2016 Men's Tennis - Year In Review
Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach
Tami Brown, Director of Operations
Nick Crowell, Associate Head Coach
Tassilo Schmid, Volunteer Assistant
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2016 Men's Tennis - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach Tami Brown, Director of Operations Nick Crowell, Associate Head Coach Tassilo Schmid, Volunteer Assistant Click here to see individual mug shots |
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Lock Named ITA All-American. June 1, 2016 TALLAHASSEE, FL - By virtue
of being one of the 16 seeded players at last month's NCAA Tournament, Benjamin Lock was named an All-American Wednesday by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. He becomes the third Seminole to be
named an ITA All-American in singles action. "I'm proud of Ben and the work he has put in at Florida State," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "He has gotten better each season and it's great that
he earned this honor his final season." On the season, Lock finished with a 25-14 record, including 16 wins against ranked opponents. Lock reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament and played
in the doubles draw for a second straight season. Lock, the Seminoles top player all year, helped lead Florida State to a 14th-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, a win over No. 1 North Carolina, the
first in program history, and a school-record nine ACC wins. Lock ranked as high as No. 9 during the season in singles play and No. 7 in doubles action. He was First Team All-ACC, the ACC Player of
the Year runner-up and the ITA Most Improved Player prior to the NCAA singles draw last month. Lock joins former Seminoles Mat Cloer (2005) and Jean-Yves Aubone (2008, 2009) as singles
All-Americans from Florida State. With a win in the opening round of the NCAA Singles Championship last week, Lock finished his career sixth on the FSU all-time singles wins list with 90, while his 90
doubles wins rank fourth all-time. His 180 combined wins are third all-time and the most since the mid-1980s. "His career stands up against any of the greats we've had come through FSU," Hultquist
said. "His doubles play set him apart and was able to play in all the major collegiate championships. He represented Florida State great for five seasons, and he was rewarded this season." Lock
graduated with a finance degree in April and embarks on a professional tennis career.
2016 Roster - By Name
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T PY
R Name Hgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* Jake Albo 5-11 Jr ** Plantation (The Sagemont School)
* Aziz Dougaz 6-2 Fr La Marsa, Tunisia (Lycee Gustave Flaubert)
* Parker Evertsen 5-10 So-R * Marietta, Ga. (Rivers Academy)
Joao Gauer 6-5 Sr-R *** Curitiba, Brazil (Colegio Positivo)
* Jose Gracia 6-7 So-R * Delray Beach (Florida Virtual School)
* Jack Haffey 6-0 Jr ** Naples (Florida Virtual School)
* Benjamin Lock 6-7 Sr-R *** Harare, Zimbabwe (Pretoria Boys')
* Marco Nunez 6-0 Sr ** Monterrey, Mexico (Laurel Springs)
* Michael Rinaldi 5-10 Sr *** Palm City (Martin County)
* Terrance Whitehurst 6-2 So * Tallahassee (Florida Virtual School)
* Terrell Whitehurst 6-1 So * Tallahassee (Florida Virtual School)
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
The Zimbabwe native finished in the Top 25 in singles and doubles.
2016 Conference Awards
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Benjamin Lock Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Marco Nunez Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
All-Conference - 2
2016 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Benjamin Lock Intercollegiate Tennis Association - All-American - 11th place
NCAA - Seed All-American - 13th place
All-Americans - 1
2016 Schedule and Results
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| ITA Masters September 18-20, 2015, Malibu, Calif. |
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| Bedford Cup September 25-27, 2015, Fort Myers, Fla. |
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| ITA All-American Championship October 3-7, 2015, Qualifying Rounds, Tulsa, Okla. |
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| ITA All-American Championship October 8-12, 2016, Tulsa, Okla. |
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| ITA SE Regional Championship October 15-19, 2015, Gainesville, Fla. |
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| USTA Clay Court Invitational November 5-8, 2015, Orlando, Fla. |
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| ITA Indoor Championship November 12-15, 2015, New York, N.Y. |
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| Rainbow Warrior Invitational January 5-7, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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| Florida A&M | |||||
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| South Florida ITA Kick-Off Weekend |
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| Mississippi ITA Kick-Off Weekend, Tampa, Fla. |
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| Alabama | |||||
| Troy | |||||
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| Citadel Military Appreciation Day |
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| Liberty Military Appreciation Day |
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| Bethune-Cookman | |||||
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| Virginia Tech ACC, Cary, N.C. |
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| Baylor NCAA, Athens, Ga. |
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| NCAA Singles & Doubles May 25-30, 2016, Tulsa, Okla. |
EOY StatsRef Overall Home Away Neutral ------------------------------------------------ FSU record is 18- 9 13- 2 4- 5 1- 2 vs ACC 9- 3 5- 1 4- 2 0- 0
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Results 1 Virginia 11- 1 29- 4 2 Wake Forest 10- 2 31- 6 3t Florida State 9- 3 18- 9 3t North Carolina 9- 3 28- 5 5 Georgia Tech 8- 4 17- 9 6 Virginia Tech 7- 5 18- 9 7 Notre Dame 6- 6 15-14 8t North Carolina State 5- 7 18-14 8t Clemson 5- 7 16-14 10 Duke 4- 8 11-14 11 Miami 3- 9 8-15 12 Louisville 1-11 15-17 13 Boston College 0-12 6-18
2016 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Cary, NC Date Score Comments ========== ================================================== ================================== 04/20/2016 (12)Louisville 4, (13)Boston College 0 Round 1 04/21/2016 (8)North Carolina State 4, (9)Clemson 2 Round 2 04/21/2016 (7)Notre Dame 4, (10)Duke 1 Round 2 04/21/2016 (5)Georgia Tech 4, (12)Louisville 1 Round 2 04/21/2016 (6)Virginia Tech 4, (11)Miami 0 Round 2 04/22/2016 (1)Virginia 4, (8)North Carolina State 1 Round 3 04/22/2016 (2)Wake Forest 4, (7)Notre Dame 3 Round 3 04/22/2016 (6)Virginia Tech 4, (3)Florida State 3 Round 3 04/22/2016 (4)North Carolina 4, (5)Georgia Tech 0 Round 3 04/23/2016 (1)Virginia 4, (4)North Carolina 3 Round 4 04/23/2016 (2)Wake Forest 4, (6)Virginia Tech 2 Round 4 04/24/2016 (2)Wake Forest 4, (1)Virginia 3 Round 5
Individual Results Highest vs 3 Fall/Spring Name Rank Rank ACC Sets Tournaments 1 2 3 4 5 6 NCAA Total ------------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Jake Albo 1-5 3-4 8-6 1-0 1-0 0-5 10-11 Aziz Dougaz 2-2 8-5 5-5 3-0 1-0 2-1 12-8 18-9 Parker Evertsen 1-3 5-3 1-0 0-1 6-4 Jose Gracia 0-4 9-3 5-3 6-3 2-0 13-5 0-1 21-9 Jack Haffey 1-0 0-2 5-6 1-0 2-0 8-6 Benjamin Lock 9 15-13 9-3 8-1 10-5 14-8 1-1 25-14 Marco Nunez 60 5-8 9-4 7-9 4-6 1-0 11-10 2-0 18-16 Michael Rinaldi 68 1-7 7-6 5-7 10-5 1-0 2-1 7-11 1-0 21-17 Terrance Whitehurst 3-5 2-6 4-6 2-0 1-0 0-2 9-6 16-14 Terrell Whitehurst 0-1 3-4 8-6 1-0 2-1 1-0 12-7 Totals 63-46 16-8 15-11 13-12 18-8 17-8 12-13 1-1 155-107
Doubles Results Highest vs Tie Fall/Spring Name Rank Rank ACC Break Tournaments 1 2 3 NCAA Total --------------------------------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Jake Albo/Parker Evertsen 0-1 0-1 Jake Albo/Jose Gracia 0-1 0-2 3-3 3-3 Jake Albo/Jack Haffey 0-2 0-2 Jake Albo/Michael Rinaldi 0-1 0-1 0-1 Aziz Dougaz/Jose Gracia 1-0 1-0 Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi 59 0-4 7-3 0-1 3-0 1-0 10-5 5-1 19-6 Parker Evertsen/Jack Haffey 2-1 2-1 Jose Gracia/Jack Haffey 0-2 2-2 2-2 Jose Gracia/Marco Nunez 1-0 4-0 4-0 Jose Gracia/Michael Rinaldi 0-1 0-1 Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst 8-1 1-0 9-2 10-2 Jack Haffey/Marco Nunez 1-0 1-0 1-0 Jack Haffey/Michael Rinaldi 0-1 2-2 2-2 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez 7 4-7 4-5 2-2 4-4 12-6 0-1 16-11 Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst 55 0-1 2-0 2-2 2-2 Totals 18-15 13-6 13-7 18-5 0-1 62-34
Jake Albo
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/25/2015 T Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast L 6-7(), 6-4, 6-1 0-1
09/25/2015 T Kevin Deligny Bethune-Cookman W 6-4, 6-3 1-1
09/26/2015 T Alexander Gitin Florida Atlantic W 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 2-1
09/26/2015 T Chris Barrus Central Florida L 6-4, 6-2 2-2
10/03/2015 T Jakhongir Jalalov Wisconsin W 6-2, 6-3 3-2
10/04/2015 T Jefta Kecic Western Michigan L 6-4, 6-3 3-3
10/15/2015 T David Durham Kennesaw State L 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 3-4
10/16/2015 T Stefan Burnett Florida Atlantic W 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 4-4
11/05/2015 T Gabe Tishman Michigan L 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 4-5
11/06/2015 T Pierre-Emannuel Fossier Stetson W 6-3, 6-1 5-5
11/06/2015 T Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 6-3, 7-5 6-5
01/05/2016 T Nikolai Storch Hawaii W 6-3, 7-6() 7-5
01/06/2016 T Bradford Zitsch Nebraska L 7-5, 7-6(2) 7-6
01/07/2016 T Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 6-3, 6-0 8-6
01/16/2016 4 Jalen Evans Florida A&M W 6-1, 6-0 9-6 1-0
01/31/2016 6 Mustapha Belcora Troy dnf 6-3, 4-5 dnf 9-6 1-0
03/18/2016 6 Aaron Gomez Virginia Tech L 7-6(2), 6-3 9-7 1-1 0-1
03/20/2016 6 Mac Styslinger Virginia L 7-6(2), 6-2 9-8 1-2 0-2
04/01/2016 6 Kenneth Sabacinski Notre Dame L 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 9-9 1-3 0-3
04/08/2016 6 Carlos Longhi Neto Louisville L 6-3, 6-2 9-10 1-4 0-4
04/10/2016 5 Alvaro Barrera Bethune-Cookman W 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(5) 10-10 2-4
04/17/2016 6 Kyle Childree Boston College L 7-5, 6-3 10-11 2-5 0-5
Aziz Dougaz
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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01/05/2016 T Kai Wehnelt Hawaii W 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 1-0
01/06/2016 T Dusty Boyer Nebraska W 7-6(), 6-3 2-0
01/07/2016 T Igor Kolaric Hawaii W 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 3-0
01/16/2016 4 Pierre Noyon South Alabama W 7-5, 6-3 4-0 1-0
01/16/2016 3 Courage Okungbowa Florida A&M W 6-3, 6-2 5-0 2-0
01/18/2016 4 Manfred Fellin Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0, 6-4 6-0 3-0
01/23/2016 4 Justin Roberts South Florida W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 7-0 4-0
01/24/2016 4 Niclas Braun Mississippi W 6-1, 7-5 8-0 5-0
01/29/2016 123 3 Becker O'Shaughnessey Alabama L 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (9) 8-1 5-1
01/31/2016 3 Andy Lau Troy dnf 3-6, 6-4, 0-3 dnf 8-1 5-1
02/05/2016 4 Harrison Adams Texas A&M W 6-4, 6-4 9-1 6-1
02/20/2016 2 Nicholas Bradley Citadel W 6-0, 6-1 10-1 7-1
02/20/2016 2 Egon Samaai Liberty dnf 7-5, 1-3 dnf 10-1 7-1
02/27/2016 77 4 Alfredo Perez Florida L 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(8) 10-2 7-2
03/04/2016 4 Austin Ansari Clemson W 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 11-2 8-2 1-0
03/06/2016 4 Jesse Flores Miami L 7-6(5), 7-5 11-3 8-3 1-1
03/11/2016 74 4 Jack Murray North Carolina W 6-1, 7-6(4) 12-3 9-3 2-1
03/13/2016 4 TJ Pura Duke L 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 12-4 9-4 2-2
03/18/2016 59 4 Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech W 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(8) 13-4 10-4 3-2
03/20/2016 4 Henrik Wiersholm Virginia L 6-1, 6-1 13-5 10-5 3-3
03/24/2016 4 Andrew Li Georgia Tech W 6-2, 7-5 14-5 11-5 4-3
03/27/2016 4 Romain Bogaerts Wake Forest L 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 14-6 11-6 4-4
04/01/2016 4 Alex Lawson Notre Dame L 6-4, 6-0 14-7 11-7 4-5
04/03/2016 4 Florin Bragusi Oklahoma dnf 6-2, 4-6, 4-3 dnf 14-7 11-7
04/08/2016 4 George Hedley Louisville W 6-3, 6-2 15-7 12-7 5-5
04/10/2016 4 Igor Saveljic North Carolina State W 6-4, 6-3 16-7 13-7 6-5
04/10/2016 4 Greg Almeida Bethune-Cookman W 6-2, 6-3 17-7 14-7
04/17/2016 3 Jeff Melvin Boston College W 6-3, 6-4 18-7 15-7 7-5
04/22/2016 4 Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech L 7-5, 6-1 18-8 15-8
05/14/2016 4 Jimmy Bendeck Baylor L 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-2 18-9 15-9
Parker Evertsen
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/15/2015 T Romain Boudaroua Florida Atlantic L 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 0-1
10/16/2015 T Drew Wendel Kennesaw State W 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(5) 1-1
11/05/2015 T Andre Baldo Troy L 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 1-2
11/06/2015 T Coilin MacNamara Stetson W 6-2, 6-0 2-2
11/06/2015 T Lucas Gonzalez South Alabama L 7-5, 7-6() 2-3
01/05/2016 T Fabian Worhl Hawaii W 6-5, 6-4 3-3
01/06/2016 T Spencer Travalino Hawaii W 6-0, 6-4 4-3
01/07/2016 T Kula Companion Rainbow Warrior Invitational
W 6-1, 6-1 5-3
01/16/2016 2 Jason Ulacio Florida A&M W 6-0, 6-0 6-3 1-0
02/20/2016 6 Michael Anzalone Citadel L 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(9) 6-4 1-1
Joao Gauer
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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Jose Gracia
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/25/2015 T McClain Kessler Florida L 1-6, 7-6(), 6-4 0-1
10/16/2015 T Courage Okungbowa Florida A&M W 6-4, 6-2 1-1
10/17/2015 45 T Piotr Lomacki Miami L 6-1, 6-7(), 6-4 1-2
11/05/2015 101 T Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech L 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 1-3
11/06/2015 T Niclas Genovese Miami W 6-3, 6-2 2-3
11/06/2015 T Matt Barry Penn State W 6-2, 6-3 3-3
01/05/2016 T Joakmin Pinola Hawaii W 6-2, 6-2 4-3
01/06/2016 T Ruben Blattner Hawaii W 6-4, 6-4 5-3
01/07/2016 T Spencer Travalino Hawaii W 6-2, 6-3 6-3
01/16/2016 5 Gerhard Gruindelingh South Alabama W 6-1, 6-2 7-3 1-0
01/18/2016 5 Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 7-6(2) 8-3 2-0
01/23/2016 5 Vadym Kalyuzhnyy South Florida L 7-6(5), 6-4 8-4 2-1
01/31/2016 5 Pablo Moreno Troy L 6-4, 6-1 8-5 2-2
02/20/2016 4 Jackson Pride Citadel W 6-0, 6-1 9-5 3-2
02/20/2016 5 Diego Castano Liberty W 6-4, 6-3 10-5 4-2
02/27/2016 6 McClain Kessler Florida L 6-3, 6-4 10-6 4-3
03/04/2016 5 Robert Dudley Clemson W 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 11-6 5-3 1-0
03/06/2016 5 Fermin Calvo Miami W 6-3, 6-1 12-6 6-3 2-0
03/11/2016 89 5 Robert Kelly North Carolina L 7-5, 6-2 12-7 6-4 2-1
03/13/2016 5 Ryan Dickerson Duke W 6-2, 6-2 13-7 7-4 3-1
03/18/2016 5 Mitch Harper Virginia Tech W 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(4) 14-7 8-4 4-1
03/20/2016 116 5 J.C. Aragone Virginia L 7-5, 6-1 14-8 8-5 4-2
03/24/2016 5 Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 6-2, 7-6(5) 15-8 9-5 5-2
03/27/2016 5 Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 6-0, 6-3 15-9 9-6 5-3
04/01/2016 5 Grayson Broadus Notre Dame W 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) 16-9 10-6 6-3
04/03/2016 5 Maxime Mora Oklahoma dnf 6-4, 4-6, 2-4 dnf 16-9 10-6
04/08/2016 5 Brandon Lancaster Louisville W 6-3, 6-2 17-9 11-6 7-3
04/10/2016 5 Chris Mikrovas North Carolina State W 6-1, 6-4 18-9 12-6 8-3
04/17/2016 4 Alexandre Thirouin Boston College W 6-3, 6-3 19-9 13-6 9-3
04/22/2016 5 Mitch Harper Virginia Tech W 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 20-9 14-6
05/14/2016 5 Tommy Podvinski Baylor W 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 21-9 15-6
Jack Haffey
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/25/2015 T Bernard Tefel Miami L 6-1, 6-0 0-1
09/25/2015 T Jalen Evans Florida A&M W 6-3, 7-5 1-1
09/26/2015 T Gonzalo Arroyo Stetson L 6-7(), 6-1 retired 1-2
10/15/2015 T Jesse Flores Miami L 6-1, 6-4 1-3
10/16/2015 T Lucas de Torres Curth Kennesaw State W 6-2, 6-2 2-3
11/05/2015 T Tyler Pate Central Florida L 6-4, 6-4 2-4
11/06/2015 T Christopher Morin Louisville W 6-4, 6-3 3-4
11/07/2015 T Juan Troglia South Alabama L 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(8) 3-5
01/05/2016 T Spencer Travalino Hawaii L 6-0, 6-2 3-6
01/06/2016 T Eric Kenneth Hawaii W 6-2, 6-1 4-6
01/07/2016 T Chris Schindler Nebraska W 6-4, 6-3 5-6
01/16/2016 6 Hema Hasona Florida A&M W 6-1, 6-3 6-6 1-0
02/20/2016 5 Roy Hobson Citadel W 6-1, 6-4 7-6 2-0
02/20/2016 6 Jason Burgess Liberty dnf 6-3, 4-1 dnf 7-6 2-0
04/10/2016 6 Pablo Lopez Bethune-Cookman W 6-0, 6-2 8-6 3-0
Benjamin Lock
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/18/2015 25 15 T Cameron Norrie Texas Christian L 6-3, 6-4 0-1
09/19/2015 25 4 T Julian Lenz Baylor W 6-4, 6-2 1-1
09/19/2015 25 2 T Ryan Shane Virginia L 6-1, 6-2 1-2
10/08/2015 25 54 T Marco Micolani Arkansas W 6-3, 6-2 2-2
10/09/2015 25 50 T Alex Ghilea Oklahoma W 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 3-2
10/10/2015 25 10 T Dominik Koepfer Tulane L 6-4, 6-4 3-3
10/16/2015 25 T Jose Sangroniz Central Florida W 6-1, 6-2 4-3
10/17/2015 25 104 T Nick Wood Georgia W 6-0, 7-5 5-3
10/17/2015 25 T McClain Kessler Florida W 6-4, 6-3 6-3
10/18/2015 25 13 T Roberto Cid South Florida L 6-4, 6-4 6-4
11/13/2015 25 8 T Thai-Son Kwiatkowsi Virginia L 6-2, 6-4 6-5
11/13/2015 25 107 T Max Hinnisdaels Auburn W 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 7-5
11/14/2015 25 33 T Diego Hidalgo Florida W 6-4, 6-4 8-5
11/14/2015 25 19 T Guillermo Nunez Texas Christian W 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 9-5
11/15/2015 25 23 T Dovydas Sakinis Dartmouth College W 7-6(3), 7-5 10-5
01/16/2016 15 1 Tim Srkala South Alabama W 6-1, 6-3 11-5 1-0
01/16/2016 15 1 Karlyn Small Florida A&M W 6-3, 6-0 12-5 2-0
01/18/2016 15 1 Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4, 6-1 13-5 3-0
01/23/2016 15 17 1 Roberto Cid South Florida L 6-3, 6-1 13-6 3-1
01/24/2016 15 1 Mate Cutura Mississippi dnf 5-7, 6-0, 3-5 dnf 13-6 3-1
01/29/2016 15 66 1 Mazen Osama Alabama W 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(5) 14-6 4-1
01/31/2016 15 1 Daniel Bustamante Troy W 6-2, 6-2 15-6 5-1
02/05/2016 15 5 1 Arthur Rinderknech Texas A&M L 7-5, 7-5 15-7 5-2
02/27/2016 16 50 1 Diego Hidalgo Florida L 6-3, 6-4 15-8 5-3
03/04/2016 16 1 Alex Favrot Clemson W 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 16-8 6-3 1-0
03/06/2016 16 78 1 Piotr Lomacki Miami L 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 16-9 6-4 1-1
03/11/2016 30 38 1 Brayden Schnur North Carolina W 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 17-9 7-4 2-1
03/13/2016 30 20 1 Nicolas Alvarez Duke W 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 18-9 8-4 3-1
03/18/2016 30 18 1 Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech W 6-3, 6-2 19-9 9-4 4-1
03/20/2016 30 13 1 Ryan Shane Virginia L 6-3, 6-2 19-10 9-5 4-2
03/24/2016 12 11 1 Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech W 6-2, 6-2 20-10 10-5 5-2
03/27/2016 12 16 1 Skander Mansouri Wake Forest L 7-6(4), 6-2 20-11 10-6 5-3
04/01/2016 12 33 1 Quentin Monaghan Notre Dame W 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(4) 21-11 11-6 6-3
04/03/2016 12 32 1 Axel Alvarez Llamas Oklahoma dnf 6-7(7), 4-4 dnf 21-11 11-6
04/08/2016 10 1 Alex Gornet Louisville W 6-0, 6-1 22-11 12-6 7-3
04/10/2016 10 55 1 Simon Norenius North Carolina State W 6-4, 7-6(6) 23-11 13-6 8-3
04/10/2016 10 1 Alexander Chepik Bethune-Cookman W 6-3, 6-4 24-11 14-6
04/22/2016 9 22 1 Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech L 6-3, 7-6(4) 24-12 14-7
05/14/2016 11 12 1 Julian Lenz Baylor L 6-2, 7-6(4) 24-13 14-8
05/25/2016 11 36 N Daniel Valent Vanderbilt W 6-2, 6-1 25-13
05/26/2016 11 26 N Ronnie Schneider North Carolina L 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 25-14
Marco Nunez
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/05/2015 T Trevor Johnson Texas Christian L 7-6(4), 6-4 0-1
10/05/2015 98 T Felix Corwin Minnesota L 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 0-2
10/16/2015 16 T Wayne Montgomery Georgia W 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 1-2
10/17/2015 T Peter Bertran South Florida L 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 1-3
11/05/2015 T Alex Fennell South Carolina L 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 1-4
11/06/2015 T Andres Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 6-2 2-4
11/07/2015 T Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine L 6-1, 6-4 2-5
01/05/2016 77 T Felix Albert Hawaii W 6-2, 6-7(), 6-2 3-5
01/06/2016 77 T Kai Wehnelt Hawaii W 6-4, 6-3 4-5
01/07/2016 77 T Dusty Boyer Nebraska L 6-4, 7-6(4) 4-6
01/16/2016 77 3 Juan Troglia South Alabama W 6-2, 6-1 5-6 1-0
01/18/2016 77 3 Eduardo Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4, 6-2 6-6 2-0
01/23/2016 77 2 Dominic Cotrone South Florida L 6-2, 6-2 6-7 2-1
01/24/2016 77 2 Rishab Agarwal Mississippi L 7-6(5), 6-4 6-8 2-2
01/29/2016 77 106 2 Korey Lovett Alabama W 6-1, 6-2 7-8 3-2
01/31/2016 77 2 Vaclav Slezak Troy W 6-4, 6-4 8-8 4-2
02/05/2016 77 29 2 Shane Vinsant Texas A&M W 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 9-8 5-2
02/27/2016 85 22 2 Elliott Orkin Florida L 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(4) 9-9 5-3
03/04/2016 85 2 Luke Johnson Clemson W 7-6(7), 6-3 10-9 6-3 1-0
03/06/2016 85 81 2 Christian Langmo Miami L 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 10-10 6-4 1-1
03/11/2016 97 12 2 Ronnie Schneider North Carolina W 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3 11-10 7-4 2-1
03/13/2016 97 2 Vincent Lin Duke W 6-2, 6-4 12-10 8-4 3-1
03/18/2016 97 2 Andreas Bjerrehus Virginia Tech W 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(1) 13-10 9-4 4-1
03/20/2016 97 47 2 Collin Altamirano Virginia L 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 13-11 9-5 4-2
03/24/2016 60 2 Carlos Benito Georgia Tech W 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6) 14-11 10-5 5-2
03/27/2016 60 36 2 Petros Chrysochos Wake Forest L 6-4, 6-1 14-12 10-6 5-3
04/01/2016 60 2 Josh Hagar Notre Dame W 7-6(2), 7-5 15-12 11-6 6-3
04/03/2016 60 91 2 Spencer Papa Oklahoma L 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 15-13 11-7
04/08/2016 74 2 Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff
Louisville L 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(5) 15-14 11-8 6-4
04/10/2016 74 119 2 Thomas Weigel North Carolina State W 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) 16-14 12-8 7-4
04/10/2016 74 2 Walid Gtari Bethune-Cookman W 6-1, 7-6(3) 17-14 13-8
04/17/2016 75 1 Aidan McNulty Boston College W 6-0, 6-0 18-14 14-8 8-4
04/22/2016 69 66 2 Andreas Bjerrehus Virginia Tech L 7-5, 7-6(4) 18-15 14-9
05/14/2016 76 94 2 Max Tchoutakian Baylor L 6-1, 6-4 18-16 14-10
Michael Rinaldi
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/25/2015 68 T Yannick Zuern North Florida L 7-6(), 6-1 0-1
09/26/2015 68 T Karlyn Small Florida A&M W 6-2, 6-1 1-1
09/26/2015 68 T Andres Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4, 6-3 2-1
10/05/2015 68 T Matthew Kirby Tulsa W 7-6(6), 6-4 3-1
10/06/2015 68 T Jordi Ferrer UNC-Charlotte W 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 4-1
10/07/2015 68 112 T Hendrik Jebens San Diego State L 6-3, 6-3 4-2
10/16/2015 68 T Sebastian Acuna Georgia State W 7-5, 6-2 5-2
10/17/2015 68 T Vadym Kalyuzhnyy South Florida W 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 6-2
10/17/2015 68 33 T Diego Hidalgo Florida L 6-1, 7-5 6-3
11/05/2015 68 T Giovani Samaha Troy L 7-5, 6-3 6-4
11/06/2015 68 T Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine L 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(2) 6-5
11/06/2015 68 T Marc Collado Penn State W 6-3, 6-4 7-5
01/05/2016 T Marcel Chan Hawaii W 6-2, 6-2 8-5
01/06/2016 T Felix Albert Hawaii W 6-3, 6-2 9-5
01/07/2016 T Toby Boyer Nebraska W 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 10-5
01/16/2016 2 Tuki Jacobs South Alabama W 6-3, 7-5 11-5 1-0
01/18/2016 2 Andres Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast L 7-5, 0-6, 1-0(9) 11-6 1-1
01/23/2016 3 Sasha Gozun South Florida L 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-1 11-7 1-2
01/24/2016 3 Nuno Borges Mississippi dnf 3-6, 6-1, 5-4 dnf 11-7 1-2
01/29/2016 4 Grayson Goldin Alabama W 6-2, 6-1 12-7 2-2
02/05/2016 3 Jordi Arconada Texas A&M W 6-4, 6-4 13-7 3-2
02/20/2016 1 Artemie Amari Citadel W 6-2, 6-0 14-7 4-2
02/20/2016 1 Sam Matheson Liberty dnf 6-2, 3-3 dnf 14-7 4-2
02/27/2016 30 3 Chase Perez-Blanco Florida L 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(3) 14-8 4-3
03/04/2016 3 Daffra Sanon Clemson W 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 15-8 5-3 1-0
03/06/2016 3 Max Andrews Miami L 7-6(5), 6-0 15-9 5-4 1-1
03/11/2016 29 3 Brett Clark North Carolina L 6-2, 6-2 15-10 5-5 1-2
03/13/2016 3 Catalin Mateas Duke W 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 16-10 6-5 2-2
03/18/2016 3 Amerigo Contini Virginia Tech L 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 16-11 6-6 2-3
03/20/2016 3 3 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski Virginia L 6-3, 6-3 16-12 6-7 2-4
03/24/2016 3 Cole Fiegel Georgia Tech W 7-6(8), 6-3 17-12 7-7 3-4
03/27/2016 3 Jon Ho Wake Forest W 6-4, 6-3 18-12 8-7 4-4
04/01/2016 3 Eddy Conalschi Notre Dame L 6-4, 6-4 18-13 8-8 4-5
04/03/2016 47 3 Alex Ghilea Oklahoma L 7-5, 6-4 18-14 8-9
04/08/2016 3 Jeffrey Brown Louisville L 6-4, 7-6(0) 18-15 8-10 4-6
04/10/2016 93 3 Nick Horton North Carolina State W 6-4, 7-5 19-15 9-10 5-6
04/10/2016 3 Justin Hall Bethune-Cookman W 6-0, 6-0 20-15 10-10
04/17/2016 2 Hank Workman Boston College W 6-1, 6-3 21-15 11-10 6-6
04/22/2016 107 3 Amerigo Contini Virginia Tech L 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(2) 21-16 11-11
05/14/2016 3 Felipe Rios Baylor L 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 21-17 11-12
Terrance Whitehurst
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/03/2015 T Ben Stride Drake L 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 0-1
10/04/2015 T Josef Dodridge Wisconsin L 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 0-2
10/15/2015 T Jordan Belga Florida W 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 1-2
10/16/2015 T Elijah Melendez Georgia Tech L 7-6(5), 6-3 1-3
11/05/2015 T Guilherme Hadlich Pepperdine L 6-2, 6-1 1-4
11/06/2015 T Runhao Hua Michigan L 6-4, 7-6(4) 1-5
11/06/2015 T Andres Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast L 1-6, 7-6(5), 1-0(2) 1-6
01/05/2016 T Tomi Abtolijak Nebraska W 6-3, 6-1 2-6
01/06/2016 T Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 6-0, 6-2 3-6
01/07/2016 T Ruben Blattner Hawaii W 6-0, 6-2 4-6
01/16/2016 6 Lucas Gonzalez South Alabama W 6-2, 6-1 5-6 1-0
01/16/2016 5 Illya Skoromnyy Florida A&M dnf 6-3, 3-2 dnf 5-6 1-0
01/18/2016 6 Sam Chaffin Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0, 6-0 6-6 2-0
01/23/2016 6 Ignacio Gonzalez South Florida W 6-3, 6-3 7-6 3-0
01/29/2016 6 Spencer Richey Alabama W 6-0, 6-3 8-6 4-0
01/31/2016 4 Filip Mansson Troy W 6-1, 6-3 9-6 5-0
02/05/2016 6 Max Lunkin Texas A&M L 6-1, 6-2 9-7 5-1
02/20/2016 3 Matthew Henson Citadel W 6-4, 6-0 10-7 6-1
02/20/2016 3 Alex Poynter Liberty W 6-0, 6-1 11-7 7-1
02/27/2016 5 Gordon Watson Florida L 6-1, 6-4 11-8 7-2
03/04/2016 6 Christian Harris Clemson W 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 12-8 8-2 1-0
03/06/2016 6 Niclas Genovese Miami W 6-4, 6-3 13-8 9-2 2-0
03/11/2016 6 Blaine Boyden North Carolina L 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2 13-9 9-3 2-1
03/13/2016 6 Josh Levine Duke L 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 13-10 9-4 2-2
03/24/2016 6 Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech L 6-4, 6-3 13-11 9-5 2-3
03/27/2016 6 Dennis Uspensky Wake Forest L 6-2, 6-2 13-12 9-6 2-4
04/03/2016 6 Andre Biro Oklahoma L 6-4, 6-3 13-13 9-7
04/10/2016 6 Ivan Saveljic North Carolina State W 7-5, 6-3 14-13 10-7 3-4
04/17/2016 5 Kent Mukai Boston College L 6-2, 2-6, retired 14-14 10-8 3-5
04/22/2016 6 Aaron Gomez Virginia Tech W 6-0, 6-2 15-14 11-8
05/14/2016 6 Tyler Stayer Baylor W 6-1, 6-4 16-14 12-8
Terrell Whitehurst
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/03/2015 T Austin Rapp UCLA W 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) 1-0
10/04/2015 T Michal Kianicka Southern Illinois W 6-3, 6-2 2-0
10/04/2015 T Howard Scott Wisconsin-Green Bay L 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 2-1
10/16/2015 24 T Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech L 6-4, 6-3 2-2
10/17/2015 T Yannick Zuern North Florida W 6-4, 6-1 3-2
10/17/2015 T Elijah Melendez Georgia Tech W 6-4, 6-1 4-2
10/17/2015 T Emil Reinberg Georgia W 7-6(), 5-7, 6-4 5-2
10/18/2015 T Ben Wagland Georgia W walkover 6-2
10/19/2015 T Ristomatti Lanne Georgia Southern W 6-4, 6-4 7-2
11/05/2015 T Jimmy Bendeck Baylor L 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 7-3
11/06/2015 T Alex Gornet Louisville L 6-0, 3-6, 1-0(11) 7-4
11/06/2015 T Nile CLark Miami L 6-1, 6-0 7-5
01/05/2016 T Marc Herrmann Nebraska W 6-0, 6-5 8-5
01/06/2016 T Andrew Dzulynsky Nebraska L 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 8-6
01/24/2016 5 Strahinja Rakic Mississippi W 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 9-6 1-0
01/24/2016 6 Vaughn Hunter Mississippi W 6-3, 6-1 10-6 2-0
01/29/2016 5 Danny Kerznerman Alabama W 7-5, 7-5 11-6 3-0
02/05/2016 5 AJ Catanzariti Texas A&M L 6-4, 6-3 11-7 3-1
02/20/2016 4 Eddie Guitierrez Liberty W 6-1, 6-4 12-7 4-1
Jake Albo Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/25/2015 T Jack Haffey Andres Alfonzo/Lucas Vaz Florida Gulf Coast L 8-4 0-1 09/26/2015 T Jack Haffey Alexander Gitin/Alexander Schohn Florida Atlantic L retired 0-2 10/06/2015 T Michael Rinaldi Miroslav Herzan/Haru Inoue Wichita State L 6-4, 7-6(4) 0-3 10/16/2015 T Jose Gracia Lucas Vaz/Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 1-3 10/16/2015 T Jose Gracia Chris Barrus/Inaki Espindola Central Florida W 8-6 2-3 10/17/2015 23 T Jose Gracia Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson Florida L 8-7() 2-4 11/05/2015 T Parker Evertsen Andre Baldo/Daniel Bustamante Troy L 8-1 2-5 01/05/2016 T Jose Gracia Scott Elsass/Marc Herrmann Nebraska L 8-5 2-6 01/05/2016 T Jose Gracia Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric Hawaii W 8-5 3-6 01/06/2016 T Jose Gracia Igor Kolaric/Spencer Travalino Hawaii L 8-7(7) 3-7 Aziz Dougaz Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 01/05/2016 T Michael Rinaldi Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric Hawaii W 8-2 1-0 01/05/2016 T Michael Rinaldi Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch Nebraska W 8-5 2-0 01/06/2016 T Michael Rinaldi Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch Hawaii W 8-6 3-0 01/16/2016 3 Michael Rinaldi Tuki Jacobs/Pierre Noyon South Alabama W 6-0 4-0 1-0 01/18/2016 3 Michael Rinaldi Eduardo Alfonzo/Chris Perrigan Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0 5-0 2-0 01/23/2016 3 Michael Rinaldi Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez South Florida W 6-2 6-0 3-0 01/24/2016 3 Michael Rinaldi Rishab Agarwal/Luka Sucevic Mississippi W 6-4 7-0 4-0 01/29/2016 3 Michael Rinaldi Grayson Goldin/Becker O'Shaughnessey Alabama W 6-4 8-0 5-0 01/31/2016 3 Jose Gracia Mustapha Belcora/Pablo Moreno Troy W 7-5 9-0 6-0 02/05/2016 29 3 Michael Rinaldi Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin Texas A&M L 6-3 9-1 6-1 02/20/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Michael Anzalone/Matthew Henson Citadel W 6-3 10-1 7-1 02/20/2016 1 Michael Rinaldi Sam Matheson/Egon Samaai Liberty W 6-1 11-1 8-1 02/27/2016 32 2 Michael Rinaldi Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin Florida L 7-5 11-2 8-2 03/04/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Robert Dudley/Arturo Pinazo Clemson W 6-0 12-2 9-2 1-0 03/06/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Nile Clark/Piotr Lomacki Miami dnf 6-5 dnf 12-2 9-2 1-0 03/11/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Jack Murray/Brayden Schnur North Carolina W 6-1 13-2 10-2 2-0 03/13/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Jason Lapidus/Daniel McCall Duke W 6-4 14-2 11-2 3-0 03/18/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Amerigo Contini/Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech W 6-2 15-2 12-2 4-0 03/20/2016 7 2 Michael Rinaldi Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Mac Styslinger Virginia L 6-2 15-3 12-3 4-1 03/24/2016 59 2 Michael Rinaldi Carlos Benito/Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech L 6-4 15-4 12-4 4-2 03/27/2016 59 48 2 Michael Rinaldi Petros Chrysochos/Jon Ho Wake Forest L 7-6(3) 15-5 12-5 4-3 04/01/2016 59 2 Michael Rinaldi Grayson Broadus/Josh Hagar Notre Dame W 6-3 16-5 13-5 5-3 04/03/2016 59 2 Michael Rinaldi Alex Ghilea/Spencer Papa Oklahoma L 6-2 16-6 13-6 04/08/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi George Hedley/Chris Morin-Kougoucheff Louisville W 6-2 17-6 14-6 6-3 04/10/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Nick Horton/Michael Ogden North Carolina State W 6-4 18-6 15-6 7-3 04/17/2016 80 1 Michael Rinaldi Kyle Childree/Hank Workman Boston College dnf 4-4 dnf 18-6 15-6 7-3 04/22/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Amerigo Contini/Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech W 6-3 19-6 16-6 05/14/2016 2 Michael Rinaldi Jimmy Bendeck/Felipe Rios Baylor W 6-4 20-6 17-6 Parker Evertsen Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 11/05/2015 T Jake Albo Andre Baldo/Daniel Bustamante Troy L 8-1 0-1 01/05/2016 T Jack Haffey Kula Companion/Eric Kenneth Hawaii W 8-5 1-1 01/05/2016 T Jack Haffey Kula Companion/Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 8-3 2-1 01/06/2016 T Jack Haffey Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler Nebraska L 8-5 2-2 Joao Gauer Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- Jose Gracia Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/25/2015 T Michael Rinaldi Zach Goldberg/Lasse Mascheites North Florida L retired 0-1 10/16/2015 T Jake Albo Lucas Vaz/Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 1-1 10/16/2015 T Jake Albo Chris Barrus/Inaki Espindola Central Florida W 8-6 2-1 10/17/2015 23 T Jake Albo Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson Florida L 8-7() 2-2 11/05/2015 T Marco Nunez Christopher Barrus/Inaki Espindola Central Florida W 8-3 3-2 11/06/2015 T Marco Nunez Jimmy Bendeck/William Little Baylor W 8-5 4-2 11/07/2015 35 T Marco Nunez Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville W 8-4 5-2 11/08/2015 T Marco Nunez Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine W 8-4 6-2 01/05/2016 T Jake Albo Scott Elsass/Marc Herrmann Nebraska L 8-5 6-3 01/05/2016 T Jake Albo Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric Hawaii W 8-5 7-3 01/06/2016 T Jake Albo Igor Kolaric/Spencer Travalino Hawaii L 8-7(7) 7-4 01/31/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Mustapha Belcora/Pablo Moreno Troy W 7-5 8-4 1-0 02/20/2016 3 Jack Haffey Connor Grady/Jackson Pride Citadel W 6-1 9-4 2-0 02/20/2016 3 Jack Haffey David Bush/Diego Castano Liberty W 6-4 10-4 3-0 02/27/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Alfredo Perez/Chase Perez-Blanco Florida L 6-4 10-5 3-1 03/04/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Austin Ansari/Christian Harris Clemson W 6-0 11-5 4-1 1-0 03/06/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Max Andrews/Bernard Tefel Miami W 6-4 12-5 5-1 2-0 03/11/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Andrew Gores/Ronnie Schneider North Carolina L 6-3 12-6 5-2 2-1 03/13/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Ryan Dickerson/Josh Levine Duke W 6-3 13-6 6-2 3-1 03/18/2016 3 Jack Haffey Jai Corbett/Mitch Harper Virginia Tech L 6-3 13-7 6-3 3-2 03/20/2016 3 Jack Haffey Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone Virginia L 6-2 13-8 6-4 3-3 03/24/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Andrew Li/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 6-3 14-8 7-4 4-3 03/27/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Romain Bogaerts/Dennis Uspensky Wake Forest W 6-3 15-8 8-4 5-3 04/01/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Eddy Covalschi/Kenneth Sabacinski Notre Dame W 6-4 16-8 9-4 6-3 04/03/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Andre Biro/Maxime Mora Oklahoma dnf 3-4 dnf 16-8 9-4 04/08/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Sean Donohue/Courtney Lock Louisville dnf 4-4 dnf 16-8 9-4 6-3 04/10/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Igor Saveljic/Ivan Saveljic North Carolina State W 6-4 17-8 10-4 7-3 04/17/2016 2 Terrance Whitehurst Aidan McNulty/Alexandre Thirouin Boston College W 6-3 18-8 11-4 8-3 04/22/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Jai Corbett/Mitch Harper Virginia Tech W 6-3 19-8 12-4 05/14/2016 3 Terrance Whitehurst Julian Lenz/Tyler Stayer Baylor W 6-0 20-8 13-4 09/23/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Sam Chaffin/Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 21-8 Jack Haffey Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/25/2015 T Jake Albo Andres Alfonzo/Lucas Vaz Florida Gulf Coast L 8-4 0-1 09/26/2015 T Jake Albo Alexander Gitin/Alexander Schohn Florida Atlantic L retired 0-2 10/16/2015 40 T Michael Rinaldi Dominic Cotrone/Sasha Gozun South Florida L 8-4 0-3 11/05/2015 T Michael Rinaldi Lucas Gonzalez/Juan Troglia South Alabama W 8-1 1-3 11/06/2015 T Michael Rinaldi Andrew Li/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 8-4 2-3 11/07/2015 T Michael Rinaldi Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane Pepperdine L 8-4 2-4 01/05/2016 T Parker Evertsen Kula Companion/Eric Kenneth Hawaii W 8-5 3-4 01/05/2016 T Parker Evertsen Kula Companion/Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 8-3 4-4 01/06/2016 T Parker Evertsen Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler Nebraska L 8-5 4-5 02/20/2016 3 Jose Gracia Connor Grady/Jackson Pride Citadel W 6-1 5-5 1-0 02/20/2016 3 Jose Gracia David Bush/Diego Castano Liberty W 6-4 6-5 2-0 03/18/2016 3 Jose Gracia Jai Corbett/Mitch Harper Virginia Tech L 6-3 6-6 2-1 0-1 03/20/2016 3 Jose Gracia Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone Virginia L 6-2 6-7 2-2 0-2 04/17/2016 3 Marco Nunez Jeff Melvin/Kent Mukai Boston College W 6-3 7-7 3-2 1-2 Benjamin Lock Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/18/2015 7 15 T Marco Nunez Julian Lenz/Max Tchoutakian Baylor W 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(10-7) 1-0 09/19/2015 7 2 T Marco Nunez Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane Virginia L 6-3, 6-2 1-1 10/08/2015 7 18 T Marco Nunez Brett Clark/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-0(7) 1-2 10/09/2015 7 35 T Marco Nunez Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville L 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0(5) 1-3 10/16/2015 7 T Marco Nunez Casey Kay/Michael Kay Georgia Tech L 8-6 1-4 01/05/2016 T Marco Nunez Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch Hawaii W 8-3 2-4 01/05/2016 T Marco Nunez Felix Albert/Kai Wehnelt Hawaii W 8-7(5) 3-4 01/06/2016 T Marco Nunez Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch Nebraska W 8-2 4-4 01/16/2016 1 Marco Nunez Olivier Gingras/Gerhard Gruindelingh South Alabama W 6-3 5-4 1-0 01/18/2016 1 Marco Nunez Andres Alfonzo/Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4 6-4 2-0 01/23/2016 1 Marco Nunez Dominic Cotrone/Justin Roberts South Florida W 6-3 7-4 3-0 01/24/2016 1 Marco Nunez Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter Mississippi W 6-1 8-4 4-0 01/29/2016 1 Marco Nunez Korey Lovett/Mazen Osama Alabama W 6-0 9-4 5-0 01/31/2016 1 Marco Nunez Tomas Fernandez/Filip Mansson Troy W 6-2 10-4 6-0 02/05/2016 1 Marco Nunez Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant Texas A&M W 6-2 11-4 7-0 02/27/2016 1 1 Marco Nunez Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson Florida W 6-1 12-4 8-0 03/04/2016 1 Marco Nunez Alex Favrot/Luke Johnson Clemson dnf 2-3 dnf 12-4 8-0 0-0 03/06/2016 1 Marco Nunez Jesse Flores/Christian Langmo Miami W 6-1 13-4 9-0 1-0 03/11/2016 26 3 1 Marco Nunez Brett Clark/Robert Kelly North Carolina W 6-4 14-4 10-0 2-0 03/13/2016 26 1 Marco Nunez Nicolas Alvarez/Vincent Lin Duke W 6-1 15-4 11-0 3-0 03/18/2016 26 21 1 Marco Nunez Andreas Bjerrehus/Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech L 6-4 15-5 11-1 3-1 03/20/2016 26 6 1 Marco Nunez Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane Virginia dnf 5-4 dnf 15-5 11-1 3-1 03/24/2016 11 54 1 Marco Nunez Casey Kay/Michael Kay Georgia Tech L 6-1 15-6 11-2 3-2 03/27/2016 11 12 1 Marco Nunez Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 6-3 15-7 11-3 3-3 04/01/2016 11 14 1 Marco Nunez Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan Notre Dame L 6-4 15-8 11-4 3-4 04/03/2016 11 1 Marco Nunez Axel Alvarez Llamas/Andrew Harris Oklahoma L 6-2 15-9 11-5 04/08/2016 19 81 1 Marco Nunez Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville W 6-1 16-9 12-5 4-4 04/10/2016 19 1 Marco Nunez Simon Norenius/Thomas Weigel North Carolina State L 6-3 16-10 12-6 4-5 04/22/2016 16 15 1 Marco Nunez Andreas Bjerrehus/Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech dnf 5-3 16-10 12-6 05/14/2016 17 86 1 Marco Nunez Tommy Podvinski/Max Tchoutakian Baylor dnf 6-6 (6-2) dnf 16-10 12-6 05/26/2016 17 10 N Marco Nunez Julian Cash/Arjun Kadhe Oklahoma State L 6-1, 2-6, 1-0(6) 16-11 Marco Nunez Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/18/2015 7 15 T Benjamin Lock Julian Lenz/Max Tchoutakian Baylor W 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(10-7) 1-0 09/19/2015 7 2 T Benjamin Lock Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane Virginia L 6-3, 6-2 1-1 10/08/2015 7 18 T Benjamin Lock Brett Clark/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-0(7) 1-2 10/09/2015 7 35 T Benjamin Lock Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville L 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0(5) 1-3 10/16/2015 7 T Benjamin Lock Casey Kay/Michael Kay Georgia Tech L 8-6 1-4 11/05/2015 T Jose Gracia Christopher Barrus/Inaki Espindola Central Florida W 8-3 2-4 11/06/2015 T Jose Gracia Jimmy Bendeck/William Little Baylor W 8-5 3-4 11/07/2015 35 T Jose Gracia Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville W 8-4 4-4 11/08/2015 T Jose Gracia Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine W 8-4 5-4 01/05/2016 T Benjamin Lock Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch Hawaii W 8-3 6-4 01/05/2016 T Benjamin Lock Felix Albert/Kai Wehnelt Hawaii W 8-7(5) 7-4 01/06/2016 T Benjamin Lock Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch Nebraska W 8-2 8-4 01/16/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Olivier Gingras/Gerhard Gruindelingh South Alabama W 6-3 9-4 1-0 01/18/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Andres Alfonzo/Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4 10-4 2-0 01/23/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Dominic Cotrone/Justin Roberts South Florida W 6-3 11-4 3-0 01/24/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter Mississippi W 6-1 12-4 4-0 01/29/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Korey Lovett/Mazen Osama Alabama W 6-0 13-4 5-0 01/31/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Tomas Fernandez/Filip Mansson Troy W 6-2 14-4 6-0 02/05/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant Texas A&M W 6-2 15-4 7-0 02/27/2016 1 1 Benjamin Lock Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson Florida W 6-1 16-4 8-0 03/04/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Alex Favrot/Luke Johnson Clemson dnf 2-3 dnf 16-4 8-0 0-0 03/06/2016 1 Benjamin Lock Jesse Flores/Christian Langmo Miami W 6-1 17-4 9-0 1-0 03/11/2016 26 3 1 Benjamin Lock Brett Clark/Robert Kelly North Carolina W 6-4 18-4 10-0 2-0 03/13/2016 26 1 Benjamin Lock Nicolas Alvarez/Vincent Lin Duke W 6-1 19-4 11-0 3-0 03/18/2016 26 21 1 Benjamin Lock Andreas Bjerrehus/Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech L 6-4 19-5 11-1 3-1 03/20/2016 26 6 1 Benjamin Lock Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane Virginia dnf 5-4 dnf 19-5 11-1 3-1 03/24/2016 11 54 1 Benjamin Lock Casey Kay/Michael Kay Georgia Tech L 6-1 19-6 11-2 3-2 03/27/2016 11 12 1 Benjamin Lock Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 6-3 19-7 11-3 3-3 04/01/2016 11 14 1 Benjamin Lock Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan Notre Dame L 6-4 19-8 11-4 3-4 04/03/2016 11 1 Benjamin Lock Axel Alvarez Llamas/Andrew Harris Oklahoma L 6-2 19-9 11-5 04/08/2016 19 81 1 Benjamin Lock Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet Louisville W 6-1 20-9 12-5 4-4 04/10/2016 19 1 Benjamin Lock Simon Norenius/Thomas Weigel North Carolina State L 6-3 20-10 12-6 4-5 04/17/2016 3 Jack Haffey Jeff Melvin/Kent Mukai Boston College W 6-3 21-10 13-6 5-5 04/22/2016 16 15 1 Benjamin Lock Andreas Bjerrehus/Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech dnf 5-3 21-10 13-6 05/14/2016 17 86 1 Benjamin Lock Tommy Podvinski/Max Tchoutakian Baylor dnf 6-6 (6-2) dnf 21-10 13-6 05/26/2016 17 10 N Benjamin Lock Julian Cash/Arjun Kadhe Oklahoma State L 6-1, 2-6, 1-0(6) 21-11 Michael Rinaldi Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/25/2015 T Jose Gracia Zach Goldberg/Lasse Mascheites North Florida L retired 0-1 10/06/2015 T Jake Albo Miroslav Herzan/Haru Inoue Wichita State L 6-4, 7-6(4) 0-2 10/16/2015 40 T Jack Haffey Dominic Cotrone/Sasha Gozun South Florida L 8-4 0-3 11/05/2015 T Jack Haffey Lucas Gonzalez/Juan Troglia South Alabama W 8-1 1-3 11/06/2015 T Jack Haffey Andrew Li/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 8-4 2-3 11/07/2015 T Jack Haffey Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane Pepperdine L 8-4 2-4 01/05/2016 T Aziz Dougaz Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric Hawaii W 8-2 3-4 01/05/2016 T Aziz Dougaz Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch Nebraska W 8-5 4-4 01/06/2016 T Aziz Dougaz Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch Hawaii W 8-6 5-4 01/16/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Tuki Jacobs/Pierre Noyon South Alabama W 6-0 6-4 1-0 01/18/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Eduardo Alfonzo/Chris Perrigan Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0 7-4 2-0 01/23/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez South Florida W 6-2 8-4 3-0 01/24/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Rishab Agarwal/Luka Sucevic Mississippi W 6-4 9-4 4-0 01/29/2016 3 Aziz Dougaz Grayson Goldin/Becker O'Shaughnessey Alabama W 6-4 10-4 5-0 02/05/2016 29 3 Aziz Dougaz Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin Texas A&M L 6-3 10-5 5-1 02/20/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Michael Anzalone/Matthew Henson Citadel W 6-3 11-5 6-1 02/20/2016 1 Aziz Dougaz Sam Matheson/Egon Samaai Liberty W 6-1 12-5 7-1 02/27/2016 32 2 Aziz Dougaz Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin Florida L 7-5 12-6 7-2 03/04/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Robert Dudley/Arturo Pinazo Clemson W 6-0 13-6 8-2 1-0 03/06/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Nile Clark/Piotr Lomacki Miami dnf 6-5 dnf 13-6 8-2 1-0 03/11/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Jack Murray/Brayden Schnur North Carolina W 6-1 14-6 9-2 2-0 03/13/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Jason Lapidus/Daniel McCall Duke W 6-4 15-6 10-2 3-0 03/18/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Amerigo Contini/Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech W 6-2 16-6 11-2 4-0 03/20/2016 7 2 Aziz Dougaz Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Mac Styslinger Virginia L 6-2 16-7 11-3 4-1 03/24/2016 59 2 Aziz Dougaz Carlos Benito/Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech L 6-4 16-8 11-4 4-2 03/27/2016 59 48 2 Aziz Dougaz Petros Chrysochos/Jon Ho Wake Forest L 7-6(3) 16-9 11-5 4-3 04/01/2016 59 2 Aziz Dougaz Grayson Broadus/Josh Hagar Notre Dame W 6-3 17-9 12-5 5-3 04/03/2016 59 2 Aziz Dougaz Alex Ghilea/Spencer Papa Oklahoma L 6-2 17-10 12-6 04/08/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz George Hedley/Chris Morin-Kougoucheff Louisville W 6-2 18-10 13-6 6-3 04/10/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Nick Horton/Michael Ogden North Carolina State W 6-4 19-10 14-6 7-3 04/17/2016 80 1 Aziz Dougaz Kyle Childree/Hank Workman Boston College dnf 4-4 dnf 19-10 14-6 7-3 04/22/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Amerigo Contini/Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech W 6-3 20-10 15-6 05/14/2016 2 Aziz Dougaz Jimmy Bendeck/Felipe Rios Baylor W 6-4 21-10 16-6 Terrance Whitehurst Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 10/06/2015 T Terrell Whitehurst Oleksiy Arovin/Alberto Esteban Tennessee Tech W 7-6(9), 6-4 1-0 10/07/2015 T Terrell Whitehurst Lucus Gerch/Jurence Mendoza Oklahoma State W 7-5, 7-6(3) 2-0 10/07/2015 39 T Terrell Whitehurst Chi-Shan Jao/Dominik Koepfer Tulane L 6-4, 6-2 2-1 10/16/2015 T Terrell Whitehurst Wayne Montgomery/Emil Reinberg Georgia L 8-3 2-2 11/05/2015 T Terrell Whitehurst Runhao Hua/Gabe Tishman Michigan W 8-3 3-2 11/06/2015 T Terrell Whitehurst Gabriel Friedrich/Harrison O'Keefe South Carolina L 8-2 3-3 01/05/2016 55 T Terrell Whitehurst Dusty Boyer/Toby Boyer Nebraska L 8-3 3-4 01/05/2016 55 T Terrell Whitehurst Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler Nebraska W 8-5 4-4 01/06/2016 T Terrell Whitehurst Eric Kenneth/Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 8-5 5-4 01/16/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Tim Srkala/Juan Troglia South Alabama dnf 5-3 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/18/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Lucas Vaz/Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast dnf 5-5 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/23/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy South Florida dnf 5-3 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/24/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Nuno Borges/Niclas Braun Mississippi L 6-2 5-5 0-1 01/29/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst SPencer Richey/Matthew Rossouw Alabama W 6-4 6-5 1-1 01/31/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Andre Baldo/Andy Lau Troy W 6-4 7-5 2-1 02/05/2016 55 2 Terrell Whitehurst Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow Texas A&M L 6-3 7-6 2-2 02/20/2016 1 Terrell Whitehurst Artemie Amari/Nicholas Bradley Citadel dnf 5-3 dnf 7-6 2-2 02/20/2016 2 Terrell Whitehurst Eddie Gutierrez/Alex Poynter Liberty dnf 5-3 7-6 2-2 02/27/2016 3 Jose Gracia Alfredo Perez/Chase Perez-Blanco Florida L 6-4 7-7 2-3 03/04/2016 3 Jose Gracia Austin Ansari/Christian Harris Clemson W 6-0 8-7 3-3 1-0 03/06/2016 3 Jose Gracia Max Andrews/Bernard Tefel Miami W 6-4 9-7 4-3 2-0 03/11/2016 3 Jose Gracia Andrew Gores/Ronnie Schneider North Carolina L 6-3 9-8 4-4 2-1 03/13/2016 3 Jose Gracia Ryan Dickerson/Josh Levine Duke W 6-3 10-8 5-4 3-1 03/24/2016 3 Jose Gracia Andrew Li/Nathan Rakitt Georgia Tech W 6-3 11-8 6-4 4-1 03/27/2016 3 Jose Gracia Romain Bogaerts/Dennis Uspensky Wake Forest W 6-3 12-8 7-4 5-1 04/01/2016 3 Jose Gracia Eddy Covalschi/Kenneth Sabacinski Notre Dame W 6-4 13-8 8-4 6-1 04/03/2016 3 Jose Gracia Andre Biro/Maxime Mora Oklahoma dnf 3-4 dnf 13-8 8-4 04/08/2016 3 Jose Gracia Sean Donohue/Courtney Lock Louisville dnf 4-4 dnf 13-8 8-4 6-1 04/10/2016 3 Jose Gracia Igor Saveljic/Ivan Saveljic North Carolina State W 6-4 14-8 9-4 7-1 04/17/2016 2 Jose Gracia Aidan McNulty/Alexandre Thirouin Boston College W 6-3 15-8 10-4 8-1 04/22/2016 3 Jose Gracia Jai Corbett/Mitch Harper Virginia Tech W 6-3 16-8 11-4 05/14/2016 3 Jose Gracia Julian Lenz/Tyler Stayer Baylor W 6-0 17-8 12-4 Terrell Whitehurst Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 10/06/2015 T Terrance Whitehurst Oleksiy Arovin/Alberto Esteban Tennessee Tech W 7-6(9), 6-4 1-0 10/07/2015 T Terrance Whitehurst Lucus Gerch/Jurence Mendoza Oklahoma State W 7-5, 7-6(3) 2-0 10/07/2015 39 T Terrance Whitehurst Chi-Shan Jao/Dominik Koepfer Tulane L 6-4, 6-2 2-1 10/16/2015 T Terrance Whitehurst Wayne Montgomery/Emil Reinberg Georgia L 8-3 2-2 11/05/2015 T Terrance Whitehurst Runhao Hua/Gabe Tishman Michigan W 8-3 3-2 11/06/2015 T Terrance Whitehurst Gabriel Friedrich/Harrison O'Keefe South Carolina L 8-2 3-3 01/05/2016 55 T Terrance Whitehurst Dusty Boyer/Toby Boyer Nebraska L 8-3 3-4 01/05/2016 55 T Terrance Whitehurst Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler Nebraska W 8-5 4-4 01/06/2016 T Terrance Whitehurst Eric Kenneth/Fabian Woehrl Hawaii W 8-5 5-4 01/16/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Tim Srkala/Juan Troglia South Alabama dnf 5-3 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/18/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Lucas Vaz/Ricky Ventura Florida Gulf Coast dnf 5-5 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/23/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy South Florida dnf 5-3 dnf 5-4 0-0 01/24/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Nuno Borges/Niclas Braun Mississippi L 6-2 5-5 0-1 01/29/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst SPencer Richey/Matthew Rossouw Alabama W 6-4 6-5 1-1 01/31/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Andre Baldo/Andy Lau Troy W 6-4 7-5 2-1 02/05/2016 55 2 Terrance Whitehurst Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow Texas A&M L 6-3 7-6 2-2 02/20/2016 1 Terrance Whitehurst Artemie Amari/Nicholas Bradley Citadel dnf 5-3 dnf 7-6 2-2 02/20/2016 2 Terrance Whitehurst Eddie Gutierrez/Alex Poynter Liberty dnf 5-3 7-6 2-2
Lock, Nunez Win Opener at Oracle/ITA Masters.
September 18, 2015
MALIBU, CA – The inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters event kicked off Friday afternoon, and Florida State’s seventh-ranked seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez beat Baylor’s No. 15 team of Julian Lenz and Max Tchoutakian, 6-2, 2-6, 10-7, to advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
“I was really proud of their win today,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “This is an All-Star event with the top teams and players in the country. They kept fighting and came back. It’s huge. They stuck together, hung in and got the win.”
After splitting the first two sets by identical 6-2 scores, Lock and Nunez fought back from a 6-3 deficit in the tiebreaker to win the match and advance to Saturday’s semifinals against No. 2-seeded Ryan Shane and Luca Corinteli of Virginia. The Seminoles are familiar with the Cavaliers pair – they last met at the ACC quarterfinals, an 8-7 (6) win for Lock and Nunez.
Lock and Nunez are ranked seventh in the preseason Oracle/ITA rankings that came out this week. The two finished 2015 ranked No. 20.
The Oracle/ITA field includes eight of the top doubles teams in the country, including six of the Top 30. The other semifinal will feature Guilherme Galvao and Gabriel Sidney of Pepperdine against No. 28 Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame. Galvao and Sidney knocked off No. 1 Austin Smith and Ben Wagland of Georgia, 3-6, 7-5, 11-9, while Lawson and Monaghan beat No. 4 Boris Arias and Jordan Daigle of LSU, 6-4, 3-6, 11-9.
In singles action, No. 25 Lock, a late addition who found out he would be playing singles on Thursday, fell to No. 15 Cameron Norrie of TCU, 6-3, 6-4.
September 19, 2015
MALIBU, CA – Florida State senior Benjamin Lock opened the second day of the Oracle/ITA Masters event at the Malibu Racquet Club with a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 4 Julian Lenz of Baylor. The win advanced Lock, ranked No. 25 in the preseason ITA rankings, into the consolation semifinals.
The straight-set victory represents the highest opponent ranking in a win for Lock. It also pitted players ranked fourth (Lock) and fifth (Lenz) in the ATP standings among current college players.
In the semifinals, Lock lost 6-1, 6-2 against No. 2 Ryan Shane of Virginia.
In doubles, No. 7 Lock and Marco Nunez, coming off a win against Lenz and Max Tchoutakian in the first round on Friday, fell 6-3, 6-2 to No. 2 Shane and Luca Corinteli in the semifinals.
09/18/2015
Doubles
#7 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #15 Julian Lenz/Max Tchoutakian (BU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(10-7)
Singles
#15 Cameron Norrie (TCU) d. #25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
09/19/2015
Doubles
#2 Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane (UVa) d. #7 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #4 Julian Lenz (BU) 6-4, 6-2
#2 Ryan Shane (UVa) d. #25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
Weekend Wrap-Up: Whitehurst Wins Two at ITA AA Championships.
Three Seminoles competed in pre-qualifying singles at the event.
October 3-4, 2015
TULSA, OK – Sophomore Terrell Whitehurst was one of three Seminoles competing this weekend at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. Whitehurst won two matches on the weekend.
In the round of 256, Whitehurst fought off two match points against UCLA’s Austin Rapp and advanced with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over the Bruin. In Sunday’s first match, Whitehurst beat Michal Kianicka of SIU-Carbondale, 6-3, 6-2, before falling in the round of 64 against Howard Scott of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Also competing in pre-qualifying was junior Jake Albo, who won his Saturday match 6-2, 6-3 over Jakhongir Jalalov of Wisconsin and lost 6-4, 6-3 to Jefta Kecic of Western Michigan. Terrance Whitehurst lost in the opening round, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, to Ben Stride of Drake.
Looking forward, Qualifying singles action begins Monday with seniors Michael Rinaldi and Marco Nunez taking the court. Rinaldi, the tenth seed and No. 68 in the ITA Rankings to start the season, will face Matthew Kirby of Tulsa at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. Nunez will face Trevor Johnson of TCU at 11:00 a.m. Senior Benjamin Lock, by virtue of his No. 25 ranking to open the season, is already in the Main Draw that begins October 8.
The University of Tulsa is hosting the Men’s ITA All-American Championships for the 11th consecutive season. Singles quarterfinalists and doubles finalists
will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Nov. 12-15 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. A player from
the ACC has won the singles championship each of the past five years.
October 5, 2015
TULSA, OK – Senior Michael Rinaldi (Palm City, Fla.) fought off four set points during Monday’s 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Matthew Kirby of Tulsa at the 2015 ITA All-American Championships.
Rinaldi, the 10th seed in qualifying and No. 66 in the ITA preseason rankings, trailed 5-2 in the first set before rallying back to force a tiebreaker. In the second set, he trailed 4-2 before winning the final four games and moving on to Tuesday’s second round. The match was played at Tulsa’s Case Tennis Center.
Second and third round matches will be played Tuesday. The qualifying winners will be placed in the Main Draw that begins Thursday, October 8. Florida State senior Benjamin Lock has already secured a spot in the Main Draw.
Senior Marco Nunez
(Monterrey, Mexico) dropped a 7-6 (4), 6-4 decision to Trevor Johnson of TCU.
October 6, 2015
TULSA, OK - Senior Michael Rinaldi and sophomores Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst can advance to the Main Draw of the ITA All-American Championships on Wednesday after wins on Tuesday.
Rinaldi won his singles match for the second consecutive day, this time over Jordi Ferrer of Charlotte, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Rinaldi, the 10th-seed in qualifying and No. 68 in the ITA preseason rankings, was already down a break in third set and facing another break point at 2-0 before winning the game. He took six of the final seven games against Ferrer to advance to Wednesday's qualifying final against No. 112 Hendrik Jebens of San Diego State, a three-set winner over Diego Pedraza of Dartmouth.
In doubles action, the Whitehurst twins beat Oleksiy Arovin and Alberto Esteban of Tennessee Tech, 7-6 (9), 6-4. The Whitehurst brothers twice faced set point in the opening tiebreak before winning 11-9. They can win two matches Wednesday to join fellow Seminoles Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez in the Main Draw. Opponents for Wednesday's matches are not yet known.
The Seminoles third team in the draw, Rinaldi and sophomore Jake Albo, fell in the Round of 128 to Miroslav Herzan and Haru Inoue of Wichita State, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
10/03/2015
Singles
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Jakhongir Jalalov (UWi) 6-2, 6-3
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
Ben Stride (DU) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
10/04/2015
Singles
Jefta Kecic (WMU) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Michal Kianicka (SIU) 6-3, 6-2
Howard Scott (UWGB) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Josef Dodridge (UWi) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
10/05/2015
Singles
#68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Matthew Kirby (Tul) 7-6(6), 6-4
Trevor Johnson (TCU) d. Marco Nunez (FSU) 7-6(4), 6-4
#98 Felix Corwin (UMn) d. Marco Nunez (FSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
10/06/2015
Doubles
Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Oleksiy Arovin/Alberto Esteban (TTU) 7-6(9), 6-4
Miroslav Herzan/Haru Inoue (WSU) d. Jake Albo/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Singles
#68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Jordi Ferrer (UNCC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
10/07/2015
Doubles
Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Lucus Gerch/Jurence Mendoza (OSU) 7-5, 7-6(3)
#39 Chi-Shan Jao/Dominik Koepfer (TU) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
Singles
#112 Hendrik Jebens (SDSU) d. #68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
Lock Advances at ITA All-American Championships.
Straight-set win highlights Seminole Day 1 in the main draw.
October 8, 2015
TULSA, OK - Senior Benjamin Lock opened the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 54 Marco Micolani of Arkansas on Thursday. The straight-set win was No. 25 Lock's second win in as many tournaments over a ranked opponent.
In the round of 32 on Friday, Lock will face No. 50 Alex Ghilea of Oklahoma. That match will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern.
In doubles play, No. 7 Lock and Marco Nunez were upset by No. 18 Brett Clark and Robert Kelly of North Carolina, 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (7). After dropping the first set, Lock and Nunez won the second before falling in the third, 10-7. The match was interrupted midway through the first set when faulty lighting forced the teams to a separate court.
The pair will play a consolation match no earlier than 5:00 p.m. Friday against Jeffrey Brown and Alex Gornet of Louisville.
October 9, 2015
TULSA, OK – Senior Benjamin Lock was down 5-4 and three match points in the third set, receiving serve from Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea in the second round of Friday’s ITA All-American Championship. From there, Lock rallied to break Ghilea’s serve to tie the match, then broke again at 6-5 to win the match 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.
Friday’s matches were moved inside due to inclement weather in the Tulsa area, but Lock showed no signs of fatigue from last night’s late-night doubles match, easily winning the first set 6-1. Ghilea responded with a 6-1 second set and led 4-1 in the third set before Lock won six of the final seven games.
“It was a tough match all round,” Lock said. “I thought that I outplayed him in the first set. Credit to him in the second set, he came back really strong. The third set was a fight and I just tried to keep my intensity high and keep doing the right thing. When I was down match points I stayed in the moment and focused on the small details in every shot. In the end it paid off and I’m really happy about this win.”
Lock will now play Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer in the Round of 16. Koepfer, the four-seed and No. 10 player in the country, was a 7-5, 6-1 winner Friday over Matic Spec of Minnesota.
Lock becomes the first Seminole player to reach the Round of 16 singles draw at the ITA All-American Championships since Jean-Yves Aubone won two matches in 2008. No Seminole has ever reached the singles quarterfinals.
10/08/2015
Doubles
#18 Brett Clark/Robert Kelly (UNC) d. #7 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-0(7)
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #54 Marco Micolani (UAr) 6-3, 6-2
10/09/2015
Doubles
#35 Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet (UL) d. #7 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0(5)
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #50 Alex Ghilea (OU) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5
10/10/2015
Singles
#10 Dominik Koepfer (TU) d. #25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
Terrance Whitehurst Advances to Qualifying Finals.
October 15, 2015
GAINESVILLE, FL – Sophomore Terrance Whitehurst won a nearly three-hour match Thursday afternoon in the second round of qualifying at the ITA Southeast Regionals held at the University of Florida. Knocking off the host’s Jordan Belga, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, Whitehurst will now face Elijah Melendez with the winner receiving a spot in the main draw.
“I was glad to see Terrance come through with a big three-set win,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “He played the big points well, especially late in the first set and early in the third by winning deuce points.”
Also playing Thursday were Seminoles Parker Evertsen (6-3, 5-7, 6-1 loss against Romain Boudaroua of FAU), Jake Albo (4-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss against David Durham of Kennesaw State), and Jack Haffey (6-1, 6-4 loss against Jesse Flores of Miami). All three will play a single consolation match Friday at 8:30 a.m.
Whitehurst hopes to join five other Seminoles already in the main draw. Fifth-seed Benjamin Lock will face Jose Sangroniz of UCF, Jose Gracia will face Courage Okungbowa of Florida A&M, 16th-seed Michael Rinaldi will face an unknown qualifier winner, Terrell Whitehurst will play fourth-seeded Chris Eubanks of Georgia Tech, and Marco Nunez will play second seed Wayne Montgomery of Georgia.
“We play in a region with a lot of great teams,” Hultquist said about this weekend’s field. “We’re looking forward to competing against some outstanding programs and players, with thirteen
of the sixteen seeded players ranked in the ITA standings.”
October 16, 2015 GAINESVILLE, FL – Senior Marco Nunez beat the 16th-ranked player in the country Friday in the first round of the ITA Southeast Regionals at the University of Florida. Nunez’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over second-seeded Wayne Montgomery of Georgia was the highest ranked win of Nunez’s career.
“We had some real good wins today, highlighted by Marco’s win over Montgomery,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “I liked the style of game that he played today, coming to the net and serving and volley.”
“I’m really happy with the win today,” Nunez said. “It’s nice to see all the hard work I’ve put in with the coaches come through today.”
Nunez is one of four Seminoles to reach the singles Round of 32, along with fifth-seed Benjamin Lock, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Jose Sangroniz of UCF; Michael Rinaldi, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over Sebastian Acuna of Georgia State; and Jose Gracia, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Florida A&M’s Courage Okungbowa.
In doubles, Gracia and junior Jake Albo teamed up to win two matches and reach the Round of 16. Their first round match was an 8-4 win over Florida Gulf Coast, while their second round match, an 8-6 win over UCF, ended the day.
“I was pleased with Jake and Jose winning two rounds of doubles, coming from behind to win the Round of 32 match.”
In singles consolation matches, sophomore Parker Evertsen and Albo both won in three sets. Evertsen was a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5) winner over Drew Wendel of Kennesaw State, and Albo was a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 over Stefan Burnett of Florida Atlantic.
Saturday’s matches include Lock against Georgia Nick Wood, Gracia against Piotr Lomacki of Miami, Rinaldi against Vadym Kalyuzhnyy of USF, and Nunez against Peter Bertran of USF.
In
doubles, Gracia and Albo will face Florida’s Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson.
October 17, 2015
GAINESVILLE, FL - Senior Benjamin Lock is the lone remaining Seminole in the ITA Southeast Regionals, winning two matches Saturday to advance to Sunday's Quarterfinal matches at the Ring Tennis Complex at the University of Florida.
Saturday, Lock beat Nick Wood of Georgia, 6-0, 7-5, and McClain Kessler of Florida, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals.
"I was pleased to see Ben make a run and win two straight-set matches over good players from Georgia and Florida," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "He continues to have a very good fall and shows why he's one of the top players in the country."
Lock will now face the top seed in the tournament, 12th-ranked Roberto Cid of South Florida.
In other singles action, senior Michael Rinaldi won his Round of 32 match over Vadym Kalyuzhnyy of South Florida, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 before falling in the Round of 16.
In singles consolation matches, sophomore Terrell
Whitehurst won two matches to reach the quarterfinals. He also will continue play on Sunday.
October 19, 2015
GAINESVILLE, FL – Sophomore Terrell Whitehurst won the ITA Southeast Regionals consolation draw Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ristomatti Lanne of Georgia Southern at the Ring Tennis Complex at the University of Florida.
After a first round loss against fourth-seeded Christopher Eubanks of Georgia Tech, Whitehurst beat players from North Florida, Georgia Tech, and Georgia before winning Monday morning’s final over Lanne.
“I’m pleased with Terrell’s progress this fall,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “He continues to improve, work hard and he’s setting himself up to be a real good player for us.”
After a successful run through regionals that included senior Benjamin Lock reaching the singles quarterfinals, the Seminoles will next see the court as ateam Nov. 5-8 at the USTA Clay Court Invitational at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando.
10/15/2015
Singles
David Durham (KSU) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Romain Boudaroua (FAU) d. Parker Evertsen (FSU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Jordan Belga (UF) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Jesse Flores (UM) d. Jack Haffey (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
10/16/2015
Doubles
Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Lucas Vaz/Ricky Ventura (FGCU) 8-4
Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Chris Barrus/Inaki Espindola (UCF) 8-6
#40 Dominic Cotrone/Sasha Gozun (USF) d. Jack Haffey/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-4
Wayne Montgomery/Emil Reinberg (UGa) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 8-3
Casey Kay/Michael Kay (GT) d. #7 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 8-6
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Jose Sangroniz (UCF) 6-1, 6-2
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Courage Okungbowa (FAMU) 6-4, 6-2
#68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) 7-5, 6-2
Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #16 Wayne Montgomery (UGa) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
#24 Christopher Eubanks (GT) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
Elijah Melendez (GT) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 7-6(5), 6-3
Parker Evertsen (FSU) d. Drew Wendel (KSU) 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Stefan Burnett (FAU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Lucas de Torres Curth (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
10/17/2015
Doubles
#23 Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (UF) d. Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) 8-7()
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #104 Nick Wood (UGa) 6-0, 7-5
#68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
#45 Piotr Lomacki (UM) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-1, 6-7(), 6-4
Peter Bertran (USF) d. Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. McClain Kessler (UF) 6-4, 6-3
#33 Diego Hidalgo (UF) d. #68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-1, 7-5
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Yannick Zuern (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Elijah Melendez (GT) 6-4, 6-1
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Emil Reinberg (UGa) 7-6(), 5-7, 6-4
10/18/2015
Singles
#13 Roberto Cid (USF) d. #25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Ben Wagland (UGa) walkover
10/19/2015
Singles
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Ristomatti Lanne (GSU) 6-4, 6-4
Collegiate Clay Court Invitational presented by VISIT FLORIDA - Day 1.
Women's singles, men's doubles each win all but one match on opening
day.
November 5, 2015
ORLANDO, FL - The Collegiate Clay Court Invitational presented by VISIT FLORIDA got underway Thursday, and the Seminole men's doubles and women's teams picked up some big wins on the day.
Playing on the Stadium Court at ESPN's Wide World of Sports in a match streamed live on ESPN3, sophomore Gabby Castaneda made quick work of BYU's Toby Miclat, 6-2, 6-1. Following her match was eighth-seed Daneika Borthwick, also a straight-set winner, 6-2, 6-4, over Troy's Sanae Ohta.
"I was very happy that the girls went 8-1 on the day," women's head coach Jennifer Hyde said. "That's a heck of a way to start out the weekend. We had to make some adjustments playing on the clay, but it was a non-issue. I'm really happy with the effort and we have momentum going into Day 2."
Senior Yukako Noi won in the women's gold draw, overcoming a sluggish start to knock off Louisiana Tech's Alexandra Starkova, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. In the garnet draw, fifth-seed Emily Fanning beat Adriana Rajkovic of Old Dominion, 6-1, 7-6, and in the white draw, Lana Rush won an opening round match against Manoela Chiacchio of Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 6-4.
In her second match, Rush beat Clare Mendell of UCF, 6-2, 6-1, giving her just eight dropped games on the day.
Finishing off the day in the white draw was second-seed Ariana Rahmanparast, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Paula Sanchez of South Alabama.
The 'Noles lone doubles match was an 8-5 FSU win for Borthwick and Fanning. In total, the women went 8-1 on the day.
For the men, the day began with a strong doubles showing from twins Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst, 8-3 winners over Runhao Hua and Gabe Tishman of Michigan that opened play on ESPN3. The brothers won the final six games of the match.
At Grand
Cypress, gold draw three-seed Marco Nunez and Jose Gracia, playing together due to the absence of Benjamin Lock, Nunez's regular playing partner preparing for the National Indoor Championships next
week, won 8-3 over UCF's Chris Barrus and Inaki Espindola. In the garnet draw, four-seed Jack Haffey and Michael Rinaldi beat Lucas Gonzalez and Juan Troglia of South Alabama, 8-1.
November 6, 2015
ORLANDO, FL - After going 8-1 on the first day of the Collegiate Clay Court Invitational presented by VISIT FLORIDA, the Seminole women's team placed three singles players and three doubles teams in the quarterfinals after another strong day of play on Friday.
In the gold draw, eighth-seed Daneika Borthwick fought through a tough Round of 16 opponent in Elena Cerezo-Codina of Virginia Tech to win 7-6, 3-6, 7-5. In the white draw, freshman Ariana Rahmanparast continued a strong first year with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 win over Elizabeth Means of Florida Gulf Coast. Lana Rush won 6-2, 6-2 in her third match of the tournament.
The only Seminole woman to fall on Thursday, Yang Pang, rebounded with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Tereza Melicharkova of Troy in her first consolation match.
In doubles, Borthwick and Fanning knocked off the No. 4 seed from Georgia, 8-1, in the gold draw to reach the quarterfinals. Castaneda and Rahmanparast beat Dominkia Lackova and Sofia Macias of Youngstown State, 8-6, in the final match of the day.
Pang and Rush reached the garnet draw quarterfinals with an 8-6 win.
The men's team rebounded from a rough Day 1 to win eight consolation matches, led by two wins each from Jose Gracia and Jake Albo. Parker Evertsen, Michael Rinaldi, Terrell Whitehurst, and Marco Nunez won one match each.
The third-seed in the gold doubles draw, Gracia and Nunez knocked off Jimmy Bendeck and William Little of Baylor, 8-5. In the garnet draw, fourth-seed Rinaldi and Jack Haffey beat Andrew Li and Daniel Yun of Georgia Tech, 8-4.
Saturday's schedule of events will
include singles and doubles quarterfinal and semifinal matches, and select singles consolation matches.
November 7-8, 2015
ORLANDO, FL – The Seminole men and women wrapped up play at the 2015 Collegiate Clay Court Invitational presented by VISIT FLORIDA Sunday afternoon in Orlando.
Playing together for the first time this season, sophomore Jose Gracia and Marco Nunez beat No. 2 seed Guilherme Hadlich and Gabriel Sidney of Pepperdine 8-4 in the gold doubles final. It was FSU’s second-consecutive doubles championship in the event, after Nunez and Benjamin Lock beat Gracia and Cristian Gonzalez Mendez in the finals last season.
On Saturday, the three-seed Gracia and Nunez beat the top-seeds Jeffrey Brown and Alex Gornet of Louisville, 8-4, to reach Sunday’s final.
The men’s second remaining doubles team, junior Jack Haffey and senior Michael Rinaldi, fell 8-4 against Pepperdine’s Pedro Iamachkine and Lautaro Pane.
The women finished a strong tournament showing on Saturday. After opening the weekend 8-1 on Thursday, Jennifer Hyde’s squad had three women reach the singles quarterfinals, and three teams reach the doubles quarterfinals.
Along with Gracia and Nunez, NC State and Clemson women and South Carolina and Pepperdine men won singles draws, while Florida and Clemson women and the Pepperdine men won doubles draws.
11/05/2015
Doubles
Jose Gracia/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Christopher Barrus/Inaki Espindola (UCF) 8-3
Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Runhao Hua/Gabe Tishman (Mich) 8-3
Jack Haffey/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Lucas Gonzalez/Juan Troglia (USA) 8-1
Andre Baldo/Daniel Bustamante (Troy) d. Jake Albo/Parker Evertsen (FSU) 8-1
Singles
Giovani Samaha (Troy) d. #68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 7-5, 6-3
Guilherme Hadlich (Pepp) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2, 6-1
Alex Fennell (SC) d. Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Jimmy Bendeck (BU) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
#101 Nathan Rakitt (GT) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Tyler Pate (UCF) d. Jack Haffey (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
Gabe Tishman (Mich) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Andre Baldo (Troy) d. Parker Evertsen (FSU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
11/06/2015
Doubles
Jose Gracia/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Jimmy Bendeck/William Little (BU) 8-5
Gabriel Friedrich/Harrison O'Keefe (SC) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 8-2
Jack Haffey/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Andrew Li/Daniel Yun (GT) 8-4
Singles
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Niclas Genovese (UM) 6-3, 6-2
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Matt Barry (PSU) 6-2, 6-3
Parker Evertsen (FSU) d. Coilin MacNamara (Stet) 6-2, 6-0
Lucas Gonzalez (USA) d. Parker Evertsen (FSU) 7-5, 7-6()
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Pierre-Emannuel Fossier (Stet) 6-3, 6-1
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Daniel Yun (GT) 6-3, 7-5
Gabriel Sidney (Pepp) d. #68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(2)
#68 Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Marc Collado (PSU) 6-3, 6-4
Runhao Hua (Mich) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Andres Alfonzo (FGCU) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 1-6, 7-6(5), 1-0(2)
Alex Gornet (UL) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-0, 3-6, 1-0(11)
Nile CLark (UM) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-1, 6-0
Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Christopher Morin (UL) 6-4, 6-3
Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Andres Alfonzo (FGCU) 6-3, 6-2
11/07/2015
Doubles
Jose Gracia/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #35 Jeffrey Brown/Alex Gornet (UL) 8-4
Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane (Pepp) d. Jack Haffey/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 8-4
Singles
Gabriel Sidney (Pepp) d. Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
Juan Troglia (USA) d. Jack Haffey (FSU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(8)
11/08/2015
Doubles
Jose Gracia/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney (Pepp) 8-4
Lock Splits First Two Matches at #NIIC.
The senior rebounds from opening-round loss to advance to Consolation quarterfinals.
November 13, 2015
FLUSHING, NY - Seminole senior Benjamin Lock won his first-round consolation match Friday against No. 107 Max Hinnisdaels of Auburn, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, at the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. It was the 25th-ranked Lock's fifth victory of the season over a ranked opponent.
After taking the first set in commanding fashion, Lock was taken to a third set, where he went down 3-0 before winning the next five games. At 5-3 he held serve to win the match. He advances to Saturday's consolation quarterfinals against No. 33 Diego Hidalgo of Florida. The winner of that match will play a quarterfinal match later Saturday, with the consolation finals set for Sunday afternoon.
In the main draw Thursday, Lock fell 6-2, 6-4 against eighth-ranked and top-seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia.
The NIIC, which runs Nov. 12-15, is the fourth national championship on the 2015-16 ITA National Tournament calendar. Earlier this fall, national champions were crowned at the inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters, Men's and Women's All-American and National Small College Championships.
The NIIC features 32 of the nation's elite men's and women's singles players, as well as
20 outstanding men's and women's doubles teams. Champions from the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships, USTA/ITA National Small College Championships Super Bowl, Oracle/ITA Masters and the
consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the Saint Francis ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships earned
automatic entry into the NIIC. Both the USTA and ITA selected at-large and wildcard participants, while Columbia University received a wildcard entry into each draw for serving as event host.
November 14, 2015
FLUSHING, NY – Seminole senior Benjamin Lock won two more matches at the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships Saturday, knocking off Florida’s Diego Hidalgo 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals and TCU’s Guillermo Nunez 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals.
The two wins (Hidalgo is ranked No. 33 and Nunez is ranked No. 19) bring the 25th-ranked Lock’s win total against ranked players this fall to seven, including three in this tournament.
“Ben played really well today,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “It was two tough matches against good players. Against Nunez, Ben overcame a disappointing first set and got physical and aggressive, winning points at the net and dictating play. His strength and fitness played into the results today.”
With a spot in the finals on the line, Lock won the final six games against Nunez and 12 of the final 15 in taking the second and third sets.
In Sunday’s finals, Lock will face No. 23 Dovydas Sakinis of Dartmouth. Last season, Sakinis beat Lock in
Tallahassee, 6-4, 6-2.
Flushing, NY – No. 25 Benjamin Lock won the singles consolation championship Sunday afternoon at the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in New York. In the final, against No. 23 Dovydas Sakinis of Dartmouth, Lock won 7-6 (5), 7-5 in a hard-fought match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Sakinis had beaten Lock during last year’s dual match season.
“I played some really good tennis today,” Lock said. “It was a really tough match and I had to fight hard to get the win.”
“Ben had a great week beating four ranked players,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “He had more wins than anyone but Dominik Koepfer (of Tulane, singles champion). He showed a lot of fight today to break serve at 6-5 in the second set to win the match.”
For Lock, it was his fourth victory in the past three days, all against ranked competition, with two of them (No. 19 Guillermo Nunez of TCU and Sakinis) against players ranked higher than him. In total, Lock finishes the fall season with eight ranked wins, while all five of his losses have come against players ranked in the ITA Top 15.
“I had a great trip and I felt that my game improved after every match and I ended up playing one of my best matches of the year today,” Lock said.
After dropping a first-round match against No. 8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia, Lock’s run to the consolation championship began Friday against No. 107 Max Hinnisdaels of Auburn. In the quarterfinals, he knocked off No. 33 Diego Hidalgo of Florida before facing Nunez in the semifinals and Sakinis in the championship.
“I didn’t play my best in my first round match,” Lock said, “but Coach Dwayne helped me get my game back and I finished off strong playing some good tennis.”
11/13/2015
Singles
#8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowsi (UVa) d. #25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #107 Max Hinnisdaels (AU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
11/14/2015
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #33 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 6-4, 6-4
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #19 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
11/15/2015
Singles
#25 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #23 Dovydas Sakinis (DC) 7-6(3), 7-5
Noles 16-3 on Day 1 of Rainbow Warrior Invitational.
January 5, 2016
HONOLULU, HI – Playing in their first tournament in two months and withstanding three different rain delays, the Seminole men’s tennis team went 16-3 Tuesday afternoon in singles and doubles play against Nebraska and Hawai’i in the Rainbow Warrior Invitational. Florida State won eight matches each in singles and doubles play.
Freshman Aziz Dougaz, a newcomer from Tunisia that enrolled in classes this January, won the first three matches of his career, pairing with senior Michael Rinaldi for two doubles wins and beat Kai Wehnelt of Hawai’i in three sets in singles. Dougaz and senior Marco Nunez, ranked No. 77 in the country to begin the season, won the only three-set matches of the day. FSU also secured wins from Rinaldi, Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst, Jake Albo, Jose Gracia and Parker Evertsen.
In doubles, senior Benjamin Lock and Nunez
won two matches, as did Evertsen and Jack Haffey. The Whitehurst brothers and Albo and Gracia each won one doubles match.
January 6, 2016 HONOLULU, HI - Four Seminoles won a pair of matches on Wednesday as Florida State finished 10-4 on the day in the Rainbow Warrior Classic at the University of Hawaii. Over the tournament's first two days, the Seminoles lead Nebraska and Hawaii with 26 total wins against seven losses.
Starting the day with singles play, freshman Aziz Dougaz remained perfect in his young FSU career with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Nebraska's Dusty Boyer, who was ranked in the fall's preseason ITA rankings. Senior Michael Rinaldi also stayed perfect in Hawaii with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Felix Albert of Hawaii, while Dougaz and Rinaldi paired up for an 8-6 doubles win.
Senior Marco Nunez, fresh off being ranked No. 77 in the ITA's first poll, won a 6-4, 6-3 decision against Kai Wehnelt of Hawaii, and in doubles teamed with Benjamin Lock for an 8-2 win over Nebraska.
Terrance Whitehurst won his second singles match of the week, a 6-0, 6-2 win over Fabian Woehrl of Hawaii. In doubles, he paired with brother Terrell for an 8-5 win over Woehrl and Eric Kenneth.
Jose Gracia, Parker Evertsen, Jack Haffey,
and Terrell Whitehurst tallied one win on the day.
January 7, 2016
HONOLULU, HI – Florida State wrapped up its final tournament of the season before dual matches begin next weekend with a 33-8 mark in the Rainbow Warrior Invitational against Hawai’i and Nebraska. On Thursday, FSU won seven of eight singles matches, moving its three-day singles record to 22-4.
Senior Michael Rinaldi and freshman Aziz Dougaz finished the tournament with unbeaten 6-0 marks after wins Thursday. Both players won in three sets Thursday and went 3-0 playing as a doubles pair.
Juniors Jake Albo and Jack Haffey and sophomores Jose Gracia, Parker Evertsen, and Terrance Whitehurst also won matches Thursday.
01/05/2016
Doubles
Parker Evertsen/Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Kula Companion/Eric Kenneth (UHi) 8-5
Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch (UHi) 8-3
Dusty Boyer/Toby Boyer (UN) d. #55 Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 8-3
Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric (UHi) 8-2
Scott Elsass/Marc Herrmann (UN) d. Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) 8-5
Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Felix Albert/Kai Wehnelt (UHi) 8-7(5)
Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch (UN) 8-5
#55 Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler (UN) 8-5
Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Ruben Blattner/Igor Kolaric (UHi) 8-5
Parker Evertsen/Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Kula Companion/Fabian Woehrl (UHi) 8-3
Singles
#77 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Felix Albert (UHi) 6-2, 6-7(), 6-2
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Marcel Chan (UHi) 6-2, 6-2
Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Marc Herrmann (UN) 6-0, 6-5
Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Kai Wehnelt (UHi) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Joakmin Pinola (UHi) 6-2, 6-2
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Tomi Abtolijak (UN) 6-3, 6-1
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Nikolai Storch (UHi) 6-3, 7-6()
Spencer Travalino (UHi) d. Jack Haffey (FSU) 6-0, 6-2
Parker Evertsen (FSU) d. Fabian Worhl (UHi) 6-5, 6-4
01/06/2016
Doubles
Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Andrew Dzulynsky/Bradford Zitsch (UN) 8-2
Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Marcel Chan/Nikolai Storch (UHi) 8-6
Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Eric Kenneth/Fabian Woehrl (UHi) 8-5
Tomi Antolijak/Chris Schindler (UN) d. Parker Evertsen/Jack Haffey (FSU) 8-5
Igor Kolaric/Spencer Travalino (UHi) d. Jake Albo/Jose Gracia (FSU) 8-7(7)
Singles
Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Dusty Boyer (UN) 7-6(), 6-3
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Felix Albert (UHi) 6-3, 6-2
#77 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Kai Wehnelt (UHi) 6-4, 6-3
Andrew Dzulynsky (UN) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Bradford Zitsch (UN) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 7-5, 7-6(2)
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Fabian Woehrl (UHi) 6-0, 6-2
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Ruben Blattner (UHi) 6-4, 6-4
Parker Evertsen (FSU) d. Spencer Travalino (UHi) 6-0, 6-4
Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Eric Kenneth (UHi) 6-2, 6-1
01/07/2016
Singles
Dusty Boyer (UN) d. #77 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Toby Boyer (UN) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Chris Schindler (UN) 6-4, 6-3
Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Igor Kolaric (UHi) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Spencer Travalino (UHi) 6-2, 6-3
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Ruben Blattner (UHi) 6-0, 6-2
Jake Albo (FSU) d. Fabian Woehrl (UHi) 6-3, 6-0
Parker Evertsen (FSU) d. Kula Companion 6-1, 6-1
Seminoles Shut Out South Alabama, FAMU to Open 2016 Season.
Pair of shutouts extends FSU's streak of season-opening wins to 15 seasons.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida State men’s tennis opened the 2016 season with a pair of strong performances Saturday against No. 73 South Alabama and Florida A&M. The 7-0 win was the second consecutive season FSU opened with South Alabama and bested last year’s 4-1 final. The Noles beat FAMU 5-0 in the afternoon match. The 31st-ranked Seminoles were led at the top of the lineup by No. 15 Benjamin Lock. Following up a strong fall performance, Lock beat Tim Srkala (USA), 6-1, 6-3, and Karlyn Small (FAMU), 6-3, 6-0. He also paired with fellow senior Marco Nunez to win doubles against South Alabama 6-3. Florida State and FAMU played singles first and did not play doubles. Along with Lock, freshman Aziz Dougaz also won three matches on the day. He remains unblemished in his first semester as a Seminole after finishing the team’s trip to Hawai’i a perfect 6-0.
QUOTES:
“Today was a good start. I was pleased that we won several matches in convincing fashion. It was good to get Aziz accustomed to playing college tennis and he was able to come away with two (singles) wins. I was also happy to see that some of our other guys like Jake Albo, Jack Haffey, and Parker Evertsen got wins in the second match.” – head coach Dwayne Hultquist.
NOTES:
Seminoles Shut Out South Alabama, FAMU to Open 2016 Season.
Pair of shutouts extends FSU's streak of season-opening wins to 15 seasons.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida State men’s tennis opened the 2016 season with a pair of strong performances Saturday against No. 73 South Alabama and Florida A&M. The 7-0 win was the second consecutive season FSU opened with South Alabama and bested last year’s 4-1 final. The Noles beat FAMU 5-0 in the afternoon match. The 31st-ranked Seminoles were led at the top of the lineup by No. 15 Benjamin Lock. Following up a strong fall performance, Lock beat Tim Srkala (USA), 6-1, 6-3, and Karlyn Small (FAMU), 6-3, 6-0. He also paired with fellow senior Marco Nunez to win doubles against South Alabama 6-3. Florida State and FAMU played singles first and did not play doubles. Along with Lock, freshman Aziz Dougaz also won three matches on the day. He remains unblemished in his first semester as a Seminole after finishing the team’s trip to Hawai’i a perfect 6-0.
QUOTES:
“Today was a good start. I was pleased that we won several matches in convincing fashion. It was good to get Aziz accustomed to playing college tennis and he was able to come away with two (singles) wins. I was also happy to see that some of our other guys like Jake Albo, Jack Haffey, and Parker Evertsen got wins in the second match.” – head coach Dwayne Hultquist.
NOTES:
Noles Continue Domination to Begin Season, Eliminate Eagles 6-1.
Men's team moves to 3-0 in early season play.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The 31st-ranked men’s tennis team beat Florida Gulf Coast 6-1 and improved to 3-0 on the season Monday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. FSU won the doubles point and five of six singles matches on the day.
Senior Benjamin Lock, the 15th-ranked player in the country, overcame an early 4-1 deficit and won 11 of the final 12 games in defeating Ricky Ventura, 6-4, 6-1. In doubles, he paired with fellow senior Marco Nunez to win 6-4 after trailing 4-2.
Nunez, No. 77 in the initial ITA standings, knocked off Eduardo Alfonzo in straight sets. Freshman Aziz Dougaz and sophomores Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst also won in straight sets. Whitehurst’s 6-0, 6-0 win on Court 6 was the second double bagel of the season for the Seminoles after Parker Evertsen posted a similar score Saturday against Florida A&M.
The doubles pair of Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi has not lost a game this season, posting identical 6-0 scores against Florida Gulf Coast and Saturday against South Alabama.
Florida Gulf Coast’s lone point, the first the Seminoles have surrendered on the young season, was Andres Alfonzo’s three-set win against Rinaldi on Court 2.
QUOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“We did a good job at coming back at No. 1 doubles to clinch the doubles. That was key to the match. FGCU had a real good start in singles
against Ben before he turned it around real quick, and that put us in control of the match. We did lose one first set on Court 2, but with Ben's match getting changed, that established the momentum. I
was pleased with Terrance getting off court quick, and Aziz as well. He's had a nice start to his career and is a good player that is going to win a lot of matches for us.”
Hultquist on Florida
Gulf Coast:
“They are a good team. They always fight hard and [head coach] CJ Weber gets them to represent their school well. They competed hard. They made the NCAA tournament last year and
won the Atlantic Sun. CJ has done a really good job with them and they have an up-and-coming program.”
Hultquist on upcoming opponents and schedule:
“It was important for us to play a
lot of matches. We played a lot in Hawai'i and also this weekend. With our schedule, we have such a tough draw playing top SEC teams and the ACC being the best conference in the country and the best
team in the Big 12 in Oklahoma, we are loaded in our schedule. Now its going to be Top 30 teams for most of the remainder of the season.”
Senior Benjamin Lock on coming back from a break down in
both singles and doubles:
“Stay on track and keep to your game plan, stay with it, and eventually you will get your opportunity. You have to be ready mentally when you have that opportunity to
take it. Marco and I were down, but we were confident we were going to pull through.”
“I picked up the intensity and tried to fire up my teammates around me and that helped me get fired up too. I play my best tennis when I'm like that. It was tough with the conditions today, cold and windy, but I knew if I started to dictate play [Ventura] would eventually break down.”
NOTES:
Noles Drop 4-3 Heartbreaker at No. 13 USF.
Dougaz, Terrance Whitehurst notch singles wins for FSU.
TAMPA, FL - The 31st-ranked FSU men's tennis team dropped its first match of the season Saturday in a 4-3 match at No. 13 USF (1-0). The Seminoles (3-1) won the doubles point for the third time this season, while freshman Aziz Dougaz and sophomore Terrance Whitehurst won singles matches.
FSU took an early 1-0 lead with a doubles win in convincing fashion. Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi won 6-2, moving to 3-0 on the year and 6-0 since Dougaz enrolled earlier this month. Clinching the match were seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez with a 6-3 win on Court 1.
Twin brothers Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst led 5-3 when the match was clinched.
In singles, Terrance Whitehurst won on Court 6, 6-3, 6-3, to give the Noles a 2-1 lead. Whitehurst trailed both sets 3-1 before reeling off five-consecutive games. After USF won on Courts 1 and 5 to grab a 3-2 lead, Dougaz won on Court 4 against Justin Roberts, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Dougaz rallied from a 2-0 third-set deficit to stay undefeated as a Seminole and tie the match at 3-all.
The final match came down to Rinaldi on Court 3. Rinaldi won the first set, 7-6 (7), before USF's Sasha Gozun came back and won the second, 6-4. In the pivotal third set, Gozun broke three times to win 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-1, and send the Bulls to Sunday's regional championship.
QUOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It was a great tennis match considering we were playing in pretty adverse cold and wind conditions. I was pleased with how we played doubles and Terrance did a great job today and has been good this spring. He showed a lot of maturity beating an experienced player.
"All the matches are important, but the match came down to Michael and I thought Gozun controlled more of the points in the latter part of the second and third sets. It would have been helpful for our team if one of our first set losses had come back and won the second set. That would have stretched the match out to our advantage."
Hultquist on Sunday's consolation match against No. 29 Mississippi State:
"We need to bounce back and get ready for a good MSU team. That will be an important match for us. We have to see if we can continue to grow as a team."
NOTES:
Noles Upset No. 29 Mississippi State, 4-1.
TAMPA, FL – The 31st-ranked FSU men’s tennis team responded from its first loss of the season in resounding fashion Sunday, knocking off No. 29 Mississippi State 4-1 at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Seminoles are still undefeated in the doubles point this year, and used wins at the bottom of the ladder to secure the upset.
In doubles, for the fourth time this season, Courts 1 and 3 were the difference for the Noles. Seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez won 6-1, while freshman Aziz Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi clinched the match with a 6-4 win on Court 3.
In singles, the Bulldogs took four first sets to put FSU behind the eightball early, but three of the four courts fought to a third set to stretch out the match and eventually fall in the Noles’ favor.
For the second consecutive day, Dougaz and sophomore Terrance Whitehurst won for Seminole points. Dougaz beat Niclas Braun, 6-1, 7-5, while Whitehurst won 6-3, 6-1 in dominant fashion.
After MSU scored its only point of the match in a win on Court 2, Terrell Whitehurst clinched for the Noles with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win on Court 5.
The remaining two matches, Lock on Court 1 and Rinaldi on Court 3, were both in the third set when match was clinched.
No. 31 Florida State 4, No. 29 Mississippi State 1
Doubles
No. 1: Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter (UMs) 6-1
No. 2: Nuno Borges/Niclas Braun (UMs) d. #55 Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2
No. 3: Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Rishab Agarwal/Luka Sucevic (UMs) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #15 Benjamin Lock (FSU) vs. Mate Cutura (UMs) 5-7, 6-0, 3-5 dnf
No. 2: Rishab Agarwal (UMs) d. #77 Marco Nunez (FSU) 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 3: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) vs. Nuno Borges (UMs) 3-6, 6-1, 5-4 dnf
No. 4: Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Niclas Braun (UMs) 6-1, 7-5
No. 5: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Strahinja Rakic (UMs) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
No. 6: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Vaughn Hunter (UMs) 6-3, 6-1
Noles Roll Tide 6-1.
FSU improves to 5-1 in front of 400 fans and a worldwide audience on ESPN3.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The 29th-ranked Seminole men's tennis team beat a ranked SEC opponent for the second consecutive match, this time a 6-1 winner over No. 61 Alabama Friday night at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. Florida State won the doubles point for the sixth time this year, and used wins from seniors Marco Nunez and Michael Rinaldi, and sophomore Terrance Whitehurst, to clinch the match.
In doubles, Florida State won all three matches. The senior duo of Benjamin Lock and Nunez won 6-0 on Court 1 to remain unbeaten in doubles on the year. Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst won their first doubles match of the year, 6-4, and freshman Aziz Dougaz and Rinaldi won simultaneously by an identical score on Court 3.
With a 1-0 lead heading into singles, the Seminoles clinched the match with ease. Nunez was the first off the court with a 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 106 Korey Lovett. Terrance Whitehurst followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Spencer Richey, and Michael Rinaldi won 6-2, 6-1 over former Seminole Grayson Goldin.
With the match clinched, Lock and Terrell Whitehurst won matches to secure the 6-1 victory, while Dougaz fell in three sets for his first loss of the young season.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It was a lot of fun tonight playing on ESPN3. We had a terrific crowd with the Golden Spear club seating and terrific support from the sororities on campus. Our guys love playing when we have a huge crowd like we did tonight. I was pleased with how we had three dominating matches in Marco, Terrance, and Michael. They set the stage winning the first set and closing their matches out. We'll look back on this match and see Alabama as a very good team down the road. It was a very good night for us in that we played well and we've beaten two SEC teams in a row. Those are good teams and we're building our resume. We look to build the momentum Sunday against a very good Troy team."
On Terrance Whitehurst:
"Terrance is undefeated for the spring. He's worked really hard on his game and improved his serve. His biggest thing is competing hard. He's a different player than a year ago, staying focused on his match. It's always fun because he has a good time and brings a lot of energy."
Senior Marco Nunez:
"We prepared really well for this team. Our coaches did a good job to get us focused for this match and the tactics and game plan for this match was assertive."
NOTES:
Noles Stay Undefeated at Home with 4-1 Win Over Troy.
Sophomore Terrance Whitehurst remains undefeated after straight-set win.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team moved to 6-1 on the season with a 4-1 win over No. 68 Troy Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. The 29th-ranked Seminoles won the doubles point and four of the five singles matches that finished to move to 10-0 all-time against the Trojans.
For the second consecutive match, Florida State won all three doubles matches as Courts 2 and 3 finished within two seconds of each other. On Court 1, seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez remained unbeaten in the spring in doubles after a 6-2 win. On Court 3, freshman Aziz Dougaz and sophomore Jose Gracia were playing together for the first time and came out 7-5 winners.
In singles, Terrance Whitehurst was again the first player to finish with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Filip Mansson on Court 4. The sophomore Whitehurst has yet to drop a set this season and has not allowed an opponent to win more than three games in any of his 14 sets played.
After Troy notched its only point on Court 5, the top of the Florida State lineup began to shine. On Court 1, Lock won 6-2, 6-2 over Daniel Bustamante, who earlier in the weekend beat No. 23 Piotr Lomacki of Miami, and Nunez won on Court 2, 6-4, 6-4, over Vaclav Slezak.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"Troy had a shot at the doubles, and it was key when we broke serve at 4-all on Courts 2 and 3. That was one of the keys of the match, and finishing to get the doubles point. The guys up top played well today. Ben and Marco were sharp, winning a lot of points at the net, very engaged. Terrance has been putting people away solidly the whole year. I'm pleased he's making a run right now."
On the change in the singles and doubles lineup:
"We've played a lot early in the year here. We've played seven matches and had a bunch in Hawai'i and a couple of guys are beat up right now. We made the change today and it gave a chance for Michael [Rinaldi] to have a rest and get healthy. That's crucial for us. Terrell [Whitehurst] has been in and out of the lineup due to health so we gave him off today."
On playing freshman Aziz Dougaz on Court 3 this weekend for the first time:
"Aziz is learning. I liked today that he was down a set and 3-0 in the second and came back to win the second set. It takes a while to get used to playing college matches, and it's seldom that a freshman comes in and tears it up. There's an adjustment period. He had a really good weekend last weekend, and this weekend he lost a match and didn't finish the other. He's going to be really good for us and I think today was a growing experience. I like that he was down in doubles both Friday and today and came back and won both matches. That's something to build on."
NOTES:
Noles Continue to Grow in 4-3 Loss at No. 3 Texas A&M.
Seniors Nunez, Rinaldi; freshman Dougaz notch wins for the Seminoles.
COLLEGE STATION, TX - The 28th-ranked FSU men's tennis team fought to the bitter end against third-ranked Texas A&M Friday night, eventually falling to the Aggies 4-3 at the Mitchell Tennis Complex. Florida State (6-2) fought back from a 3-0 hole to tie the match before Texas A&M (6-0) clinched the victory.
Florida State lost the doubles point for the first time this season. Seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez were the first off the courts with a 6-2 win on Court 1 over Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant. The Seminoles could not overcome being a break down on either of the remaining courts, however, dropping Courts 2 and 3 by identical 6-3 scores.
For Lock and Nunez, they moved to 7-0 this spring with all seven wins coming on Court 1. Freshman Aziz Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi, playing on Court 3, fell for the first time this season and are now 5-1.
In singles, the Aggies ran out to a quick 3-0 lead with straight-set wins on Courts 5 and 6. With FSU needing to win all the remaining points, Dougaz rebounded from his only loss of the year last weekend with a 6-4, 6-4 win on Court 4 over Harrison Adams. Shortly thereafter, Rinaldi won by a similar score on Court 3 over Jordi Arconada to trim the Texas A&M lead to 3-2.
The final two matches came down to both teams only ranked players. For the Seminoles, No. 77 Nunez took the first set against No. 29 Shane Vinsant before the Aggie forced a third set. In the third, Nunez overcame a 2-0 deficit and broke at 4-3 before serving out for the 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win to tie the match.
On Court 1, No. 15 Lock was facing No. 5 Arthur Rinderknech and looking for his second Top 5 win of the season after beating No. 4 Julian Lenz in the fall. Lock held a lead for much of the second set after an early break, but Rinderknech broke as Lock was serving to force a third set, then won the remaining two games to walk away a 7-5, 7-5 winner. All seven of Lock's losses have been to Top 17 players.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It was a tough match. Well played, hard fought on both sides. We had a chance to win doubles and knew it would be important. We were up 3-1 on Court 3 and lost a few close games. That was key for them getting the doubles point. We had some good starts in singles. They broke back on some of them, but I was pleased with a lot of the effort we got today. It was intense and good preparation for us moving forward to postseason."
"I was pleased with Marco coming back down in the third to win the match and give us a chance. Aziz and Michael both got good wins too."
On fighting back after losing the doubles point for the first time this season:
"We did a good job coming back in singles and getting up breaks early in singles. We started quick and had some good opportunities."
NOTES:
Seminoles Win Four on Military Appreciation Day.
Women shutout Navy and Florida A&M; men beat The Citadel and Liberty.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – On a day that saw the return of the family of Scott Speicher to the tennis complex that bears his name, the Seminole tennis teams won four matches Saturday during the 2nd Annual Military Appreciation Day, with the women shutting out Navy and Florida A&M, while the men knocked off The Citadel and Liberty. Speicher was a 1980 Florida State graduate and a Navy captain that was the first casualty of the Gulf War, and his family attended the women’s opener against the US Naval Academy.
In a prematch celebration to honor the Speicher family and all military veterans, the Seminoles presented The Citadel and Navy teams with challenge coins and FSU president John Thrasher directed comments towards those in attendance.
FSU WOMEN 7, NAVY 0
The 36th-ranked Noles (6-2) opened the day with a 7-0 win over the visiting Midshipmen (7-5). FSU won the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Court 1 by Daneika Borthwick and Gabriella Castaneda after the schools split on Courts 2 and 3.
In singles, FSU won all 12 sets, with senior Yukako Noi clinching the match with a 6-3, 6-0 win on Court 2 over Navy’s Kristine Rojo.
FSU WOMEN 4, FLORIDA A&M 0
In the afternoon match, the women needed less than 90 minutes to complete a 4-0 win over the crosstown Rattlers (2-5). Florida State (7-2) won a pair of 6-0 decisions in doubles, and dropped just five games in winning three singles matches. The highlight of the match was the return of junior Daniela Schippers, who played her first singles match since injuring her wrist during the first practice of the fall in September.
Schippers led 6-0, 5-1 when the match was clinched.
FSU MEN 6, THE CITADEL 1
Playing on the north courts while the women faced Navy, the No. 25 FSU men (7-2) played without two of its top players and still walked away with a 6-1 victory over The Citadel (7-7). Without seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez at the top of the lineup, Jose Gracia and Jack Haffey were able to crack the lineup and cruised to a 6-1 win on Court 3 in doubles. Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi won on Court 2 to clinch the point.
In singles, Florida State swept the Bulldogs on Courts 1-5, including one bagel each on Courts 1-4. The Citadel’s lone point came on Court 6, with Michael Anzalone defeating Parker Evertsen in a third-set super tiebreaker, 6-3, 5-7, (11-9).
FSU MEN 4, LIBERTY 0
The afternoon match played out much like the first, with the Noles (8-2) winning the doubles point and the first three singles matches to knock off Liberty (3-5). Dougaz and Rinaldi won 6-1 on Court 1, while Gracia and Haffey clinched the doubles point on Court 3 with a 6-4 win.
In singles, Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst won in quick fashion, while Gracia clinched the match and ended play for the day with a 6-4, 6-3 win on Court 5 over Diego Castano.
QUOTES:
Women’s Head Coach Jennifer Hyde:
“Today was an absolutely amazing day. So many people were a part of something fairly unique and special that we’re doing here with Florida State tennis. It was a great tribute to the legacy of Scott Speicher, a tribute to our student veterans and the military community as a whole, and the service academies that were able to come for today’s matches.”
On the level of play from her team today:
“I’m so happy for Dany Schippers to be back in the lineup after returning from a broken wrist. It’s great to have her back on court competing for us. It was nice to have all seven girls play for us today. This season is going to continue to intensify and spots in the lineup will get moved around. It’s going to be exciting and the girls will have to make sure to take full advantage of every opportunity they are getting.”
On looking ahead to ACC play beginning next Friday:
“We play a pair of Top 10 teams next week at Duke and North Carolina, so our opportunities to show our growth are staring us in the face.”
Junior Daniela Schippers:
“I had missed the court and competition so much. Competing is my favorite thing. I prefer it a lot more than just practicing. It was great to feel that adrenaline and I love that kind of pressure. It was a good match for me to begin and I’m looking forward to playing against UNC and Duke next week. My team was really happy for me today and that was really cool.”
Men’s Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“Florida State is very military friendly, and that’s one of the goals of President Thrasher. We feel a sense of appreciation for all the people who have served and represented our country. We have a special connection to Scott Speicher because he was an FSU student. With our courts being named after him, it’s great that his family was able to return today. We also had a great crowd and people came out specifically for military day, but the tennis was great and hopefully we made a few new fans today.”
On today’s matches:
“I was pleased with Jose, he went 4-0 today. I was pleased with Jack, he went 3-0 and close to winning his second singles match before running out of time. He did great today. It was a good overall day. It was nice to get a few extra people in the lineup.”
NOTES:
Seminoles Win Four on Military Appreciation Day.
Women shutout Navy and Florida A&M; men beat The Citadel and Liberty.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – On a day that saw the return of the family of Scott Speicher to the tennis complex that bears his name, the Seminole tennis teams won four matches Saturday during the 2nd Annual Military Appreciation Day, with the women shutting out Navy and Florida A&M, while the men knocked off The Citadel and Liberty. Speicher was a 1980 Florida State graduate and a Navy captain that was the first casualty of the Gulf War, and his family attended the women’s opener against the US Naval Academy.
In a prematch celebration to honor the Speicher family and all military veterans, the Seminoles presented The Citadel and Navy teams with challenge coins and FSU president John Thrasher directed comments towards those in attendance.
FSU WOMEN 7, NAVY 0
The 36th-ranked Noles (6-2) opened the day with a 7-0 win over the visiting Midshipmen (7-5). FSU won the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Court 1 by Daneika Borthwick and Gabriella Castaneda after the schools split on Courts 2 and 3.
In singles, FSU won all 12 sets, with senior Yukako Noi clinching the match with a 6-3, 6-0 win on Court 2 over Navy’s Kristine Rojo.
FSU WOMEN 4, FLORIDA A&M 0
In the afternoon match, the women needed less than 90 minutes to complete a 4-0 win over the crosstown Rattlers (2-5). Florida State (7-2) won a pair of 6-0 decisions in doubles, and dropped just five games in winning three singles matches. The highlight of the match was the return of junior Daniela Schippers, who played her first singles match since injuring her wrist during the first practice of the fall in September.
Schippers led 6-0, 5-1 when the match was clinched.
FSU MEN 6, THE CITADEL 1
Playing on the north courts while the women faced Navy, the No. 25 FSU men (7-2) played without two of its top players and still walked away with a 6-1 victory over The Citadel (7-7). Without seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez at the top of the lineup, Jose Gracia and Jack Haffey were able to crack the lineup and cruised to a 6-1 win on Court 3 in doubles. Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi won on Court 2 to clinch the point.
In singles, Florida State swept the Bulldogs on Courts 1-5, including one bagel each on Courts 1-4. The Citadel’s lone point came on Court 6, with Michael Anzalone defeating Parker Evertsen in a third-set super tiebreaker, 6-3, 5-7, (11-9).
FSU MEN 4, LIBERTY 0
The afternoon match played out much like the first, with the Noles (8-2) winning the doubles point and the first three singles matches to knock off Liberty (3-5). Dougaz and Rinaldi won 6-1 on Court 1, while Gracia and Haffey clinched the doubles point on Court 3 with a 6-4 win.
In singles, Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst won in quick fashion, while Gracia clinched the match and ended play for the day with a 6-4, 6-3 win on Court 5 over Diego Castano.
QUOTES:
Women’s Head Coach Jennifer Hyde:
“Today was an absolutely amazing day. So many people were a part of something fairly unique and special that we’re doing here with Florida State tennis. It was a great tribute to the legacy of Scott Speicher, a tribute to our student veterans and the military community as a whole, and the service academies that were able to come for today’s matches.”
On the level of play from her team today:
“I’m so happy for Dany Schippers to be back in the lineup after returning from a broken wrist. It’s great to have her back on court competing for us. It was nice to have all seven girls play for us today. This season is going to continue to intensify and spots in the lineup will get moved around. It’s going to be exciting and the girls will have to make sure to take full advantage of every opportunity they are getting.”
On looking ahead to ACC play beginning next Friday:
“We play a pair of Top 10 teams next week at Duke and North Carolina, so our opportunities to show our growth are staring us in the face.”
Junior Daniela Schippers:
“I had missed the court and competition so much. Competing is my favorite thing. I prefer it a lot more than just practicing. It was great to feel that adrenaline and I love that kind of pressure. It was a good match for me to begin and I’m looking forward to playing against UNC and Duke next week. My team was really happy for me today and that was really cool.”
Men’s Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“Florida State is very military friendly, and that’s one of the goals of President Thrasher. We feel a sense of appreciation for all the people who have served and represented our country. We have a special connection to Scott Speicher because he was an FSU student. With our courts being named after him, it’s great that his family was able to return today. We also had a great crowd and people came out specifically for military day, but the tennis was great and hopefully we made a few new fans today.”
On today’s matches:
“I was pleased with Jose, he went 4-0 today. I was pleased with Jack, he went 3-0 and close to winning his second singles match before running out of time. He did great today. It was a good overall day. It was nice to get a few extra people in the lineup.”
NOTES:
Lock & Nunez Beat No. 1 Doubles Team at Florida.
The win was the first over the top-ranked pair for the Seminoles since 2009.
GAINESVILLE, FL - FSU seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez put together their most complete performance of the season Saturday in taking down the top-ranked pair from Florida at the Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville. The 6-1 win over Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson took only 25 minutes and was the only Seminole win in a 7-0 Florida victory.
For Lock and Nunez, it was the highest ranked win of their careers and the first time the Seminoles have beaten the No. 1 team in the country since 2009.
The Gators rallied to win the remaining two doubles matches and the point, including a 7-6 (2) win on Court 3 that featured Terrance Whitehurst playing with Jose Gracia, the first time Terrance has played with someone other than his brother Terrell in his two seasons at Florida State.
In singles, the Gators clinched the match with straight-set wins on Courts 1, 5, and 6, then won third-set tiebreakers on Courts 2-4 to secure the shutout.
NOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"We were in position to grab the doubles point and let it slip away. We did a good job bouncing back in singles, taking three first sets and actually having some other opportunities to get even more. Florida did a good job of closing it out the three matches they won the first set on and coming from behind on the other courts."
On Lock and Nunez's win over the No. 1 doubles team:
"They beat them last year and have played well this spring and are still undefeated in the spring. Ben and Marco are one of the better teams in the country."
Senior Benjamin Lock:
"It was a good win for Marco and myself. We have been playing quality doubles this spring and Marco has been clutch on the big points. We really don't focus on our opponents that much, we have a certain style that we play and we just try and give our best effort each match to help the team win the doubles point. We beat this Florida team last year, but to beat the No. 1 team in the nation was pretty cool and we were happy about it."
No. 41 Florida 7, No. 35 Florida State 0
Doubles
No. 1: Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #1 Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (UF) 6-1
No. 2: #32 Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (UF) d. Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 7-5
No. 3: Alfredo Perez/Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) d. Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) d. #16 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2: #22 Elliott Orkin (UF) d. #85 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(4)
No. 3: #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(3)
No. 4: #77 Alfredo Perez (UF) d. Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(8)
No. 5: Gordon Watson (UF) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: McClain Kessler (UF) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
Noles Open ACC Play with 7-0 Win at Clemson.
The win was just the second ACC road shutout in 10 years.
CLEMSON, SC – No. 47 Florida State opened the ACC season with a closer-than-the-score 7-0 shutout win at Clemson Friday afternoon. Florida State (9-3, 1-0 ACC) won all five matches that went three-sets to defeat the Tigers (8-7, 0-1 ACC).
In doubles, Courts 2 and 3 won in dominating fashion with identical 6-0 bagels to give FSU the early lead. Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi won on Court 2, while Terrance Whitehurst and Jose Gracia picked up their first win as a pair in just their second match together.
If FSU thought singles play against the unranked Tigers would be as easy, that quickly changed when Clemson won four first sets, ensuring an FSU victory would take at least one three-set victory. Instead, FSU rallied to win the second set on all four courts.
No. 85 senior Marco Nunez was the only Nole to win in straight sets, a 7-6 (7), 6-3 winner on Court 2 over Luke Johnson to put FSU up 2-0. Dougaz took the next point, rallying from a 6-1 first-set loss on Court 4 to beat Austin Ansari, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. The clincher came from Gracia on Court 5, who also rallied from a first-set loss to beat Robert Dudley, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 for FSU’s second consecutive win over the Tigers.
The remaining three courts were already in a third set and FSU won all three to take the 7-0 win.
NOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“We lost four first sets in singles and it was key when Marco fended off three set points and came back from 5-1 down in the tiebreak to win the first set. That was key. I liked how we played in the second and third sets. We won 10 of the last 11 sets of the match in those two sets. It showed our strength and resiliency and we continued to play better as the match went on.
“Jose’s win down a set and a break was huge for us, and for him to clinch was good. Aziz was down as well, broke at 4-all in the third set. It looked convincing, but Clemson played hard. Any ACC win on the road is a good win. It shows the momentum that comes in college tennis. We won the doubles easy and were in a position where Clemson got off to a great start. They pushed us hard in the first set and came out on top. As the match wore on, we did better.”
On finishing the match strong:
“That’s something we didn’t do last week. That was a point of emphasis, finishing matches off, and playing well at all parts of the match.”
No. 47 Florida State 7, Clemson 0
Doubles
No. 1: Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) vs. Alex Favrot/Luke Johnson (CU) 2-3 dnf
No. 2: Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Robert Dudley/Arturo Pinazo (CU) 6-0
No. 3: Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Austin Ansari/Christian Harris (CU) 6-0
Singles
No. 1: #16 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Alex Favrot (CU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: #85 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Luke Johnson (CU) 7-6(7), 6-3
No. 3: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Daffra Sanon (CU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Austin Ansari (CU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Robert Dudley (CU) 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 6: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Christian Harris (CU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Noles Drop 4-3 Match at Miami.
CORAL GABLES, FL – No. 47 Florida State (9-4, 1-1 ACC) fell 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Miami (6-4, 1-0 ACC). The loss snapped a 41-match winning streak for the Seminoles against unranked opponents.
FSU opened the match perfectly, taking the doubles point and the first two singles courts before the Hurricanes rallied to win the final four singles matches. In doubles, seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez moved to 9-0 on the season with a 6-1 win over Jesse Flores and Christian Langmo. FSU clinched the point on Court 3 with a 6-4 win from Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst.
In singles, Gracia and Whitehurst won on Courts 5 and 6, respectively, to give FSU a 3-0 lead. The Hurricanes rallied with straight-set wins on Courts 3 and 4.
Miami then won both of the remaining matches versus ranked opponents in three sets – No. 81 Langmo beat No. 85 Nunez, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0, and No. 78 Piotr Lomacki clinched the 4-3 win over No. 16 Lock, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
NOTES:
Noles Beat No. 1 UNC 4-3.
Thrilling three-hour match is the highest-ranked win in school history.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – In a match that lasted nearly three hours, the Florida State men’s tennis team notched its biggest win in school history, emerging as 4-3 winners over No. 1 North Carolina Friday evening. The win is the first for Florida State (10-4, 2-1 ACC) over a top-ranked team in school history and the highest in head coach Dwayne Hultquist’s 17 seasons at Florida State.
Coming off a 4-3 loss Sunday at unranked Miami, Florida State fell three spots to No. 51 in this week’s ITA rankings, while North Carolina was the lone undefeated team remaining in the country and entered its ACC opener with a 15-0 record on the season.
The Seminoles attacked early in doubles, with freshman Aziz Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi securing a 6-1 win on Court 2 over Jack Murray and Brayden Schnur. After North Carolina tied it with a win on Court 3, FSU seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez beat third-ranked Brett Clark and Robert Kelly, 6-4, and gave the Seminoles a 1-0 lead.
The win for the 26th-ranked pair of Lock and Nunez was their 10th consecutive to open the season and their second in two weeks over a Top 3 team after beating No. 1 Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo of Florida last month.
Needing three wins for the upset, the Seminoles faced a five-headed monster of ranked players for the Tar Heels. North Carolina took a 2-1 lead after wins on Court 3 by No. 29 Clark over Rinaldi and Court 5 by No. 89 Kelly over Jose Gracia.
FSU tied the match with its lone straight-set win by Dougaz on Court 4, 6-1, 7-6 (4) over No. 74 Murray. The win was Dougaz’s first over a ranked player in three tries through his first season in Tallahassee.
With the match tied at 2-2, the final three courts went to a third set. Lock and Nunez were facing a pair of Top 40 players, Lock against No. 38 Schnur and Nunez on Court 2 against No. 12 Ronnie Schneider. Lock used a break on a deuce point at 4-3 to take a two-game lead, and served out for the 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win to give the Seminoles a 3-2 edge.
After Lock’s win, and with his teammates on the court cheering him on, Nunez took a 4-0 third-set lead and finished off Schneider with a 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3 win to clinch the upset.
In the remaining match, Carolina’s Blaine Boyden beat Terrance Whitehurst, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 to finalize the margin.
NOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“I never feel that anyone should win the doubles on us. We’re good at all three spots. Ben and Marco haven’t lost this year (10-0). Aziz and Michael played lights out. That set the tone for the whole match.
You don’t win National Indoors (UNC) without being a resilient team, and they showed that today. We split the first sets with them, and they took it to us in the second sets. Aziz’s win in straight sets was huge for us. It tied the match up and reestablished our momentum. Ben and Marco have been in the pivotal spot a number of times in their career, and today they both came through when we needed them. They were great today.”
On beating the top-ranked team in his 17th season:
“Historically, it’s the biggest win for us. We’ve never beaten the No. 1 team in the country. We’ve had a couple of Top 5 wins over Duke and beat Illinois in the NCAA Tournament when they were defending national champions. But as far as the regular season, this is our biggest win. It’s got to rank up there.”
On being doused with the water cooler postmatch:
“That hasn’t happened before. I knew it was coming but I wasn’t going to fight it.”
Senior Benjamin Lock:
“Unbelievable. Roller-coaster of a match. Really tight doubles – Michael and Aziz played lights out today and that’s the best I’ve seen them play. We really set the tone heading into singles. After last weekend, taking a loss to Miami, we got a reality check with this team. We talked about how we were going to act moving forward and that it wasn’t going to affect our season.
"Everyone gave a great effort. I was trying to focus on my match but there was so much emotion. I knew that if I just kept holding serve in the third set, I was going to get a break. Next thing I knew, I was 5-3 up and 40-0 serving. That’s when it hit me that we could win this thing.”
No. 51 Florida State 4, No. 1 North Carolina 3
Doubles
No. 1: #26 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #3 Brett Clark/Robert Kelly (UNC) 6-4
No. 2: Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Jack Murray/Brayden Schnur (UNC) 6-1
No. 3: Andrew Gores/Ronnie Schneider (UNC) d. Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1: #30 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #38 Brayden Schnur (UNC) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
No. 2: #97 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #12 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3: #29 Brett Clark (UNC) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. #74 Jack Murray (UNC) 6-1, 7-6(4)
No. 5: #89 Robert Kelly (UNC) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 6: Blaine Boyden (UNC) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2
Seniors Shine for Noles in 5-2 Win over Duke.
Lock, Nunez, Rinaldi combine for four wins against the Blue Devils.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Coming off the biggest win in school history Friday, the men's tennis program beat its second ranked team of the weekend, emerging as 5-2 winners against No. 66 Duke at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. The win snapped a seven-match losing streak against the Blue Devils (7-8, 1-2 ACC) that dated to 2009.
For the 11th time in 13 tries this year, Florida State (11-4, 3-1 ACC) won the doubles point with wins on all three courts. Seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez moved to 11-0 on the season with a 6-1 win over Nicolas Alvarez and Vincent Lin on Court 1. Sophomores Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst clinched the point with a 6-3 win on Court 3, and Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi finished soon after to complete the doubles sweep.
In singles, FSU raced to a 3-0 lead with straight set wins on Court 2 (Nunez, 6-2, 6-4 over Lin) and Court 5 (Gracia, 6-2, 6-2 over Ryan Dickerson). Searching for the clinching point, the remaining four courts went to a third set. In all four, the player that won the first set went on to lose the match.
Dougaz fell on Court 4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, to TJ Pura, and Whitehurst lost on Court 6 to Josh Levine, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.
The clincher would come from Rinaldi on Court 3. Forcing a third set with a break at 6-5 in the second, Rinaldi used breaks at 3-3 and 5-3 for the 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 win over Catalin Mateas.
With only the final margin left to determine, No. 30 Lock beat No. 20 Alvarez on Court 1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. His lone break of the third set came at 4-3 and he served out for the win.
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Noles Extend Win Streak to Three with 4-3 Win at Va. Tech.
Gracia's three-set win on Court 5 clinched the Noles come-from-behind win.
BLACKSBURG, VA - Florida State won its third straight match against a ranked opponent Friday night, beating No. 40 Virginia Tech 4-3 at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg. After losing the doubles point for just the third time this season, the Seminoles secured four singles wins, including three third-set tiebreakers.
Looking for just its second road victory of the season, Florida State dropped the doubles point to the Hokies and quickly fell into a 1-0 hole. The FSU pair of Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez, who entered 11-0 on the season, fell 6-4 to No. 21 Andreas Bjerrehus and Joao Monteiro. Playing together for the first time this spring, sophomore Jose Gracia and junior Jack Haffey fell 6-3 on Court 3.
Needing to win four singles matches for the victory, FSU tied it up with a straight-set win on Court 1 by the 30th-ranked Lock over No. 18 Monteiro, 6-3, 6-2. Lock, the reigning ACC Player of the Week, beat his third consecutive opponent ranked in the ITA Top 40 after wins last week against No. 1 players from North Carolina and Duke.
Virginia Tech struck back, taking a 3-1 lead with a straight set win on Court 6 and a three-set win on Court 3. With the final three courts in a third set, FSU had to take all three to extend their winning streak to three straight. Nunez, who beat No. 12 Ronnie Schneider of North Carolina last week, overcame a 2-0 hole in the third to force a tiebreaker, which he eventually won, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (1). Shortly thereafter, freshman Aziz Dougaz beat the second ranked opponent of his career with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8) win on Court 4 over No. 59 Edoardo Tessaro to even the match.
With the score tied 3-3, Gracia trailed 5-4 in the third set against Mitch Harper having to break to stave off a Hokie win. He came through, eventually forcing the third three-set tiebreaker of the match. Leading 5-4 in the tiebreaker, Gracia used a mini-break to clinch the 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4) win and a 4-3 win for the Seminoles.
QUOTES:
Head coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It was an unbelievable match. For us to win against a very tough program in Virginia Tech, who hosted an NCAA regional last year and has a lot of seniors in their lineup, was huge. It was a tough day. We overcame the adversity of not winning doubles. We had a good start to the singles portion, winning four first sets. When Jose fought back in the second set to force a third, that was a turning point for us. Aziz was clutch, overcoming a break down in the third for the win.
"It follows up our successes from last weekend, against North Carolina and Duke, and to win this match on the road really speaks to our seniors and our team to fight hard and not give up. Three matches we could have lost in a tiebreaker and we won all three. I love the spirit with our guys doing the Seminole chant. Our players really got behind Jose in the clincher. I'm proud of Jose for competing after being down in the third, he was winning points at the net. Great team effort."
On senior Benjamin Lock:
"Ben's on fire. In the ACC, he's playing a Top 20 player almost every match. He beat a player today that was in the finals of the National Indoors, a darn good player. Ben's success comes from his approach to the game - we show up to practice, he's on the courts ready to go, training hard. He beat a good player, a great player, today. Beating him today at his place was huge."
Sophomore Jose Gracia:
"I was just taking it point by point in the tiebreaker. I never really thought about the moment, just wanted to keep playing my game. I was able to fight back from an early mini-break and my teammates kept cheering me on.
"I knew I was going to step up. I hit a backhand passing shot and took it to him. It was a very competitive match."
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Cavaliers Too Much for Noles.
Shutout ends FSU win streak at three.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. - No. 23 Florida State (12-5, 4-2 ACC) lost 7-0 Sunday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports Club against top-ranked Virginia (14-2, 4-0 ACC). It was the Seminoles second match in nine days against the No. 1 team in the country after beating North Carolina last week in Tallahassee.
In doubles, the high-profile matchup of No. 26 Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez of FSU and No. 6 Ryan Shane and Luca Corinteli remained unfinished and on serve when the Cavaliers clinched the doubles point. Lock and Nunez beat the Virginia pair in the ACC Tournament last season.
In singles, Virginia won all six of the first sets, including a 7-6 tiebreaker on Court 6 from Jake Albo. The Cavaliers would clinch five of the six matches in straight sets. Nunez forced a third set against No. 47 Collin Altamirano before falling 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.
No. 1
Virginia 7, No. 23 Florida State 0
Doubles
No. 1: #26 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) vs. #6 Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane (UVa) 5-4 dnf
No. 2: #7 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Mac Styslinger (UVa) d. Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-2
No. 3: Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone (UVa) d. Jose Gracia/Jack Haffey (FSU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #13 Ryan Shane (UVa) d. #30 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: #47 Collin Altamirano (UVa) d. #97 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
No. 3: #3 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVa) d. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Henrik Wiersholm (UVa) d. Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: #116 J.C. Aragone (UVa) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 7-5, 6-1
No. 6: Mac Styslinger (UVa) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 7-6(2), 6-2
Noles Stay Perfect at Home with 5-2 Win over Ga. Tech.
FSU won five singles points to secure the win.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - A week after beating No. 40 Virginia Tech with four singles wins, the 20th-ranked FSU men's tennis team (13-5, 5-2 ACC) beat No. 32 Georgia Tech (11-5, 4-2 ACC) 5-2 in similar fashion with five singles wins Thursday night. Braving windy conditions all night and eventually being forced inside to complete the win, FSU used wins on Courts 1-5 for its 10th-consecutive home win to open the season.
Like they did against the Hokies, FSU dropped the doubles point. It was the third consecutive match the Seminoles lost the doubles point after dropping just two in the first 15 matches of the season. Sophomores Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst prevented a Tech sweep in doubles with a 6-3 win on Court 3.
Needing four matches in singles to lock up the win, Florida State turned to senior Benjamin Lock for its first point. Ranked 12th in the country in the ITA poll released Tuesday, Lock faced No. 11 Christopher Eubanks on Court 1. Last season, an unranked Lock beat No. 66 Eubanks in Atlanta, and again beat the Yellow Jacket this season with a quick 6-2, 6-2 win to even the match. The win was the highest of Lock's dual match career, an honor he previously set last week with a win over No. 18 Joao Monteiro of Virginia Tech and tied two weeks ago against No. 20 Nicolas Alvarez of Duke.
Freshman Aziz Dougaz, playing on Court 4, rallied in the second set for a 6-2, 7-5 win and gave FSU a short-lived 2-1 lead. Tech tied the score with Nathan Rakitt's 6-4, 6-3 win on Court 6 over Whitehurst.
As dark clouds began to fill the sky, a lightning warning that eventually turned to a thunderstorm forced the remaining three matches indoors. Gracia, on Court 5, went indoors with a 6-2, 6-6 (5-3) lead over Daniel Yun. After Yun evened the tiebreaker at 5-5, Gracia won the next two points for the match and a 3-2 FSU lead.
Senior Michael Rinaldi, on Court 3, went indoors with a 2-1 third set lead that ballooned to 4-1 before finally clinching the Seminole victory with a 7-6 (8), 6-3 win.
The final match, between No. 60 Marco Nunez and Carlos Benito, was decided in a third match tiebreaker. After both players held serve the entire third set, Nunez prevailed with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) win to provide the final margin.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"One of the key points to the match was when we won five first sets and the fact that Michael came back and won being down, that was key to the match. To get five first sets gained momentum and we finished all five off."
"Momentum kind of got stopped with us coming indoors. But we came back and won the three matches here and the guys did a good job of staying together."
"We had to make the point to them that we had to get after it. We were two points away from Jose and we're fortunate that Jose won that tiebreaker, because momentum could have shifted. Mike did a real good job holding serve, breaking serve and getting off to a 4-1 lead and hitting a backhand pass for the winner."
Senior Michael Rinaldi:
"I'm just glad I could win the match for us. The guys all fought hard and it was a good match. It was a tough day. Anytime you move from outside to inside, it's hard to adjust sometimes, but we did a good job and took all three matches that we had."
Senior Benjamin Lock:
"I knew I had to play my best tennis. I played him [Eubanks] last year. He's really aggressive and likes to go after his shots."
"We were just so focused on winning today and the team has been on a roll at the moment. We wanted to keep the undefeated record at home, which is pretty cool. Our guys played well today with a lot of energy, so I'm happy for them."
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Rinaldi Win Snaps Wake Forest’s Eight-Match Shutout Streak.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida State men’s tennis fell to No. 13 Wake Forest 6-1 Sunday afternoon at the Indoor Tennis Facility. The Seminoles (13-6, 5-3 ACC) prevented the shutout with a straight-set win from senior Michael Rinaldi on Court 3 for FSU’s lone point.
In doubles, Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst beat Romain Bogaerts and Dennis Uspensky, 6-3, to even the doubles point at 1-all. On Court 3, the Demon Deacons prevailed in a tiebreaker, 7-3, to clinch the doubles point and enter singles with a 1-0 lead.
Wake Forest continued its strong play in singles, opening first set leads on five courts. On Court 5, Wake’s Christian Seraphim knocked off Gracia, 6-0, 6-3, and Uspensky beat Whitehurst on Court 6, 6-2, 6-2, for a 3-0 lead.
The Demon Deacons clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-1 win on Court 2 from No. 36 Petros Chrysochos over No. 60 Marco Nunez.
After the match was clinched, Rinaldi’s 6-4, 6-3 win over Ho snapped the Demon Deacon’s eight-match shutout streak.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“We were right there, up 5-4 (in doubles) and had a chance to win it, then up 6-5 and then the tiebreaker, so not winning it was big. Clearly Wake is a great team and they jumped on us in singles. Ben had his chance in the tiebreaker in the first. We had an opportunity with Aziz in the third set. I’m pleased with Mike getting the win.”
“North Carolina was a team like this. We got the quick start and hung there. We did the same thing against Virginia Tech. We have a lot of playing ahead of us and another tough weekend ahead of us next weekend.”
Senior Michael Rinaldi:
“It’s always tough when you lose the doubles point, especially when you lose it in a breaker like that. It’s especially tough when you’re playing a team as good as Wake. We could have come back stronger in singles, but that’s how it is sometimes.”
No. 13 Wake Forest 6, No. 20 Florida State 1
Doubles
No. 1: #12 Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (Wake) d. #11 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-3
No. 2: #48 Petros Chrysochos/Jon Ho (Wake) d. #59 Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 7-6(3)
No. 3: Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Romain Bogaerts/Dennis Uspensky (Wake) 6-3
Singles
No. 1: #16 Skander Mansouri (Wake) d. #12 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 7-6(4), 6-2
No. 2: #36 Petros Chrysochos (Wake) d. #60 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Jon Ho (Wake) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Romain Bogaerts (Wake) d. Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
No. 5: Christian Seraphim (Wake) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 6: Dennis Uspensky (Wake) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
Noles Pull Off 4-3 Comeback Win at Notre Dame.
FSU wins doubles, final three points to beat the Fighting Irish.
NOTRE DAME, IN - In front of a hostile crowd Friday evening, No. 22 Florida State (14-6, 6-3 ACC) pulled off a stunning, come-from-behind 4-3 victory over No. 51 Notre Dame (10-11, 4-5 ACC) at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Seminoles won the doubles point and the final three singles matches in a contest that lasted nearly four hours.
Forced indoors due to weather and with the start time pushed back three and a half hours, Florida State snapped a four-match doubles skid with wins on Courts 2 and 3 that gave the Noles a 1-0 lead heading into singles. No. 59 Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi broke a personal three-match losing streak with a 6-3 win over Grayson Broadus and Josh Hagar on Court 2, while sophomores Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst won for the fourth consecutive match and moved to 6-1 in ACC play with a 6-4 clincher on Court 3 over Eddy Covalschi and Kenneth Sabacinski.
With the 1-0 lead, Florida State came out flat in singles, dropping five first sets as Notre Dame quickly regained momentum. The Irish tied the score at 1-all with a 6-4, 6-0 win on Court 4 by Alex Lawson over Dougaz.
The remaining five courts were all much closer. Notre Dame took a 2-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-4 win on Court 3 from Covalschi over Rinaldi. In a third set, Jake Albo fell to Sabacinski 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to give the home team a 3-1 lead.
Needing to win the remaining three courts to leave Indiana with a win, senior Marco Nunez finished off a long, drawn-out straight set win over Hagar on Court 2, 7-6 (2), 7-5 for one of the three points the Noles needed. Gracia faced match point down 5-3 in the third set before forcing a tiebreaker that he won, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) to even the score.
The final match on was between seniors Notre Dame's Quentin Monaghan and FSU's Benjamin Lock. Last season, Monaghan came to Tallahassee and handed Lock his worst loss of the year, 6-1, 6-0, and the Irish escaped with a 4-3 win. This season proved to be much closer, with Monaghan taking the first set in a tiebreaker, while Lock rallied for a 6-3 second set.
In the third, Lock picked up an early break before both players held serve until 5-3, when Monaghan finally broke Lock on a deuce point to extend the match. Monaghan proceeded to win the next two games to take a 6-5 lead before Lock again broke on a deuce point, second serve backhand down the line.
In the tiebreaker, Lock led 6-4 before smashing a winner that Monaghan's racket grazed for a 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (4) win. After the point, Lock was mobbed by his teammates as he collapsed to the ground.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"Unbelievable win for us, to be able to beat them indoors. I respect them as a team and how they fight. Great win for us. Come from behind, down 3-1, had to win the last three matches. Marco got us off to a start with his win, then Jose was down a match point and pulled out a tiebreaker win, then Ben, with the crowd on him, he faced match point before winning in a tiebreaker. I'm proud of our effort tonight. Great team win for us. Shows what can happen when you don't quit and continue to fight."
On the importance of the doubles point:
"We didn't play our best doubles tonight. We had a chance at No. 1 and got beat. Those guys for Notre Dame have played great all year. We spent this week working on doubles, and it paid off on 2 and 3. I liked how we finished it serving at 2 and 3."
On different guys coming through this season:
"The thing is, with our seniors when they're battling, we're in the match. We have things to work on and guys that need to improve, but our seniors, and Jose, and Aziz against North Carolina, have been big. We need everyone to come through at different times. It's different people on different days. They've all contributed to winning. We're doing a good job of being in matches."
On regrouping for Sunday's match in Tallahassee against No. 18 Oklahoma:
"It's brutal. It's a difficult turnaround for us, but they're also on the road. It's definitely a challenge, but we didn't have many choices scheduling. They were the national runner-up and I wanted our guys to have a chance to play a school like Oklahoma."
Senior Benjamin Lock:
"I had to focus on my court and stay as tough as I can. I couldn't tell what was happening on the other courts. Monaghan made balls in that third set to come back from 5-2. Down 6-5, I just took my time and kept with my game plan and stayed aggressive. On the deuce break, I just told myself, 'Go for it'. In the tiebreaker, it was just emotion. Not keeping track of the score, just crushing the ball and being aggressive."
On facing Monaghan after losing to him last season:
"I had that in the back of my mind and I was fired up. I blew a 6-2 tiebreaker lead in the first set today, but I kept in the match. I really wanted to beat him and Notre Dame. They're a good team, especially at home. They're tough. Our team was so strong. We played good doubles. Marco was solid against a guy that had beaten him twice, and Jose fought off a match point. Great team victory on the road."
On winning a pair of 4-3 road matches in ACC play:
"It shows the confidence we have in ourselves and our team. Big shots at big moments. Same story as Virginia Tech - guys aren't going to give it to us. Before, we were playing not to lose. You won't make every shot, but it will pay off if you play to win. A lot of experience in tough situations. Don't crumble, stay strong. Everyone trusts each other on the team knowing they have the experience in big moments."
NOTES:
Seminoles Fall Against No. 18 Oklahoma.
Sooners' 4-0 win was the first loss at Speicher for FSU this season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After an emotional win Friday night at Notre Dame, the FSU men's tennis team fell 4-0 Sunday against No. 18 Oklahoma (11-7) at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. It was the first loss at Speicher this season and second in Tallahassee this season.
After dropping the doubles point, the Seminoles (14-7) came out strong in singles, winning the first set on three courts. FSU could not sustain the momentum, however, and Oklahoma won a pair of straight-set matches, Andre Biro 6-4, 6-3 over Terrance Whitehurst on Court 6 and No. 47 Alex Ghilea clinched against Michael Rinaldi on Court 3, 7-5, 6-4.
On Court 2, FSU's Marco Nunez, ranked No. 60 in the ITA standings, won the first set 6-4 before dropping the final two, 6-1, 6-2, against No. 91 Spencer Papa.
In the remaining unfinished matches, No. 12 Benjamin Lock was on serve in the second set after dropping the first; Aziz Dougaz was up a break in a third set; and Jose Gracia was down a break in the third set.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"Oklahoma came out really strong in doubles. That's usually a strength of ours and they beat us pretty good at No. 1 and 2 and really gained momentum of the match. We did a great job coming out first sets in singles, getting in position to get more than three. We had set point at 1 and 3 singles. If we convert those, the match would have gone on and the score would have shown either our way or at least closer."
On playing Friday on the road and Sunday at home:
"It's difficult, but they're playing on the road too. They had to play Friday and come up here. It was a long match Friday, a great win for us and unbelievable experience for our guys to be down match point in two different matches in a difficult place to win."
On the difficulty of winning second sets this season:
"If you look at the second sets, we didn't win any second sets today. The three we won the first set, we didn't win the second and that changes the momentum of the match. We were battling hard and had some opportunities. We were up at different stages, and with no-ad tennis there's up and downs."
NOTES:
Lock Shines in No. 23 Noles 4-3 Win over Louisville.
Tenth-ranked Lock wins 6-0, 6-1 on Court 1.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Looking to top last season's ACC win total of six, No. 23 Florida State (15-7, 7-3 ACC) knocked off Louisville (12-14, 0-9 ACC) 4-3 Friday evening at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center. The Seminoles raced out to a 4-0 lead before Louisville snagged the final three points of the match.
In doubles, 19th-ranked seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez won for the first time since March 13 with a 6-1 win over Jeffrey Brown and Alex Gornet. The Louisville pair are ranked No. 81, and beat Lock and Nunez in the fall. FSU clinched the doubles point with Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi's 6-2 win on Court 2.
Lock's brother, Courtney, is a Louisville sophomore. He and Sean Donohue were tied with FSU's Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst when the doubles point was clinched.
In singles, Lock played his most dominant match of the season, beating Gornet 6-0, 6-1. It was the first bagel against an ACC opponent on the season, and the first unranked ACC foe he has faced since the opener against Clemson on March 4.
With a 2-0 lead, Dougaz won 6-3, 6-2 on Court 4 over George Hedley, while Gracia clinched the match in FSU's favor with an identical score on Court 5 over Brandon Lancaster.
With the Noles leading 4-0, the Cardinals recorded the final three points to provide the final margin.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"We had a really good start on doubles. It was great seeing Ben and Marco have a dominant performance, winning 6-1. Our guys did a good job of winning it at No. 2. It was a different match - we won three of the matches going away to clinch, and then lost two matches fairly closely. It was a little different because in the tournament that's a 4-0 win, but in reality it goes down as 4-3. I'm especially pleased with Ben being quick off, as well as Jose and Aziz. All three were very dominant performances. They did a good job staying on their opponents and finishing them off. I give Louisville credit for competing the way they did."
On impact of the three seniors heading in to Senior Day Sunday:
"Those guys have been good battlers and won a lot of matches. They're on our list for most wins. They've won a lot of big matches - Ben and Michael against Oklahoma in 2013 and the big win this year against North Carolina. They're competitive guys and they work hard and play hard every day."
NOTES:
Seminoles Sweep Senior Day Doubleheader.
Lock, Nunez, Rinald combine for six singles wins against NC State, Bethune-Cookman
TALLAHASSEE, FL – No. 23 Florida State beat No. 41 NC State and Bethune-Cookman Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in the final home matches of the season. The two shutouts, 7-0 against NC State and 6-0 against Bethune-Cookman, improved the Noles to 17-7 on the year and 8-3 in the ACC. It was also Senior Day for Benjamin Lock, Marco Nunez, and Michael Rinaldi. A pre-match ceremony prior to the NC State match included displaying the flags and playing the national anthems for each seniors’ country (Lock – Zimbabwe; Nunez – Mexico; and Rinaldi – U.S.). No. 23 FSU 7, No. 41 NC State 0
Against the Wolfpack (17-12, 5-6 ACC), FSU won the doubles point with victories on Courts 2 and 3. With a 1-0 lead entering singles play, the three FSU seniors faced ranked opponents on the other side of the net, the second straight season FSU faced three ranked singles players from NC State. Similar to last season, FSU won all three matches.
First off for FSU was sophomore Jose Gracia, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Chris Mikrovas. It was Gracia’s eighth conference win of the season, tying with Lock for the team lead. Freshman Aziz Dougaz made the score 3-0 FSU with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Igor Saveljic on Court 4. The match was clinched when Rinaldi beat No. 93 Nick Horton on Court 3, 6-4, 7-5.
With the match clinched, Terrance Whitehurst beat Ivan Saveljic, Igor’s brother, on Court 6, snapping a nine-match losing streak for the Seminoles on the final court. No. 74 Nunez beat No. 119 Thomas Weigel, overcoming a first-set loss to win 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), and No. 10 Lock beat No. 55 Simon Norenius, 6-4, 7-6 (6), to provide the final margin. The win improved the Noles to 24-3 all-time against the Wolfpack, and was the first shutout of NC State since 2002.
No. 23 FSU 6, Bethune-Cookman 0
In the second match of the doubleheader, FSU and Bethune-Cookman (11-12) played singles first and did not play doubles when the match was decided. FSU posted three bagels against the Wildcats, including a pair by Rinaldi against Justin Hall in a 6-0, 6-0 win that took less than 45 minutes to complete. The first five courts were decided in straight sets, while junior Jake Albo and BC-U’s Alvaro Barrera went to a third-set tiebreaker, with Albo eventually prevailing, 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5).
It was just the second meeting between the Noles and Wildcats after FSU’s 7-0 win in 2013.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“NC State was an exceptional match for us. Winning the doubles point after losing at No. 1 was a very key point. It established us being in the lead and we did a really good job coming out and getting early breaks in singles. Jose had a very dominant performance and got us on the board quick. We were fortunate enough to finish them off with Aziz and Michael to clinch. Having a senior clinch on Senior Day is always nice. I was pleased with Terrance, down 4-1 in the first and came back to win the first set and close out his match.
“Ben and Marco got another ranked win. We had three on the day and we beat them where they would consider their best points.”
On the importance of a 7-0 win over a ranked NC State team:
“It’s good. NC State ranked in the low 30s, early 40s that has had a good year, some really good wins, specifically over Wake Forest. It was good to have a dominant performance because that shows you played good at every spot.”
On the seniors going 6-0 in singles play on Senior Day:
“One thing that helped – we played the doubleheader and they played a lot of tennis today. That works on your stability and physical. Marco played five sets today, Ben played four that were pretty tough. It wasn’t easy, but the score was good. We’ve beaten a lot of good teams this year, and NC State is another one. A lot of team’s we’ve beaten are moving up in the rankings. Our schedule has been strong this year.”
On going 13-2 at home in 2016:
“You have to play well in the ACC at home with how difficult it is to play on the road. We only lost one ACC match at home, and that got moved indoors. We did a good job. We had some great road wins too, specifically Notre Dame and Virginia Tech.”
On sophomore Jose Gracia’s improved ACC play this season:
“He’s been clutch this year. Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, on the road, he was huge, facing match points and getting wins. He’s grown his game, coming to the net more and finishing more at the net.”
On winning at No. 6 and the impact that could have moving forward:
“Terrance has a good record, just not recently. Today gets him back in the win column, and that should be a good point for us no matter who we play. It was good to get him winning there today and hopefully we build off that next week.”
No. 23 Florida State 7, No. 41 NC State 0
Doubles
No. 1: Simon Norenius/Thomas Weigel (NCS) d. #19 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-3
No. 2: Aziz Dougaz/Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Nick Horton/Michael Ogden (NCS) 6-4
No. 3: Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Igor Saveljic/Ivan Saveljic (NCS) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #10 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #55 Simon Norenius (NCS) 6-4, 7-6(6)
No. 2: #74 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. #119 Thomas Weigel (NCS) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 3: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. #93 Nick Horton (NCS) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4: Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Igor Saveljic (NCS) 6-4, 6-3
No. 5: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Chris Mikrovas (NCS) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Ivan Saveljic (NCS) 7-5, 6-3
Seminoles Sweep Senior Day Doubleheader.
Lock, Nunez, Rinald combine for six singles wins against NC State, Bethune-Cookman
TALLAHASSEE, FL – No. 23 Florida State beat No. 41 NC State and Bethune-Cookman Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in the final home matches of the season. The two shutouts, 7-0 against NC State and 6-0 against Bethune-Cookman, improved the Noles to 17-7 on the year and 8-3 in the ACC. It was also Senior Day for Benjamin Lock, Marco Nunez, and Michael Rinaldi. A pre-match ceremony prior to the NC State match included displaying the flags and playing the national anthems for each seniors’ country (Lock – Zimbabwe; Nunez – Mexico; and Rinaldi – U.S.). No. 23 FSU 7, No. 41 NC State 0
Against the Wolfpack (17-12, 5-6 ACC), FSU won the doubles point with victories on Courts 2 and 3. With a 1-0 lead entering singles play, the three FSU seniors faced ranked opponents on the other side of the net, the second straight season FSU faced three ranked singles players from NC State. Similar to last season, FSU won all three matches.
First off for FSU was sophomore Jose Gracia, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Chris Mikrovas. It was Gracia’s eighth conference win of the season, tying with Lock for the team lead. Freshman Aziz Dougaz made the score 3-0 FSU with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Igor Saveljic on Court 4. The match was clinched when Rinaldi beat No. 93 Nick Horton on Court 3, 6-4, 7-5.
With the match clinched, Terrance Whitehurst beat Ivan Saveljic, Igor’s brother, on Court 6, snapping a nine-match losing streak for the Seminoles on the final court. No. 74 Nunez beat No. 119 Thomas Weigel, overcoming a first-set loss to win 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), and No. 10 Lock beat No. 55 Simon Norenius, 6-4, 7-6 (6), to provide the final margin. The win improved the Noles to 24-3 all-time against the Wolfpack, and was the first shutout of NC State since 2002.
No. 23 FSU 6, Bethune-Cookman 0
In the second match of the doubleheader, FSU and Bethune-Cookman (11-12) played singles first and did not play doubles when the match was decided. FSU posted three bagels against the Wildcats, including a pair by Rinaldi against Justin Hall in a 6-0, 6-0 win that took less than 45 minutes to complete. The first five courts were decided in straight sets, while junior Jake Albo and BC-U’s Alvaro Barrera went to a third-set tiebreaker, with Albo eventually prevailing, 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5).
It was just the second meeting between the Noles and Wildcats after FSU’s 7-0 win in 2013.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“NC State was an exceptional match for us. Winning the doubles point after losing at No. 1 was a very key point. It established us being in the lead and we did a really good job coming out and getting early breaks in singles. Jose had a very dominant performance and got us on the board quick. We were fortunate enough to finish them off with Aziz and Michael to clinch. Having a senior clinch on Senior Day is always nice. I was pleased with Terrance, down 4-1 in the first and came back to win the first set and close out his match.
“Ben and Marco got another ranked win. We had three on the day and we beat them where they would consider their best points.”
On the importance of a 7-0 win over a ranked NC State team:
“It’s good. NC State ranked in the low 30s, early 40s that has had a good year, some really good wins, specifically over Wake Forest. It was good to have a dominant performance because that shows you played good at every spot.”
On the seniors going 6-0 in singles play on Senior Day:
“One thing that helped – we played the doubleheader and they played a lot of tennis today. That works on your stability and physical. Marco played five sets today, Ben played four that were pretty tough. It wasn’t easy, but the score was good. We’ve beaten a lot of good teams this year, and NC State is another one. A lot of team’s we’ve beaten are moving up in the rankings. Our schedule has been strong this year.”
On going 13-2 at home in 2016:
“You have to play well in the ACC at home with how difficult it is to play on the road. We only lost one ACC match at home, and that got moved indoors. We did a good job. We had some great road wins too, specifically Notre Dame and Virginia Tech.”
On sophomore Jose Gracia’s improved ACC play this season:
“He’s been clutch this year. Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, on the road, he was huge, facing match points and getting wins. He’s grown his game, coming to the net more and finishing more at the net.”
On winning at No. 6 and the impact that could have moving forward:
“Terrance has a good record, just not recently. Today gets him back in the win column, and that should be a good point for us no matter who we play. It was good to get him winning there today and hopefully we build off that next week.”
No. 23 Florida State 6, Bethune-Cookman 0
Singles
No. 1: #10 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. Alexander Chepik (BCU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2: #74 Marco Nunez (FSU) d. Walid Gtari (BCU) 6-1, 7-6(3)
No. 3: Michael Rinaldi (FSU) d. Justin Hall (BCU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 4: Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Greg Almeida (BCU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5: Jake Albo (FSU) d. Alvaro Barrera (BCU) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(5)
No. 6: Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Pablo Lopez (BCU) 6-0, 6-2
Noles End Regular Season With 5-2 Win at Boston College.
Ninth ACC win of season ties a school record.
CHESTNUT HILL, MA - No. 22 Florida State won its only match of the week Sunday with a 5-2 victory at Boston College. The win ends the regular season and gives the Noles (18-7, 9-3 ACC) its most ACC wins in school history, tying the 2008 team (9-2).
Playing without senior Benjamin Lock, the 11th-ranked player in the country, FSU tinkered with the lineup to defeat Boston College (6-17, 0-12 ACC). In doubles, senior Marco Nunez, Lock's regular partner, played with junior Jack Haffey at No. 3 and beat Kent Mukai and Jeff Melvin, 6-3, while sophomores Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst won at No. 2 6-3 to secure the point.
In singles, No. 75 Nunez moved to the top slot and posted a double-bagel against Aidan McNulty, 6-0, 6-0, extending the FSU lead. Gracia beat Alexandre Thirouin on Court 4 and Michael Rinaldi beat Hank Workman on Court 2 to secure the win.
With the match decided, Mukai beat Whitehurst after Whitehurst had to retire on Court 5, and Kyle Childree beat FSU's Jake Albo on Court 6. The final margin was decided with Aziz Dougaz's 6-3, 6-4 win on Court 3.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"Good to get the win today. We're pleased to finish in the top three for the ACC Tournament, which is arguably the best conference in the country. We had a very good ACC season. We're looking forward to a challenging tournament. A lot of teams are playing to get in the NCAA Tournament or increase seeding and playing to win.
"Jack played well in doubles and got us the first point playing with Marco. We had quick matches on the top side and glad to see those guys win quick."
NOTES:
Noles Fall in ACC Quarterfinals to Virginia Tech.
The Hokies won three tiebreakers, including the clincher in a third set.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Playing indoors due to rain in the area all day Friday, the three-seed Seminoles fell 4-3 to six-seed Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals. The match was a reversal from when the two teams met last month, a 4-3 FSU win.
In doubles, Florida State (18-8) tallied wins on Courts 2 and 3 to enter singles play with a 1-0 advantage. First to finish was Aziz Dougaz and Michael Rinaldi on Court 2, 6-3 winners over Amerigo Contini and Edoardo Tessaro. Just seconds later, Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst improved to 9-1 against ACC opponents with a 6-3 win on Court 3 over Jai Corbett and Mitch Harper.
FSU's No. 16 Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez led No. 15 Andreas Bjerrehus and Joao Monteiro, 5-3, when the match was clinched.
Needing three singles wins to advance to a semifinal match against Wake Forest, the Seminoles started strong on Court 6 with Whitehurst's 6-0, 6-2 win over Aaron Gomez. That was the only first set the Seminoles won, however, and soon trailed 3-2 after Virginia Tech scored straight-set victories on Courts 4, 1, and 2, the latter two coming in tiebreakers.
On Court 5, Gracia dropped the first set before forcing a second against Harper. Gracia used an early break to gain momentum and a late break to seal the victory, tying the match 3-3 with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win.
With the match knotted up, Rinaldi led 4-2 in a third set against No. 107 Contini. Contini broke to make the match 4-3, and both players remained on serve until the tiebreaker. Rinaldi had two match points at 6-5, 30-40, but Contini connected on both to extend the match.
In the tiebreaker, Contini ran out to a 4-0 lead before winning the match 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2).
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It was a great college match. It was competitive. Virginia Tech is an outstanding team and one of the most underranked teams in the country based on what their ability is. We had a great win over them earlier in the season at their place, and this is a great win for them to beat us. The difference came down to the flipping of the matches (5 of 7 spots changed results from the regular season match). We won the doubles point this time, and they won it last time. They were good at closing matches out in the decisive sets. That's exactly what we did up there.
I'm extremely proud of Jose. He was down to match point and came back and won. I was very pleased with Terrance, one of his best matches of the year in convincing fashion.
I'm sure Michael feels bad about not winning his match, but that's only one of four points that occurred. He did a great job of coming back from a first set loss. We lost the match in the first set - they won five of six."
On what he said to the team after the match:
"I told them the key was the flipping of the matches and that we didn't play good enough in the first sets. They did a good job of not giving up and digging in and fighting. Certainly, it's advantageous for Virginia Tech to play indoors, but we did a good job in a hard-fought indoor match."
On how the team will prepare over the next three weeks for the NCAA Tournament:
"The first thing is we have to get through finals. We're fortunate to have a couple guys, Ben and Marco, playing in the Tallahassee Challenger next week. We'll take some days off to regroup and get our bodies healthier and train hard. There's some things we can correct and improve on, but this is not a bad loss."
NOTES:
Season Ends with 4-3 Loss vs. Baylor in NCAA Tournament.
Gracia, Terrance Whitehurst pick up singles victories.
ATHENS, GA – The 2016 season ended in heartbreaking fashion Saturday as Florida State (18-9) lost to Baylor (16-13) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament hosted by Georgia. It was the Noles ninth match this season that finished 4-3, with FSU going 4-5 in those matches.
The Noles opened the match winning the doubles point with wins on Courts 2 and 3. Off the court first was the sophomore duo of Jose Gracia and Terrance Whitehurst after they blanked Julian Lenz and Tyler Stayer, 6-0. After filling in for an injured Terrell Whitehurst midseason, Gracia and Whitehurst finish the season with an eight-match win streak and 10-2 overall record, including an 8-1 mark in the ACC.
On Court 2, freshman Aziz Dougaz and senior Michael Rinaldi used a late break to take down the Bears’ Jimmy Bendeck and Felipe Rios, 6-4. The Seminole pair won their final four matches of the season.
On Court 1, 17th-ranked Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez were at match point, 6-6 (6-2), over No. 86 Tommy Podvinski and Max Tchoutakian when the match was abandoned.
Needing three singles wins to advance, Florida State took the opening set on three courts, including tiebreaker wins on Courts 3 and 4. Baylor tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-1, 6-4 win by No. 94 Tchoutakian over No. 76 Nunez on Court 2, but FSU regained the lead with an identical win on Court 6 by Whitehurst over Stayer.
With FSU leading 2-1, the match of the day on Court 1 between All-Americans No. 11 Lock and No. 12 Lenz went in Baylor’s favor with Lenz’s 6-2, 7-6 (4) win to even the score at 2-2. It was a rematch from the Oracle Masters in September, a straight-set win for Lock.
The teams split the next two points, with Baylor’s Bendeck beating Dougaz, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2, while FSU’s Gracia beat Podvinski, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, on Court 5.
With a spot in the Round of 32 at stake, Rinaldi trailed 4-0 early in the third set before rebounding, but Rios was able to close out the Baylor victory with a 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 win.
QUOTES:
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
“I was pleased with how well Jose came back. I thought he did a great job of fighting back. There were a lot of big points that could’ve gone either way. It was an incredibly tough draw. Baylor is a team that made National Team Indoors, they’re a team that was one of the top seeds last year. They have their top three guys back, so we knew it was going to be a battle up top even though we were maybe slightly favored down low. The key match was really number four. We won the first set there and didn’t quite finish it off. At four-all, we had some game points to go up 5-4, and it ended just one game away. I thought that was the defining moment of the match.”
NOTES:
Lock Advances to Second Round at NCAA Tournament.
May 25, 2016
TULSA, OK – A day after being named the nation’s Most Improved Player by the ITA, Florida State senior Benjamin Lock advanced to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Vanderbilt’s Daniel Valent at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center Wednesday afternoon.
Lock, ranked No. 11 in the country and seeded 9-16 for the draw, overcame an early break to take down No. 36 Valent. After Valent went up 2-0 in the first set, Lock won the next 11 games to take a 6-2, 5-0 lead before serving for the win in commanding fashion. It was Lock’s 16th win against a ranked opponent this season.
May 26, 2016
TULSA, OK - In a scene reminiscent of 2015, Florida State seniors Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez ended their seasons on Day Two of the NCAA Tournament. In both seasons, Lock fell in the second round of singles action earlier in the day, while he and Nunez fell in a third-set against Oklahoma State in doubles in the afternoon.
This year, Lock, the No. 11 player in the ITA and already an All-American, was facing No. 28 Ronnie Schneider of North Carolina with a Round of 16 berth on the line. Lock was dominant in the first set, holding on to an early break to win the opener 6-3. In the second set, the players traded breaks before heading to a tiebreaker, which Schneider won 7-6 (5). In the deciding set, the players were forced to the sideline for nearly 10 minutes with nagging rain.
When the rain came, Schneider led 4-2 in the third and went on to win the deciding set 6-2.
For Lock, the match was the final singles event of his Seminole career and caps a senior season that saw him named the Most Improved Player in the country en route to 16 ranked wins on the year and First Team All-ACC honors. He finishes in the top 10 in FSU history in singles, doubles, and combined wins for a career.
In the afternoon, Lock and Nunez opened the first round of doubles play against Oklahoma State's Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash. In the 2015 NCAA Tournament, the Cowboys duo of Kadhe and Jakob Sude knocked off the FSU pair in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. This season, with a different format that enforces third-set tiebreakers, the Cowboys won 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (6).
Lock and Nunez will go down as one of the strongest doubles tandems in school history after making the NCAA Tournament two of their three years playing together. Lock graduated in April and will play professionally, while Nunez will remain at Florida State and work towards a finance degree. The pair led the Seminoles to an 18-9 record as a team in 2016.
05/25/2016
Singles
#11 Benjamin Lock (FSU) d. #36 Daniel Valent (Vand) 6-2, 6-1
05/26/2016
Doubles
#10 Julian Cash/Arjun Kadhe (OSU) d. #17 Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0(6)
Singles
#26 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) d. #11 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2