames.

Maksim Bogdanovich followed Uribe with a 6-4 win in the opening set on court three, but couldn't hang on as Randy Wilson took a pair of 6-3 frames to clinch the match for FGCU.

Pablo Caffarena (2-6, 6-3, 0-4) and Garcia-Nieto (6-4, 1-6, 4-4) were each in the third set in their respective matches at the No. 1 and No. 5 positions.
 

FULL RESULTS: #1S FGCU 4, #2N Lipscomb 1

Singles competition
1. JOHNSON, Magnus (FGCU) vs. CAFFARENA, Pablo (LIP_M) 6-2, 3-6, 4-0, unfinished
2. MONTES, Juan (FGCU) def. ORTEGON, Jorge (LIP_M) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
3. WILSON, Randy (FGCU) def. BOGDANOVICH, Maksim (LIP_M) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. STEFANACCI, Gugli (FGCU) def. URIBE, Pedro (LIP_M) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. CONCA, Alessandro (FGCU) vs. GARCIA-NIETO, Gon. (LIP_M) 4-6, 6-1, 4-3, unfinished
6. SALAS-TULLA, Carlos (LIP_M) def. MACIEL, Pedro (FGCU) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. DAMM, Max/JOHNSON, Magnus (FGCU) def. ORTEGON, Jorge/URIBE, Pedro (LIP_M) 6-1
2. MONTES, Juan/RAMIREZ, Felipe (FGCU) def. BOGDANOVICH, Maksim/CAFFARENA, Pablo (LIP_M) 6-2
3. WILSON, Randy/ONCINS, Eric (FGCU) vs. GARCIA-NIETO, Gon./PENNY, Jake (LIP_M) 3-4, unfinished

Match Notes:
#2N Lipscomb 9-7, 4-2 ASUN
#1S FGCU 8-5, 5-1 ASUN
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,2,4)
Low 70s, clear skies
T-2:50 A-40


 
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Players Mentioned

Maksim Bogdanovich

Maksim Bogdanovich

6' 1"
Sophomore
Pablo Caffarena

Pablo Caffarena

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto

Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto

6' 3"
Senior
Jorge Ortegon

Jorge Ortegon

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Jake Penny

Jake Penny

5' 8"
Junior
Pedro Uribe

Pedro Uribe

5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Maksim Bogdanovich

Maksim Bogdanovich

6' 1"
Sophomore
Pablo Caffarena

Pablo Caffarena

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto

Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto

6' 3"
Senior
Jorge Ortegon

Jorge Ortegon

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Jake Penny

Jake Penny

5' 8"
Junior
Pedro Uribe

Pedro Uribe

5' 9"
Senior
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