2017 Men's Tennis - Year In Review
Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach
Ryler DeHeart, Associate Head Coach
Tassilo Schmid, Volunteer Assistant
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2017 Men's Tennis - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Dwayne Hultquist, Head Coach Ryler DeHeart, Associate Head Coach Tassilo Schmid, Volunteer Assistant Click here to see individual mug shots |
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Guy Iradukunda, 6-3, Gitega, Burundi
Alex Knaff, 6-5, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Lucas Poullain, 5-8, Nantes, France
2017 Roster - By Name
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* Jake Albo 5-11 Sr *** Plantation (The Sagemont School)
* Rana Roop Bhullar 6-1 Fr Oslo, Norway (Norges Toppidrettsgymnas)
* Aziz Dougaz 6-2 So * La Marsa, Tunisia (Lycee Gustave Flaubert)
Parker Evertsen 5-10 Jr-R ** Marietta, Ga. (Rivers Academy)
* Jose Gracia 6-7 Jr-R ** Delray Beach (Florida Virtual School)
* Jack Haffey 6-0 Sr *** Naples (Florida Virtual School)
* Guy Iradukunda 6-3 Jr Gitega, Burundi (Seminole State College (Ok))
* Alex Knaff 6-5 Fr Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (Sportlycee)
* Lucas Poullain 5-8 Jr-R Nantes, France (University of Nantes)
* Terrance Whitehurst 6-4 Jr ** Tallahassee (Florida Virtual School)
* Terrell Whitehurst 6-2 Jr ** Tallahassee (Florida Virtual School)
2017 Conference Awards
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Aziz Dougaz Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Guy Iradukunda Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Lucas Poullain Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 3rd Team
All-Conference - 3
2017 Schedule and Results
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| Puerto Rico Invitational September 9-11, 2016, Palmas Del Mar, P.R. |
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| Bedford Cup September 23-25, 2016, Tampa, Fla. |
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| Georgia Tech Invitational October 7-9, 2016, Atlanta, Ga. |
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| ITA All-American Championship October 1-10, 2016, Tulsa, Okla. |
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| ITA SE Regional Championship October 20-24, 2016 |
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| USTA/ITA National Indoors November 3-6, 2016, Flushing, N.Y. |
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| Louisiana-Lafayette FSU Invitational |
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| South Alabama FSU Invitational |
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| Georgia State FSU Invitational |
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| Florida Gulf Coast | |||||
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| Mississippi State ITA Kick-off, Lubbock, Tex. |
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| Texas Tech ITA Kick-off |
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| Coll of Charleston | |||||
| Pepperdine | |||||
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| Florida Orlando, Fla. |
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| Virginia | |||||
| Clemson ACC, Rome, Ga. |
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| North Carolina ACC, Rome, Ga. |
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| Arkansas NCAA, Fort Worth, Tex. |
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| Texas Christian NCAA |
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| NCAA Singles & Doubles May 24-29, 2017, Athens, Ga. |
EOY StatsRef Overall Home Away Neutral ------------------------------------------------ FSU record is 18-12 12- 5 3- 5 3- 2 vs ACC 6- 6 4- 2 2- 4 0- 0
2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Results 1 Wake Forest 12- 0 30- 2 2 Virginia 11- 1 33- 1 3 North Carolina 9- 3 27- 6 4t Georgia Tech 8- 4 18- 8 4t Duke 8- 4 16-10 6t Florida State 6- 6 18-11 6t Louisville 6- 6 22-10 8 Notre Dame 5- 7 14-12 9 Virginia Tech 4- 7 10-13 10 North Carolina State 4- 8 14-15 11 Miami 2- 9 9-13 12 Clemson 2-10 9-16 13 Boston College 0-12 4-18
2017 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Rome, Ga Date Score Comments ========== ================================================== ================================== 04/26/2017 (12)Miami 5, (13)Boston College 1 Round 1 04/27/2017 (9)North Carolina State 4, (8)Virginia Tech 3 Round 2 04/27/2017 (5)Duke 4, (12)Miami 1 Round 2 04/27/2017 (7)Louisville 4, (10)Notre Dame 3 Round 2 04/27/2017 (6)Florida State 4, (11)Clemson 2 Round 2 04/28/2017 (1)Wake Forest 4, (9)North Carolina State 0 Round 3 04/28/2017 (4)Georgia Tech 4, (5)Duke 3 Round 3 04/28/2017 (2)Virginia 4, (7)Louisville 0 Round 3 04/28/2017 (3)North Carolina 4, (6)Florida State 1 Round 3 04/29/2017 (1)Wake Forest 4, (4)Georgia Tech 0 Round 4 04/29/2017 (2)Virginia 4, (3)North Carolina 3 Round 4 04/30/2017 (2)Virginia 4, (1)Wake Forest 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 0-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-2 3-3 Rana Roop Bhullar 0-2 3-5 2-3 5-8 1-1 1-5 10-1 17-15 Aziz Dougaz 38 6-11 4-3 4-3 3-2 9-7 2-2 0-1 14-12 Jose Gracia 1-5 6-4 5-4 3-4 2-2 10-5 15-11 Jack Haffey 1-2 1-2 Guy Iradukunda 59 7-9 8-3 7-5 7-5 7-2 7-10 21-17 Alex Knaff 0-2 1-3 2-1 5-6 0-1 4-1 1-3 10-11 Lucas Poullain 94 2-2 9-3 2-4 1-2 7-1 13-5 1-0 22-8 Terrance Whitehurst 0-1 2-4 3-1 2-4 3-0 1-1 2-5 1-1 9-11 Terrell Whitehurst 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 4-3 Totals 29-34 16-9 16-13 18-7 14-8 9-12 14-9 0-1 116-93
Doubles Results Highest vs Tie Fall/Spring Name Rank Rank ACC Break Tournaments 1 2 3 NCAA Total --------------------------------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Jake Albo/Jack Haffey 1-0 2-1 2-1 Jake Albo/Alex Knaff 1-0 1-0 Rana Roop Bhullar/Alex Knaff 3-4 3-4 Rana Roop Bhullar/ Opp 0-1 0-1 Aziz Dougaz/Jack Haffey 1-0 1-0 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda 53 3-3 2-3 1-1 2-1 12-6 14-7 Jose Gracia/Guy Iradukunda 1-1 3-1 3-1 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain 49 2-2 9-3 0-1 3-3 13-5 16-8 Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst 0-1 3-1 3-1 Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda 3-1 3-1 3-1 Jack Haffey/Lucas Poullain 1-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 Guy Iradukunda/Alex Knaff 2-0 2-0 4-0 Alex Knaff/Terrance Whitehurst 1-0 1-0 Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst 4-6 2-1 2-6 10-7 12-13 Totals 15-9 17-9 15-12 18-8 65-38
Jake Albo
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Andy Martinez Georgia L 6-3, 7-5 0-1
09/10/2016 T Ruben Vanoppen Mercer W 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 1-1
09/11/2016 T Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-2, 6-1 2-1
04/02/2017 6 Blaine Boyden North Carolina L 6-3, 6-1 2-2 0-1 0-1
04/09/2017 6 Conor Mullins Boston College W 6-2, 6-0 3-2 1-1 1-1
04/23/2017 90 6 Henrik Wiersholm Virginia L 6-3, 6-1 3-3 1-2 1-2
Rana Roop Bhullar
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Jordan Mark Mercer W 6-2, 6-1 1-0
09/10/2016 T Efstathios Tsirandis Mercer W 6-3, 6-2 2-0
09/11/2016 81 T Walker Duncan Georgia L 6-4, 6-4 2-1
09/23/2016 T Vadym Kalyuzhnyy South Florida L 6-0, 6-3 2-2
09/24/2016 T Felipe Frias Florida Atlantic L 6-4, 6-4 2-3
10/07/2016 T Cameron Green Furman L 6-1, 6-3 2-4
10/08/2016 T Scott Jones Tennessee L 6-3, 7-5 2-5
10/08/2016 T David Sarkissov Florida W 6-3, 6-1 3-5
10/09/2016 T Stephen Madonia Florida L 6-3, 6-2 3-6
10/20/2016 T Stefan Burnett Florida Atlantic W 6-2, 6-1 4-6
10/21/2016 T Sam Slade Kennesaw State W 6-2, 7-6(4) 5-6
10/21/2016 22 T Elliott Orkin Florida L 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 5-7
10/22/2016 T Javier Fernandez Florida Gulf Coast L 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(8) 5-8
01/14/2017 6 Eric Perez Louisiana-Lafayette dnf 6-1, 5-2 dnf 5-8 0-0
01/20/2017 6 Austin Bates Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 6-2 6-8 1-0
01/20/2017 6 Carlos Waitman Florida A&M W 6-1, 6-2 7-8 2-0
01/22/2017 6 Diego Finkelstein Georgia Southern W 7-5, 6-0 8-8 3-0
01/28/2017 6 Simon Baudry Mississippi State W 6-1, 6-1 9-8 4-0
01/29/2017 6 Carlos DiLaura Texas Tech W 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 10-8 5-0
02/11/2017 6 Dennis Afanasev George Washington dnf 6-2, 4-3 dnf 10-8 5-0
02/11/2017 6 Jake Kusmider Coll of Charleston W 6-0, 6-3 11-8 6-0
02/24/2017 6 Dane Esses Pepperdine W 6-4, 6-3 12-8 7-0
02/26/2017 6 Hady Habib Texas A&M L 6-3, 6-2 12-9 7-1
03/10/2017 6 Jordan Belga Florida W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 13-9 8-1
03/17/2017 6 Arturo Pinazo Clemson W 6-4, 6-4 14-9 9-1 1-0
03/19/2017 5 Niclas Genovese Miami W 7-5, 6-3 15-9 10-1 2-0
03/24/2017 5 George Hedley Louisville dnf 6-3, 6-5 dnf 15-9 10-1 2-0
03/26/2017 5 Chris Barrus Central Florida L 6-3, 6-3 15-10 10-2
03/31/2017 5 TJ Pura Duke L 6-2, 6-2 15-11 10-3 2-1
04/02/2017 5 Jack Murray North Carolina L 6-3, 6-4 15-12 10-4 2-2
04/07/2017 5 Guillermo Cabrera Notre Dame dnf 6-4, 3-6, 5-3 dnf 15-12 10-4 2-2
04/09/2017 4 Kent Mukai Boston College W 7-6(2), 6-2 16-12 11-4 3-2
04/14/2017 5 Dennis Uspensky Wake Forest L 6-3, 7-5 16-13 11-5 3-3
04/15/2017 5 Ivan Saveljic North Carolina State L 6-1, 6-2 16-14 11-6 3-4
04/21/2017 4 Alexandre Ribeiro Virginia Tech L 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 16-15 11-7 3-5
05/12/2017 6 Juan Marino Arkansas W 6-2, 6-0 17-15 12-7
05/13/2017 6 Trevor Johnson Texas Christian dnf 3-6, 5-5 dnf 17-15 12-7
Aziz Dougaz
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/03/2016 119 85 T Thibault Forget Southern California W 7-6(6), 6-4 1-0
10/04/2016 119 113 T Victor Pham Columbia L 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) 1-1
10/21/2016 119 T Maxx Lipman Florida W 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 2-1
10/22/2016 119 T Andrew Li Georgia Tech W 6-4, 6-4 3-1
10/22/2016 119 16 T Wayne Montgomery Georgia L 6-3, 7-5 3-2
01/14/2017 71 91 1 Tuki Jacobs South Alabama L 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 3-3 0-1
01/15/2017 71 1 Jannis Koeke Georgia State W 6-3, 6-3 4-3 1-1
01/20/2017 71 2 Ezequiel Cerrini Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 7-6(7) 5-3 2-1
01/20/2017 71 1 Courage Okungbowa Florida A&M W 6-2, 6-1 6-3 3-1
01/22/2017 71 2 Eddie Landin Georgia Southern W 6-4, 6-1 7-3 4-1
01/28/2017 71 6 1 Nuno Borges Mississippi State L 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 7-4 4-2
01/29/2017 71 25 1 Jolan Cailleau Texas Tech dnf 6-3, 2-6, 5-2 dnf 7-4 4-2
02/24/2017 94 1 Guilherme Hadlich Pepperdine W 6-3, 6-4 8-4 5-2
02/26/2017 94 16 1 Arhur Rinderknech Texas A&M L 6-2, 6-2 8-5 5-3
03/05/2017 94 53 2 Andrew Li Georgia Tech L 6-4, 6-3 8-6 5-4 0-1
03/10/2017 119 10 1 Alfredo Perez Florida W 6-4, 6-3 9-6 6-4
03/17/2017 119 1 Alex Favrot Clemson W 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 10-6 7-4 1-1
03/19/2017 119 67 1 Piotr Lomacki Miami W 6-4, 6-4 11-6 8-4 2-1
03/24/2017 52 1 Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff
Louisville dnf 7-6(4), 4-5 dnf 11-6 8-4 2-1
03/26/2017 52 63 1 Korey Lovett Central Florida W 6-4, 6-4 12-6 9-4
03/31/2017 52 76 1 Spencer Furman Duke L 6-1, 6-2 12-7 9-5 2-2
04/02/2017 52 31 2 William Blumberg North Carolina L 6-1, 6-3 12-8 9-6 2-3
04/14/2017 63 2 1 Petros Chrysochos Wake Forest W 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 13-8 10-6 3-3
04/15/2017 63 103 1 Alexis Galameau North Carolina State W 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-6(5) 14-8 11-6 4-3
04/27/2017 38 1 Alex Favrot Clemson L 7-5, 6-2 14-9 11-7
04/28/2017 38 21 1 Ronnie Schneider North Carolina L 7-5, 6-2 14-10 11-8
05/12/2017 38 10 1 Mike Redlicki Arkansas dnf 4-6, 2-5 dnf 14-10 11-8
05/13/2017 38 1 1 Cameron Norrie Texas Christian L 6-1, 6-0 14-11 11-9
05/24/2017 38 55 N Yuya Ito Texas L 6-3, 6-4 14-12
Parker Evertsen
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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09/09/2016 46 T Aron Hiltzik Illinois L 6-4, 6-2 0-1
09/10/2016 T Nicilas Guillon Mercer W 6-4, 6-3 1-1
09/11/2016 T Emil Reinberg Georgia L 6-4, 2-6, 1-0() 1-2
10/07/2016 109 T Emil Reinberg Georgia L 6-4, 7-6(4) 1-3
10/08/2016 T Andrew Schafer South Carolina W 7-5, 6-7(), 6-1 2-3
10/08/2016 T Joseph Guillin Florida L 6-3, 6-4 2-4
10/09/2016 T Michael Kay Georgia Tech W 6-4, 6-4 3-4
01/14/2017 3 Pearse Dolan Louisiana-Lafayette dnf 6-1, 6-5 dnf 3-4 0-0
01/14/2017 4 Clement Marzol South Alabama W 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 4-4 1-0
01/15/2017 4 Andrei Andrukhou Georgia State L 7-5, 6-3 4-5 1-1
01/20/2017 4 Javier Fernandez Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 6-2 5-5 2-1
01/28/2017 4 Niclas Braun Mississippi State W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 6-5 3-1
01/29/2017 104 3 Connor Curry Texas Tech W 7-5, 6-2 7-5 4-1
02/24/2017 4 Lautaro Pane Pepperdine dnf 3-6, 7-6(2) dnf 7-5 4-1
02/26/2017 4 Jordi Arconada Texas A&M L 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 7-6 4-2
03/05/2017 4 Carlos Divar Georgia Tech W 6-4, 7-5 8-6 5-2 1-0
03/10/2017 4 Johannes Ingildsen Florida W 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 9-6 6-2
03/17/2017 4 Sam Edwards Clemson W 7-5, 6-3 10-6 7-2 2-0
03/19/2017 4 Jesse Flores Miami W 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 11-6 8-2 3-0
03/24/2017 4 Ciro Lampasas Louisville W 6-3, 6-2 12-6 9-2 4-0
03/26/2017 4 Mariano Porter Central Florida dnf 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 dnf 12-6 9-2
03/31/2017 4 Nick Stachowiak Duke W 7-5, 7-6(6) 13-6 10-2 5-0
04/02/2017 54 3 Robert Kelly North Carolina L 7-5, 7-6(2) 13-7 10-3 5-1
04/07/2017 3 Matt Gamble Notre Dame W 6-3, 6-3 14-7 11-3 6-1
04/14/2017 64 4 Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 7-5, 7-5 14-8 11-4 6-2
04/15/2017 4 Igor Saveljic North Carolina State L 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 14-9 11-5 6-3
04/21/2017 3 Henrik Korsgaard Virginia Tech L 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 14-10 11-6 6-4
04/23/2017 47 3 Collin Altamirano Virginia dnf 7-6(0), 3-1 dnf 14-10 11-6 6-4
04/28/2017 106 4 Robert Kelly North Carolina L 6-2, 6-4 14-11 11-7
05/12/2017 4 Adam Sanjurjo Arkansas W 6-3, 6-1 15-11 12-7
05/13/2017 114 4 Jerry Lopez Texas Christian dnf 4-6, 4-5 dnf 15-11 12-7
Jack Haffey
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Sam Dromsky Georgia L 6-3, 6-3 0-1
09/10/2016 T Sam Fried Mercer W 6-2, 6-1 1-1
09/11/2016 T Nathan Ponwith Georgia L 6-1, ret. 1-2
Guy Iradukunda
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Aleks Kovacevic Illinois L 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 0-1
09/10/2016 T Jan Zielinski Georgia L 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 0-2
09/11/2016 T Olivier Stuart Mercer W 6-4, 7-5 1-2
09/23/2016 T Loic Blanco Stetson L 7-6(), 6-0 1-3
10/21/2016 T Sebastian Acuna Georgia State W 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2) 2-3
10/22/2016 76 T Chase Perez Blanco Florida W 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 3-3
10/22/2016 T Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3, 6-4 4-3
10/23/2016 31 T Piotr Lomacki Miami W 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 5-3
10/23/2016 81 T Walker Duncan Georgia W 6-4, 6-2 6-3
10/24/2016 16 T Wayne Montgomery Georgia W 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 7-3
11/03/2016 7 T Skander Mansouri Wake Forest L 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 7-4
11/04/2016 6 T Tom Fawcett Stanford L 6-4, 6-1 7-5
01/14/2017 59 1 Coleman Wahborg Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-4, 6-4 8-5 1-0
01/14/2017 59 2 Juan Cruz Soria South Alabama L 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 8-6 1-1
01/15/2017 59 2 Zackery Kennedy Georgia State L 6-3, 7-6(5) 8-7 1-2
01/20/2017 59 1 Andres Alfonzo Florida Gulf Coast W 6-1, 6-0 9-7 2-2
01/20/2017 59 2 Karlyn Small Florida A&M dnf 6-4, 2-3 dnf 9-7 2-2
01/22/2017 59 1 JC Alcala Georgia Southern W 6-3, 6-1 10-7 3-2
01/28/2017 59 2 Mate Cutura Mississippi State L 6-1, 6-2 10-8 3-3
02/11/2017 89 1 Julius Tverijonas George Washington W 6-3, 6-2 11-8 4-3
02/11/2017 89 1 Juan Estevarena Coll of Charleston dnf 6-4, 2-1 dnf 11-8 4-3
02/24/2017 84 2 Pedro Iamachkine Pepperdine W 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 12-8 5-3
02/26/2017 84 2 AJ Catanzariti Texas A&M W 6-4, 6-4 13-8 6-3
03/05/2017 84 7 1 Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech L 6-1, 6-2 13-9 6-4 0-1
03/10/2017 95 79 2 Elliott Orkin Florida L 7-6(3), 6-2 13-10 6-5
03/17/2017 95 2 Daffra Sanon Clemson W 6-2, 6-2 14-10 7-5 1-1
03/19/2017 95 2 Christian Langmo Miami W 6-4, 6-4 15-10 8-5 2-1
03/24/2017 125 2 Nicolas Rouanet Louisville W 6-1, 6-1 16-10 9-5 3-1
03/26/2017 125 2 Danny Kerznerman Central Florida L 6-3, 6-1 16-11 9-6
03/31/2017 125 2 Robert Levine Duke W 7-5, 7-5 17-11 10-6 4-1
04/02/2017 125 19 1 Ronnie Schneider North Carolina W 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3) 18-11 11-6 5-1
04/07/2017 78 54 1 Josh Hagar Notre Dame L 6-2, 6-3 18-12 11-7 5-2
04/09/2017 78 1 Aidan McNulty Boston College W 6-2, 6-3 19-12 12-7 6-2
04/14/2017 73 53 2 Borna Gojo Wake Forest L 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5) 19-13 12-8 6-3
04/15/2017 73 80 2 Nick Horton North Carolina State W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 20-13 13-8 7-3
04/21/2017 74 106 1 Jai Corbett Virginia Tech W 7-6(1), 6-2 21-13 14-8 8-3
04/23/2017 74 1 Alexander Ritschard Virginia dnf 7-6(2), 2-3 dnf 21-13 14-8 8-3
04/27/2017 73 2 Daffra Sanon Clemson L 6-2, 6-4 21-14 14-9
04/28/2017 73 28 2 William Blumberg North Carolina L 6-2, 6-4 21-15 14-10
05/12/2017 79 39 2 Jose Salazar Arkansas L 6-2, 6-2 21-16 14-11
05/13/2017 79 20 2 Alex Rybakov Texas Christian L 6-2, 7-5 21-17 14-12
Alex Knaff
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-1, 6-0 1-0
09/10/2016 T Sam Philip Mercer W 6-2, 7-6() 2-0
09/11/2016 T Alex Phillips Georgia W 2-6, 7-6(), 1-0() 3-0
09/23/2016 T Jefta Lecic North Florida L 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (0) 3-1
09/24/2016 T Stephen Madonia Florida L 6-3, 7-6() 3-2
10/07/2016 T Clarke Wilson Furman W 7-6(4), 6-2 4-2
10/08/2016 T Chris Yun Georgia Tech L 7-5, 6-3 4-3
10/08/2016 T Cole Fiegel Georgia Tech W 6-2, 6-2 5-3
10/09/2016 T Billy Rowe Vanderbilt L 6-2, 6-4 5-4
10/21/2016 109 T Emil Reinberg Georgia L 6-4, 6-3 5-5
10/22/2016 T Graham Ball Stetson L 6-4, 6-4 5-6
01/14/2017 5 Jamie Fraser Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-4, 6-3 6-6 1-0
01/14/2017 6 Olivier Gingras South Alabama L 7-5, 6-3 6-7 1-1
01/20/2017 5 Ilya Skoromnyy Florida A&M dnf 6-4, 2-0 dnf 6-7 1-1
01/22/2017 5 Stefano Di Aloy Georgia Southern W 6-2, 6-4 7-7 2-1
02/11/2017 4 Christos Hadjigeorgiou George Washington dnf 6-2, 5-5 dnf 7-7 2-1
02/11/2017 4 Ryan Khan Coll of Charleston dnf 6-2, 2-4 dnf 7-7 2-1
03/05/2017 6 Daniel Yun Georgia Tech L 6-4, 6-2 7-8 2-2 0-1
04/14/2017 6 Alan Gadjiev Wake Forest L 6-2, 7-5 7-9 2-3 0-2
04/15/2017 6 Sean Burnette North Carolina State W 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 8-9 3-3 1-2
04/21/2017 5 Freddy Mesmer Virginia Tech dnf 6-4, 6-7(4), 3-5 dnf 8-9 3-3 1-2
04/23/2017 112 4 Carl Soderlund Virginia L 6-4, 6-1 8-10 3-4 1-3
04/27/2017 5 Carlos Kelaidis Clemson W 6-4, 7-5 9-10 4-4
04/28/2017 6 Blaine Boyden North Carolina dnf 4-6, 3-3 dnf 9-10 4-4
05/12/2017 5 Johan den Toom Arkansas W 6-3, 6-4 10-10 5-4
05/13/2017 5 Reese Stadler Texas Christian L 6-3, 6-4 10-11 5-5
Lucas Poullain
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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10/21/2016 T Ezequiel Cerrini Florida Gulf Coast L 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 0-1
10/22/2016 T Sam Phillips Mercer W 7-6(), 6-3 1-1
10/22/2016 T Andrei Andrukhou Georgia State L 6-4, 6-7(5), 1-0(4) 1-2
01/14/2017 2 Arthur Libaud Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-3, 6-3 2-2 1-0
01/14/2017 3 Pierre Noyon South Alabama W 6-1, 6-1 3-2 2-0
01/15/2017 3 Quentin Coulaud Georgia State dnf 7-6(), 6-1 dnf 3-2 2-0
01/20/2017 3 Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 6-4, 7-6(5) 4-2 3-0
01/20/2017 3 Walner Espinoza Florida A&M W 6-3, 6-0 5-2 4-0
01/28/2017 3 Strahinja Rakic Mississippi State L 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 5-3 4-1
01/29/2017 2 Alex Sendegeya Texas Tech W 6-4, 6-3 6-3 5-1
02/11/2017 2 Chris Reynolds George Washington W 6-2, 6-1 7-3 6-1
02/11/2017 2 Benedikt Henning Coll of Charleston W 6-1, 6-1 8-3 7-1
02/24/2017 3 Stefan Menichella Pepperdine W 7-5, 6-3 9-3 8-1
02/26/2017 3 Max Lunkin Texas A&M W 6-2, 6-2 10-3 9-1
03/05/2017 3 Carlos Benito Georgia Tech L 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(13) 10-4 9-2 0-1
03/10/2017 3 Chase Perez-Blanco Florida L 6-3, 6-3 10-5 9-3
03/17/2017 3 Robert Dudley Clemson W 6-1, 6-4 11-5 10-3 1-1
03/19/2017 3 Max Andrews Miami W 6-1, 6-2 12-5 11-3 2-1
03/24/2017 3 Parker Wynn Louisville W 7-6(5), 6-2 13-5 12-3 3-1
03/26/2017 3 Harrison Richmond Central Florida L 6-3, 6-1 13-6 12-4
03/31/2017 95 3 Catalin Mateas Duke L 6-1, 6-1 13-7 12-5 3-2
04/02/2017 4 Simon Soendergaard North Carolina W 6-3, 6-1 14-7 13-5 4-2
04/07/2017 2 Eddy Covalschi Notre Dame W 7-6(0), 6-4 15-7 14-5 5-2
04/09/2017 2 Derek Austin Boston College W 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 16-7 15-5 6-2
04/14/2017 14 3 Skander Mansouri Wake Forest W 6-3, 6-2 17-7 16-5 7-2
04/15/2017 3 Georgiy Malyshev North Carolina State W 7-5, 6-2 18-7 17-5 8-2
04/21/2017 94 2 Mitch Harper Virginia Tech W 6-1, 0-6, 6-3 19-7 18-5 9-2
04/23/2017 94 12 2 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski Virginia L 6-3, 6-1 19-8 18-6 9-3
04/27/2017 98 3 Robert Dudley Clemson W 7-5, 6-2 20-8 19-6
04/28/2017 98 3 Simon Soendergaard North Carolina W 6-2, 6-1 21-8 20-6
05/12/2017 94 3 Oscar Mesquida Arkansas dnf 2-6, 6-1, 0-2 dnf 21-8 20-6
05/13/2017 94 83 3 Guillermo Nunez Texas Christian W 6-4, 6-4 22-8 21-6
Terrance Whitehurst
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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09/09/2016 T Fernando Guardia Mercer L 6-3, 7-6() 0-1
09/10/2016 T Robert Loeb Georgia L 6-4, 6-3 0-2
09/11/2016 T Jan Zielinski Georgia L 6-2, 6-4 0-3
10/21/2016 T Chris Yun Georgia Tech W 6-2, 6-4 1-3
10/22/2016 T Peter Bertran South Florida W 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-4 2-3
10/22/2016 81 T Walker Duncan Georgia L 6-4, 6-3 2-4
01/14/2017 4 Vlad Karamarov Louisiana-Lafayette dnf 6-1, 5-5, dnf 2-4 0-0
01/14/2017 5 Lois Cloes South Alabama W 6-2, 6-2 3-4 1-0
01/15/2017 5 Sebastian Acuna Georgia State L 6-4, 6-4 3-5 1-1
01/20/2017 5 Mateo Ruiz Florida Gulf Coast W 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3) 4-5 2-1
01/20/2017 4 Federico Nani Florida A&M dnf 6-0, 4-3 dnf 4-5 2-1
01/22/2017 3 Santiago Suarez Georgia Southern W 6-3, 6-0 5-5 3-1
01/28/2017 5 Giovanni Oradini Mississippi State L 7-6(5), 6-4 5-6 3-2
01/29/2017 4 Bjorn Thomson Texas Tech dnf 6-7(3), 6-4, 0-2 dnf 5-6 3-2
02/11/2017 3 Chris Fletcher George Washington dnf 6-3, 5-2 dnf 5-6 3-2
02/11/2017 3 Vasily Kichigin Coll of Charleston W 6-0, 6-3 6-6 4-2
02/26/2017 5 Valentin Vacherot Texas A&M L 6-4, 7-5 6-7 4-3
03/05/2017 5 Cole Fiegel Georgia Tech L 7-5, 6-4 6-8 4-4 0-1
03/10/2017 5 Maxx Lipman Florida dnf 6-4, 3-6, 4-3 dnf 6-8 4-4
03/17/2017 5 Carlos Kelaidis Clemson L 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5 6-9 4-5 0-2
03/26/2017 6 Kalman Boyd Central Florida dnf 6-3, 5-4 dnf 6-9 4-5
03/31/2017 6 Ryan Dickerson Duke L 7-5, 6-0 6-10 4-6 0-3
04/07/2017 4 Alex Lebedev Notre Dame L 6-4, 6-3 6-11 4-7 0-4
04/09/2017 3 Hank Workman Boston College W 7-5, 6-3 7-11 5-7 1-4
04/21/2017 6 Jason Kros Virginia Tech W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 8-11 6-7 2-4
04/23/2017 125 5 J.C. Aragone Virginia dnf 6-7(8), 0-2 dnf 8-11 6-7 2-4
04/27/2017 4 Sam Edwards Clemson W 6-3, 6-2 9-11 7-7
04/28/2017 5 Jack Murray North Carolina dnf 4-6, 2-3 dnf 9-11 7-7
Terrell Whitehurst
Singles Opp
Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf
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01/15/2017 6 Jack MacFarlane Georgia State L 6-2, 7-6(6) 0-1 0-1
01/22/2017 4 Artemie Amari Georgia Southern W 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(5) 1-1 1-1
01/29/2017 120 5 Ronit Bisht Texas Tech L 6-3, 6-4 1-2 1-2
02/11/2017 5 William Tutecky George Washington W 6-1, 6-1 2-2 2-2
02/11/2017 5 Fernando Lascurian Coll of Charleston dnf 7-5, 3-0 dnf 2-2 2-2
02/24/2017 5 Jack Van Slyke Pepperdine dnf 2-6, 7-6(5) 2-2 2-2
03/19/2017 6 Dane Dunlap Miami W 6-3, 6-3 3-2 3-2 1-0
03/24/2017 6 Sean Donohue Louisville dnf 6-7, 2-2 3-2 3-2 1-0
04/07/2017 6 Grayson Broadus Notre Dame L 7-5, 7-5 3-3 3-3 1-1
04/09/2017 5 Alexander Chieffalo Boston College W 7-6(3), 6-3 4-3 4-3 2-1
04/27/2017 6 Brent Lett Clemson dnf 6-4, 5-5 dnf 4-3 4-3
Jake Albo Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Jack Haffey Wayne Montgomery/Jan Zielinski Georgia L 6-3 0-1 09/09/2016 T Jack Haffey Julian Childers/Gui Gomes Illinois W 7-6() 1-1 09/10/2016 T Jack Haffey Sam Fried/Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-4 2-1 01/20/2017 3 Alex Knaff Federico Nani/Karlyn Small Florida A&M W 6-1 3-1 1-0 01/22/2017 3 Alex Knaff Dani Casablancas/Stefano Di Aloy Georgia Southern dnf 5-5 dnf 3-1 1-0 Rana Roop Bhullar Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Alex Knaff Sam Fried/Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-2 1-0 09/10/2016 T Opp Walker Duncan/Wayne Montgomery Georgia L 7-6 1-1 09/24/2016 T Alex Knaff Stefan Burnett/Christian Haushammer Florida Atlantic W 8-5 2-1 09/24/2016 T Alex Knaff Walner Bares/Carlos Waitmen Florida A&M L 8-5 2-2 10/07/2016 T Alex Knaff Max Hinnisdaels/Conner Huertas Auburn W 8-6 3-2 10/08/2016 T Alex Knaff Nathan Ponwith/Emil Reinberg Georgia L 8-2 3-3 10/09/2016 T Alex Knaff Thomas Mayronne/Andrew Schafer South Carolina L 8-3 3-4 10/21/2016 T Alex Knaff Joseph Guillin/Stephen Madonia Florida L 8-3 3-5 Aziz Dougaz Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 10/21/2016 56 T Guy Iradukunda Dane Dunlap/Christian Langmo Miami W 8-5 1-0 10/22/2016 56 T Guy Iradukunda Remi Chancerel/Lougoch Florida Atlantic W 8-5 2-0 10/23/2016 56 T Guy Iradukunda Peter Bertran/Justin Roberts South Florida L 8-7(5) 2-1 01/14/2017 3 Jack Haffey Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-4 3-1 1-0 01/14/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Lois Cloes/Juan Cruz Soria South Alabama W 6-4 4-1 2-0 01/15/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Zackery Kennedy/Jannis Koeke Georgia State W 6-3 5-1 3-0 01/20/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Andres Alfonzo/Ezequiel Cerrini Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3 6-1 4-0 01/20/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Walner Espinoza/Carlos Waitman Florida A&M W 6-3 7-1 5-0 01/22/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Artemie Amari/Diego Finkelstein Georgia Southern W 6-0 8-1 6-0 01/28/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter Mississippi State W 6-4 9-1 7-0 01/29/2017 60 1 Alex Knaff Alex Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson Texas Tech dnf 4-4 dnf 9-1 7-0 02/24/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Stefan Menichella/Jack Van Slyke Pepperdine W 6-4 10-1 8-0 02/26/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Arthur Rinderknech/Valentin Vacherot Texas A&M W 6-3 11-1 9-0 03/05/2017 48 1 Guy Iradukunda Carlos Benito/Carlos Divar Georgia Tech W 7-6(4) 12-1 10-0 1-0 03/10/2017 69 4 1 Guy Iradukunda Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez Florida dnf 5-4 dnf 12-1 10-0 03/17/2017 69 1 Guy Iradukunda Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon Clemson W 6-3 13-1 11-0 2-0 03/19/2017 69 1 Guy Iradukunda Max Andrews/Jesse Flores Miami dnf 4-4 dnf 13-1 11-0 2-0 03/24/2017 71 22 1 Guy Iradukunda Sean Donohue/Parker Wynn Louisville dnf 3-5 dnf 13-1 11-0 2-0 03/26/2017 71 1 Guy Iradukunda Mariano Porter/Harrison Richmond Central Florida L 6-4 13-2 11-1 03/31/2017 71 1 Guy Iradukunda Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak Duke L 6-4 13-3 11-2 2-1 04/14/2017 1 1 Guy Iradukunda Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 6-4 13-4 11-3 2-2 04/15/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Alexis Galameau/Michael Ogden North Carolina State L 6-1 13-5 11-4 2-3 04/27/2017 53 37 1 Guy Iradukunda Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon Clemson W 6-2 14-5 12-4 04/28/2017 77 10 1 Guy Iradukunda William Blumberg/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 6-4 14-6 12-5 05/12/2017 58 6 1 Guy Iradukunda Mike Redlicki/Jose Salazar Arkansas W 7-5 15-6 13-5 05/13/2017 58 25 1 Guy Iradukunda Jerry Lopez/Reese Stadler Texas Christian L 6-2 15-7 13-6 Parker Evertsen 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 ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Terrance Whitehurst Aron Hiltzik/Aleks Kovacevic Illinois W 6-3 1-0 09/09/2016 T Terrance Whitehurst Nathan Ponwith/Emil Reinberg Georgia W 6-4 2-0 09/10/2016 T Terrance Whitehurst Sam Philip/Olivier Stuart Mercer W 6-3 3-0 09/24/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Sam Chaffin/Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 4-0 09/24/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Loic Blanco/William Shkrob Stetson W 8-6 5-0 09/25/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Jonathan Deautriell/Sahil Deshmukh North Florida W 8-7() 6-0 09/25/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Jefta Kecic/Lasse Muscheites North Florida L 8-7() 6-1 10/21/2016 T Terrance Whitehurst Chris Yun/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech L 8-7(4) 6-2 01/14/2017 1 Lucas Poullain Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-1 7-2 1-0 01/14/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Olivier Gingras/Tuki Jacobs South Alabama L 6-2 7-3 1-1 01/15/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Sebastian Acuna/Andrei Andrukhou Georgia State W 6-2 8-3 2-1 01/20/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Oliver Landert/Mateo Ruiz Florida Gulf Coast dnf 3-5 dnf 8-3 2-1 01/20/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Courage Okungbowa/Ilya Skoromnyy Florida A&M W 6-1 9-3 3-1 01/28/2017 59 2 Lucas Poullain Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey Mississippi State W 6-3 10-3 4-1 01/29/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Connor Curry/Carlos DiLaura Texas Tech W 6-3 11-3 5-1 02/24/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine L 7-6(2) 11-4 5-2 02/26/2017 2 Lucas Poullain AJ Catanzariti/Hady Habib Texas A&M L 6-4 11-5 5-3 03/05/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Christopher Eubanks/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 7-5 12-5 6-3 1-0 03/10/2017 77 2 Lucas Poullain Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin Florida W 6-3 13-5 7-3 03/17/2017 77 2 Lucas Poullain Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot Clemson W 6-3 14-5 8-3 2-0 03/19/2017 77 2 Lucas Poullain Nile Clark/Piotr Lomacki Miami W 6-4 15-5 9-3 3-0 03/24/2017 2 Lucas Poullain C. Morin-Kougoucheff/Ciro Lampasas Louisville W 6-3 16-5 10-3 4-0 03/26/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Danny Kerznerman/Korey Lovett Central Florida L 7-5 16-6 10-4 03/31/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Ryand Dickerson/Jason Lapidus Duke W 6-2 17-6 11-4 5-0 04/02/2017 1 Lucas Poullain William Blumberg/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 6-2 17-7 11-5 5-1 04/07/2017 89 24 1 Lucas Poullain Eddy Covalschi/Josh Hagar Notre Dame L 7-5 17-8 11-6 5-2 04/09/2017 89 1 Lucas Poullain Derek Austin/Hank Workman Boston College W 6-4 18-8 12-6 6-2 04/14/2017 87 2 Lucas Poullain Alan Gadjiev/Borna Gojo Wake Forest W 6-2 19-8 13-6 7-2 04/15/2017 87 2 Lucas Poullain Nick Horton/Georgiy Malyshev North Carolina State W 6-4 20-8 14-6 8-2 04/21/2017 49 1 Lucas Poullain Jai Corbett/Henrik Korgaard Virginia Tech L 6-3 20-9 14-7 8-3 04/23/2017 15 1 Lucas Poullain Luca Corinteli/Carl Soderlund Virginia W 6-4 21-9 15-7 9-3 04/28/2017 53 2 Lucas Poullain Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard North Carolina W 6-2 22-9 16-7 05/12/2017 49 2 Lucas Poullain Johan den Toom/Adam Sanjurjo Arkansas L 6-4 22-10 16-8 05/13/2017 49 57 2 Lucas Poullain Alex Rybakov/Guillermo Nunez Texas Christian dnf 2-5 dnf 22-10 16-8 Jack Haffey Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Jake Albo Wayne Montgomery/Jan Zielinski Georgia L 6-3 0-1 09/09/2016 T Jake Albo Julian Childers/Gui Gomes Illinois W 7-6() 1-1 09/10/2016 T Jake Albo Sam Fried/Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-4 2-1 01/14/2017 3 Aziz Dougaz Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-4 3-1 1-0 02/11/2017 3 Lucas Poullain Jakub Behun/Jabari Stafford George Washington W 7-6(1) 4-1 2-0 02/11/2017 3 Lucas Poullain Jake Kusmider/Luke Kusmider Coll of Charleston W 6-2 5-1 3-0 04/02/2017 3 Guy Iradukunda Anu Kodola/Ronnie Schneider North Carolina dnf 2-5 dnf 5-1 3-0 0-0 04/07/2017 3 Guy Iradukunda Grayson Broadus/Brendon Kempin Notre Dame W 6-1 6-1 4-0 1-0 04/09/2017 3 Guy Iradukunda Jeffrey Melvin/Conor Mullins Boston College W 6-2 7-1 5-0 2-0 04/21/2017 3 Guy Iradukunda Jason Kros/Freddy Mesmer Virginia Tech W 7-5 8-1 6-0 3-0 04/23/2017 3 Guy Iradukunda Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone Virginia L 6-3 8-2 6-1 3-1 04/27/2017 2 Lucas Poullain Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot Clemson L 6-3 8-3 6-2 Guy Iradukunda Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Alex Knaff Walker Duncan/Robert Loeb Georgia W 6-4 1-0 09/10/2016 T Alex Knaff Efstathios Tsirandis/Ruben Vanoppen Mercer W 7-5 2-0 09/24/2016 T Jose Gracia Sam Chaffin/Oliver Landert Florida Gulf Coast W 8-4 3-0 09/24/2016 T Jose Gracia Loic Blanco/William Shkrob Stetson W 8-6 4-0 09/25/2016 T Jose Gracia Jonathan Deautriell/Sahil Deshmukh North Florida W 8-7() 5-0 09/25/2016 T Jose Gracia Jefta Kecic/Lasse Muscheites North Florida L 8-7() 5-1 10/21/2016 56 T Aziz Dougaz Dane Dunlap/Christian Langmo Miami W 8-5 6-1 10/22/2016 56 T Aziz Dougaz Remi Chancerel/Lougoch Florida Atlantic W 8-5 7-1 10/23/2016 56 T Aziz Dougaz Peter Bertran/Justin Roberts South Florida L 8-7(5) 7-2 01/14/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Lois Cloes/Juan Cruz Soria South Alabama W 6-4 8-2 1-0 01/15/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Zackery Kennedy/Jannis Koeke Georgia State W 6-3 9-2 2-0 01/20/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Andres Alfonzo/Ezequiel Cerrini Florida Gulf Coast W 6-3 10-2 3-0 01/20/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Walner Espinoza/Carlos Waitman Florida A&M W 6-3 11-2 4-0 01/22/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Artemie Amari/Diego Finkelstein Georgia Southern W 6-0 12-2 5-0 01/28/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter Mississippi State W 6-4 13-2 6-0 02/11/2017 1 Alex Knaff Chris Fletcher/Julius Tverijonas George Washington W 6-3 14-2 7-0 02/11/2017 1 Alex Knaff Rodrigo Encinas/Juan Estevarena Coll of Charleston W 6-2 15-2 8-0 02/24/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Stefan Menichella/Jack Van Slyke Pepperdine W 6-4 16-2 9-0 02/26/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Arthur Rinderknech/Valentin Vacherot Texas A&M W 6-3 17-2 10-0 03/05/2017 48 1 Aziz Dougaz Carlos Benito/Carlos Divar Georgia Tech W 7-6(4) 18-2 11-0 1-0 03/10/2017 69 4 1 Aziz Dougaz Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez Florida dnf 5-4 dnf 18-2 11-0 03/17/2017 69 1 Aziz Dougaz Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon Clemson W 6-3 19-2 12-0 2-0 03/19/2017 69 1 Aziz Dougaz Max Andrews/Jesse Flores Miami dnf 4-4 dnf 19-2 12-0 2-0 03/24/2017 71 22 1 Aziz Dougaz Sean Donohue/Parker Wynn Louisville dnf 3-5 dnf 19-2 12-0 2-0 03/26/2017 71 1 Aziz Dougaz Mariano Porter/Harrison Richmond Central Florida L 6-4 19-3 12-1 03/31/2017 71 1 Aziz Dougaz Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak Duke L 6-4 19-4 12-2 2-1 04/02/2017 3 Jack Haffey Anu Kodola/Ronnie Schneider North Carolina dnf 2-5 dnf 19-4 12-2 2-1 04/07/2017 3 Jack Haffey Grayson Broadus/Brendon Kempin Notre Dame W 6-1 20-4 13-2 3-1 04/09/2017 3 Jack Haffey Jeffrey Melvin/Conor Mullins Boston College W 6-2 21-4 14-2 4-1 04/14/2017 1 1 Aziz Dougaz Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim Wake Forest L 6-4 21-5 14-3 4-2 04/15/2017 1 Aziz Dougaz Alexis Galameau/Michael Ogden North Carolina State L 6-1 21-6 14-4 4-3 04/21/2017 3 Jack Haffey Jason Kros/Freddy Mesmer Virginia Tech W 7-5 22-6 15-4 5-3 04/23/2017 3 Jack Haffey Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone Virginia L 6-3 22-7 15-5 5-4 04/27/2017 53 37 1 Aziz Dougaz Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon Clemson W 6-2 23-7 16-5 04/28/2017 77 10 1 Aziz Dougaz William Blumberg/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 6-4 23-8 16-6 05/12/2017 58 6 1 Aziz Dougaz Mike Redlicki/Jose Salazar Arkansas W 7-5 24-8 17-6 05/13/2017 58 25 1 Aziz Dougaz Jerry Lopez/Reese Stadler Texas Christian L 6-2 24-9 17-7 Alex Knaff Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Sam Fried/Sachin Khurana Mercer W 6-2 1-0 09/09/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Walker Duncan/Robert Loeb Georgia W 6-4 2-0 09/10/2016 T Guy Iradukunda Efstathios Tsirandis/Ruben Vanoppen Mercer W 7-5 3-0 09/24/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Stefan Burnett/Christian Haushammer Florida Atlantic W 8-5 4-0 09/24/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Walner Bares/Carlos Waitmen Florida A&M L 8-5 4-1 10/07/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Max Hinnisdaels/Conner Huertas Auburn W 8-6 5-1 10/08/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Nathan Ponwith/Emil Reinberg Georgia L 8-2 5-2 10/09/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Thomas Mayronne/Andrew Schafer South Carolina L 8-3 5-3 10/21/2016 T Rana Roop Bhullar Joseph Guillin/Stephen Madonia Florida L 8-3 5-4 01/20/2017 3 Terrance Whitehurst Austin Bates/Javier Fernandez Florida Gulf Coast W 6-2 6-4 1-0 01/20/2017 3 Jake Albo Federico Nani/Karlyn Small Florida A&M W 6-1 7-4 2-0 01/22/2017 3 Jake Albo Dani Casablancas/Stefano Di Aloy Georgia Southern dnf 5-5 dnf 7-4 2-0 01/29/2017 60 1 Aziz Dougaz Alex Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson Texas Tech dnf 4-4 dnf 7-4 2-0 02/11/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Chris Fletcher/Julius Tverijonas George Washington W 6-3 8-4 3-0 02/11/2017 1 Guy Iradukunda Rodrigo Encinas/Juan Estevarena Coll of Charleston W 6-2 9-4 4-0 Lucas Poullain Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 01/14/2017 1 Jose Gracia Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov Louisiana-Lafayette W 6-1 1-0 1-0 01/14/2017 2 Jose Gracia Olivier Gingras/Tuki Jacobs South Alabama L 6-2 1-1 1-1 01/15/2017 2 Jose Gracia Sebastian Acuna/Andrei Andrukhou Georgia State W 6-2 2-1 2-1 01/20/2017 2 Jose Gracia Oliver Landert/Mateo Ruiz Florida Gulf Coast dnf 3-5 dnf 2-1 2-1 01/20/2017 2 Jose Gracia Courage Okungbowa/Ilya Skoromnyy Florida A&M W 6-1 3-1 3-1 01/28/2017 59 2 Jose Gracia Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey Mississippi State W 6-3 4-1 4-1 01/29/2017 2 Jose Gracia Connor Curry/Carlos DiLaura Texas Tech W 6-3 5-1 5-1 02/11/2017 3 Jack Haffey Jakub Behun/Jabari Stafford George Washington W 7-6(1) 6-1 6-1 02/11/2017 3 Jack Haffey Jake Kusmider/Luke Kusmider Coll of Charleston W 6-2 7-1 7-1 02/24/2017 2 Jose Gracia Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine L 7-6(2) 7-2 7-2 02/26/2017 2 Jose Gracia AJ Catanzariti/Hady Habib Texas A&M L 6-4 7-3 7-3 03/05/2017 2 Jose Gracia Christopher Eubanks/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech W 7-5 8-3 8-3 1-0 03/10/2017 77 2 Jose Gracia Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin Florida W 6-3 9-3 9-3 03/17/2017 77 2 Jose Gracia Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot Clemson W 6-3 10-3 10-3 2-0 03/19/2017 77 2 Jose Gracia Nile Clark/Piotr Lomacki Miami W 6-4 11-3 11-3 3-0 03/24/2017 2 Jose Gracia C. Morin-Kougoucheff/Ciro Lampasas Louisville W 6-3 12-3 12-3 4-0 03/26/2017 2 Jose Gracia Danny Kerznerman/Korey Lovett Central Florida L 7-5 12-4 12-4 03/31/2017 2 Jose Gracia Ryand Dickerson/Jason Lapidus Duke W 6-2 13-4 13-4 5-0 04/02/2017 1 Jose Gracia William Blumberg/Robert Kelly North Carolina L 6-2 13-5 13-5 5-1 04/07/2017 89 24 1 Jose Gracia Eddy Covalschi/Josh Hagar Notre Dame L 7-5 13-6 13-6 5-2 04/09/2017 89 1 Jose Gracia Derek Austin/Hank Workman Boston College W 6-4 14-6 14-6 6-2 04/14/2017 87 2 Jose Gracia Alan Gadjiev/Borna Gojo Wake Forest W 6-2 15-6 15-6 7-2 04/15/2017 87 2 Jose Gracia Nick Horton/Georgiy Malyshev North Carolina State W 6-4 16-6 16-6 8-2 04/21/2017 49 1 Jose Gracia Jai Corbett/Henrik Korgaard Virginia Tech L 6-3 16-7 16-7 8-3 04/23/2017 15 1 Jose Gracia Luca Corinteli/Carl Soderlund Virginia W 6-4 17-7 17-7 9-3 04/27/2017 2 Jack Haffey Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot Clemson L 6-3 17-8 17-8 04/28/2017 53 2 Jose Gracia Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard North Carolina W 6-2 18-8 18-8 05/12/2017 49 2 Jose Gracia Johan den Toom/Adam Sanjurjo Arkansas L 6-4 18-9 18-9 05/13/2017 49 57 2 Jose Gracia Alex Rybakov/Guillermo Nunez Texas Christian dnf 2-5 dnf 18-9 18-9 Terrance Whitehurst Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record Dual Conf ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ ----- ----- 09/09/2016 T Jose Gracia Aron Hiltzik/Aleks Kovacevic Illinois W 6-3 1-0 09/09/2016 T Jose Gracia Nathan Ponwith/Emil Reinberg Georgia W 6-4 2-0 09/10/2016 T Jose Gracia Sam Philip/Olivier Stuart Mercer W 6-3 3-0 10/21/2016 T Jose Gracia Chris Yun/Daniel Yun Georgia Tech L 8-7(4) 3-1 01/14/2017 2 Terrell Whitehurst Eric Perez/Coleman Wahlborg Louisiana-Lafayette L 6-4 3-2 0-1 01/14/2017 3 Terrell Whitehurst Clement Marzol/Pierre Noyon South Alabama W 6-4 4-2 1-1 01/15/2017 3 Terrell Whitehurst Quentin Coulaud/Felipe Jaworski 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Bhullar Notches Win as Seminoles Prepare for Main Draw.
Five Florida State players will compete in the singles main draw on Friday.
October 20, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team kicked off the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional Championships presented by Oracle on Thursday as freshman Rana Roop Singh Bhullar advanced to the final round of the qualifying singles draw.
After a 6-2, 6-1 victory over FAU's Stefan Burnett, Bhullar will face Kennesaw State's Sam Slade in the final round of qualifying play at 8:30
a.m. on Friday with a spot in the main singles draw at stake. He is the only Seminole in the qualifying bracket.
October 21, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis continued to main draw play at the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional presented by Oracle at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Friday, with three Seminoles advancing the round of 32 in the singles draw and one pair advancing in the doubles draw.
Play began at 8:30 a.m. with freshman Rana Roop Singh Bhullar defeating Kennesaw State's Sam Slade 6-2, 7-6(4) in the qualifying round to earn a berth in the main singles draw.
Six Seminoles would play in the singles draw, beginning with junior Guy Iradukunda notching his first win at the Speicher Center, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2) over Georgia State's Sebastian Acuna.
"I was particularly pleased with Guy coming back from match point down to come back and win," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "That was maybe the highlight of the day."
Junior Terrance Whitehurst defeated Georgia Tech's Chris Yun 6-2, 6-4 while sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated Florida's Maxx Lipman 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
After advancing, Bhullar lost to No. 2-seeded Florida's Elliott Orkin 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
"I really liked how Rana played today. First of all to qualify and make it into the main draw and then to play the No. 2 seed in a very tough match," Hultquist said. "I thought his effort was great."
Redshirt junior Lucas Poullain fell 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 to FGCU's Ezequiel Cerrini, and freshman Alex Knaff showed well in a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Georgia's Emil Reinberg.
In the doubles draw, the time-tested pair of Dougaz and Iradukunda advanced with an 8-5 victory over Miami's Langmo/Dunlap.
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia and Whitehurst fell to Georgia Tech's Yun brothers 8-7(4), and the
freshman duo of Bhullar/Knaff fell to UF's Guillin/Madonia 8-3.
October 22, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis continued main draw play at the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional presented by Oracle at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Saturday, as junior Guy Iradukunda advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles main draw after three Seminoles made it to the round of 16.
Iradukunda defeated sixth-seeded Florida's Chase Perez Blanco 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the round of 16. Once there, he bested FGCU's Oliver Landert in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to move on the quarterfinals.
Iradukunda will play Miami's Piotr Lomacki in the quarterfinal round at 10:00 on Sunday.
Also in the singles draw, sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated Andrew Li of Georgia Tech to advance to the round of 16, where he fell to top-seeded Wayne Montgomery 6-3, 7-5 in a hard-fought match.
Junior Terrance Whitehurst defeated USF's Peter Bertran 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-4 to advance to the round of 16, where he fell to Georgia's Walker Duncan 6-4, 6-3.
In doubles play, Iradukunda continued his winning ways, pairing with Dougaz to beat FAU's Lougoch/Chancel 8-5 to move on to the quarterfinals of the doubles draw.
In the singles consolation draw, redshirt junior Lucas Poullain defeated Mercer's Sam Philip 7-6, 6-3 but then fell to Georgia State's Andrei Andrukhou, while freshman Rana Roop Singh
Bhullar fell to FGCU's Javier Fernandez in three sets, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8.
October 23, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team continued main draw play at the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional presented by Oracle at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Sunday, as junior Guy Iradukunda advanced to the final of the singles draw.
Iradukunda defeated third-seeded Piotr Lomacki of Miami in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinal round.
In the semifinals, Iradukunda took on eight-seeded Walker Duncan of Georgia, one of three Bulldogs who advanced to the semifinal round. Iradukunda dispatched Duncan 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final.
Iradukunda will take on top seed Wayne Montgomery of Georgia at 9:00 a.m. Monday with an automatic berth in the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on the line.
In the doubles draw, Iradukunda and sophomore Aziz Dougaz dropped a close match 8-7(5) to Justin Roberts/Peter Bertran of USF.
The winners of the doubles draw will also receive an automatic bid.
October 24, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team concluded play at the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional presented by Oracle at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Monday, as junior Guy Iradukunda defeated Georgia's No. 16-ranked Wayne Montgomery 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 to claim the Southeast Regional singles championship.
"One of things that Guy did, he just got better every match." head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "He knocked off really good players, and in the finals Wayne (Montgomery) is one of the best players in the country- for him to take him down on home courts (was a great effort.)"
Iradukunda becomes just the second Seminole to win the ITA Regional singles title, joining Clint Bowles in 2009.
"I'm really happy that I won. It means everything," Iradukunda said.
In the semifinals Sunday, Iradukunda downed No. 81 Walker Duncan of Georgia 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final.
Iradukunda defeated No. 31 Piotr Lomacki of Miami in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinal round.
In the round of 32 Saturday, Iradukunda bested No. 76 Chase Perez-Blanco of Florida 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
In the first round of singles play, Iradukunda came back from down match point to win 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2) over Georgia State's Sebastian Acuna, and never looked back from there.
With the region championship, Iradukunda will play in the exclusive field of only 32 players at the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
"For him to come out of here is a great opportunity," Hultquist said. "We're looking forward to that in two weeks.
"It's a great honor to be going there."
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, considered the second leg of the collegiate Grand Slam, will be held Nov. 3-6 in Flushing Meadows, NY.
Last season, then-senior Benjamin Lock advanced to the Indoor Championships where he won the singles backdraw.
The doubles champions, Florida's Johannes Ingildsen and Alfredo Perez, also automatically qualify for the Indoor Championships.
10/20/2016
Singles
Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Stefan Burnett (FAU) 6-2, 6-1
10/21/2016
Doubles
#56 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Dane Dunlap/Christian Langmo (UM) 8-5
Chris Yun/Daniel Yun (GT) d. Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 8-7(4)
Joseph Guillin/Stephen Madonia (UF) d. Rana Roop Bhullar/Alex Knaff (FSU) 8-3
Singles
Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Sam Slade (KSU) 6-2, 7-6(4)
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2)
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Chris Yun (GT) 6-2, 6-4
#119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Maxx Lipman (UF) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
#22 Elliott Orkin (UF) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) d. Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
#109 Emil Reinberg (UGa) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
10/22/2016
Doubles
#56 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Remi Chancerel/Lougoch (FAU) 8-5
Singles
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #76 Chase Perez Blanco (UF) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Oliver Landert (FGCU) 6-3, 6-4
#119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Andrew Li (GT) 6-4, 6-4
#16 Wayne Montgomery (UGa) d. #119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-3, 7-5
Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Peter Bertran (USF) 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-4
#81 Walker Duncan (UGa) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Sam Phillips (MU) 7-6(), 6-3
Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) d. Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-4, 6-7(5), 1-0(4)
Javier Fernandez (FGCU) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(8)
Graham Ball (Stet) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
10/23/2016
Doubles
Peter Bertran/Justin Roberts (USF) d. #56 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 8-7(5)
Singles
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #31 Piotr Lomacki (UM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #81 Walker Duncan (UGa) 6-4, 6-2
10/24/2016
Singles
Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #16 Wayne Montgomery (UGa) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Iradukunda Falls at National Indoors.
November 3, 2016
FLUSHING, NY – Junior Guy Iradukunda fell to Wake Forest’s Skander Mansouri in heartbreaking fashion 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 32 of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Thursday afternoon.
To earn a spot in the exclusive field, Iradukunda defeated four ITA-ranked opponents en route to the Southeast Regional Championship in Tallahassee two weeks ago.
Iradukunda continues a successful fall season in which he became just the second Seminole to win the ITA Regional singles title and enter the Indoor Championships, joining Clint Bowles in 2009. Last season, Benjamin Lock earned an at-large bid to the Indoor Championships, where he won the consolation draw.
Considered the second leg of the collegiate Grand Slam along with the ITA All-American Championships and the NCAA Championships, the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships will run from Nov. 3-6.
November 4, 2016
FLUSHING, NY - Junior Guy Iradukunda fell to Stanford's Tom Fawcett 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the consolation singles draw of the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday afternoon to conclude his play in the exclusive event.
To earn a spot in the field, Iradukunda defeated four ITA-ranked opponents en route to the Southeast Regional Championship in Tallahassee two weeks ago.
Iradukunda wraps up a successful fall season in which he became just the second Seminole to win the ITA Regional singles title and enter the Indoor Championships, joining Clint Bowles in 2009. Last season, Benjamin Lock earned an at-large bid to the Indoor Championships, where he won the consolation draw.
11/03/2016
Singles
#7 Skander Mansouri (Wake) d. Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
11/04/2016
Singles
#6 Tom Fawcett (Stan) d. Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-4, 6-1
Men's Tennis Opens Season 2-0 in FSU Invitational.
The Seminoles dispatched Louisiana 4-0 before 4-3 win over South Alabama.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team kicked off the 2017 dual match season at home in the Florida State Invitational on Saturday, starting the season 2-0 with wins over Louisiana and South Alabama. Florida State has now won 16 consecutive season openers under head coach Dwayne Hultquist.
Against South Alabama, the Seminoles had to dig deep after relinquishing an early 3-0 lead. With the match tied at 3-3, redshirt junior Jose Gracia was locked in a deciding three-set match with the dual locked at 3-3. He stepped up and earned the win for the Noles, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the dual 4-3.
"I liked how we closed it out. I think (Gracia) stepped up and played really good," Hultquist said. "Serving an ace on match point, I think he stepped it up and won a dominating last game."
In the 9:00 a.m. match against Louisiana, Florida State jumped out to early lead and made quick work of the Ragin' Cajuns.
Redshirt juniors Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain defeated Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov 6-1, while senior Jack Haffey and sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud 6-4 to put the Seminoles ahead 1-0.
In singles, three Noles earned their first dual match wins in the garnet and gold. Poullain and freshman Alex Knaff put the Seminoles on the board, allowing No. 71 Guy Iradukunda to defeat Coleman Wahlborg 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the 4-0 victory for the Seminoles.
"I think we've got to keep playing better and grow as a team," Hultquist said after the afternoon match with South Alabama. "I thought the end of the match was good, but we need more. We need to keep aspiring to more- I'm looking for us to have consistency and play well in every spot every day."
Florida Atlantic, Mercer, Troy, Florida A&M and Georgia State also join the Seminoles in Tallahassee for the two-day competition.
Florida State 4, Louisiana 0
Doubles
No. 1: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov (ULL) 6-1
No. 2: Eric Perez/Coleman Wahlborg (ULL) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4
No. 3: Aziz Dougaz/Jack Haffey (FSU) d. Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud (ULL) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Coleman Wahborg (ULL) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Arthur Libaud (ULL) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Jose Gracia (FSU) vs. Pearse Dolan (ULL) 6-1, 6-5 dnf
No. 4: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Vlad Karamarov (ULL) 6-1, 5-5, dnf
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Jamie Fraser (ULL) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) vs. Eric Perez (ULL) 6-1, 5-2 dnf
Men's Tennis Opens Season 2-0 in FSU Invitational.
The Seminoles dispatched Louisiana 4-0 before 4-3 win over South Alabama.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team kicked off the 2017 dual match season at home in the Florida State Invitational on Saturday, starting the season 2-0 with wins over Louisiana and South Alabama. Florida State has now won 16 consecutive season openers under head coach Dwayne Hultquist.
Against South Alabama, the Seminoles had to dig deep after relinquishing an early 3-0 lead. With the match tied at 3-3, redshirt junior Jose Gracia was locked in a deciding three-set match with the dual locked at 3-3. He stepped up and earned the win for the Noles, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the dual 4-3.
"I liked how we closed it out. I think (Gracia) stepped up and played really good," Hultquist said. "Serving an ace on match point, I think he stepped it up and won a dominating last game."
In the 9:00 a.m. match against Louisiana, Florida State jumped out to early lead and made quick work of the Ragin' Cajuns.
Redshirt juniors Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain defeated Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov 6-1, while senior Jack Haffey and sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud 6-4 to put the Seminoles ahead 1-0.
In singles, three Noles earned their first dual match wins in the garnet and gold. Poullain and freshman Alex Knaff put the Seminoles on the board, allowing No. 71 Guy Iradukunda to defeat Coleman Wahlborg 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the 4-0 victory for the Seminoles.
"I think we've got to keep playing better and grow as a team," Hultquist said after the afternoon match with South Alabama. "I thought the end of the match was good, but we need more. We need to keep aspiring to more- I'm looking for us to have consistency and play well in every spot every day."
Florida Atlantic, Mercer, Troy, Florida A&M and Georgia State also join the Seminoles in Tallahassee for the two-day competition.
Florida State 4, South Alabama 3
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Lois Cloes/Juan Cruz Soria (USA) 6-4
No. 2: Olivier Gingras/Tuki Jacobs (USA) d. Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-2
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Clement Marzol/Pierre Noyon (USA) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #91 Tuki Jacobs (USA) d. #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
No. 2: Juan Cruz Soria (USA) d. #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Pierre Noyon (USA) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Clement Marzol (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
No. 5: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Lois Cloes (USA) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6: Olivier Gingras (USA) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 7-5, 6-3
Noles Fall to Georgia State, Finish 2-1 in FSU Invitational.
The Seminoles drop a tough one in championship match of the FSU Invite.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (2-1) started off strong but eventually fell 4-2 to the Georgia State Panthers (3-0) in the championship match of the Florida State Invitational on Sunday in the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
"I think it is very similar to the last match- clearly there's some things we've got to do better," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We've got to finish points better, finish sets better."
The Seminoles opened with a 2-0 lead after sophomore Aziz Dougaz made quick work of his opponent on court one. All of the other courts were very close matches in which the Seminoles led at some point in the first set before falling. Two matches came down to tiebreakers in the second set.
The Seminoles earned wins over Louisiana (4-0) and South Alabama (4-3) Saturday in the opening day of the Florida State Invitational to make it to the championship match.
"I think we've got to learn, I think we've got learn from it," Hultquist said. "Last year we weren't ready to go at one stage and lost to Miami, and in the same week we beat the number one team in the country. I think we've got to learn from some of these mistakes."
Georgia State 4, Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Zackery Kennedy/Jannis Koeke (GSU) 6-3
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Sebastian Acuna/Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) 6-2
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Quentin Coulaud/Felipe Jaworski (GSU) 3-4 dnf
Singles
No. 1: #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Jannis Koeke (GSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2: Zackery Kennedy (GSU) d. #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) vs. Quentin Coulaud (GSU) 7-6(), 6-1 dnf
No. 4: Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 7-5, 6-3
No. 5: Sebastian Acuna (GSU) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Jack MacFarlane (GSU) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2, 7-6(6)
Tennis Moves Indoors to Dominate Doubleheader.
The Seminoles made a clean sweep, defeating FGCU 7-0 and FAMU 4-0.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (4-1) warmed up at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center only to move to the Indoor Tennis Facility at match time, where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast 7-0 and Florida A&M 4-0 on Friday.
"It's a little bit different playing indoors- a little bit quicker, and I was glad to get the shutouts in both matches," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "I thought Florida Gulf Coast certainly had some close sets. They're a very good NCAA tournament team."
After relocating to the Indoor Tennis Facility, Florida State took the doubles point and never looked back. No. 59 junior Guy Iradukunda took court one 6-1, 6-0, freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar won on court six 6-3, 6-2, followed by junior Jose Gracia, who clinched the match for the Noles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory on court four.
The rest of matches were played out, as redshirt junior Lucas Poullain took court three 6-4, 7-6(3) in a two-set tiebreak on court three, followed shortly by No. 71 sophomore Aziz Dougaz with a 6-3, 7-6(7) tiebreak win on court two. Junior Terrance Whitehurst closed out the match with a lengthy 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3) victory on court five to complete the 7-0 sweep of the Eagles.
Against the Rattlers of Florida A&M, the Seminoles continued to dominate, winning the doubles matches almost simultaneously. Iradukunda/Dougaz won 6-3, Poullain/Gracia won 6-1, as did senior Jake Albo and freshman Alex Knaff to take the doubles point.
In singles play, Dougaz quickly took down Courage Okungbowa 6-2, 6-1. Bhullar dispatched August Waitman 6-1, 6-2, allowing Poullain to clinch the match with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Walner Espinoza to sweep the match and the day for the Seminoles.
"I was pleased with Rana. He got two wins today in singles," Hultquist said. "Alex (Knaff) also had a good day; he earned two doubles wins and was up in the singles match when it stopped."
Florida State 7, Florida Gulf Coast 0
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Andres Alfonzo/Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) 6-3
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) vs. Oliver Landert/Mateo Ruiz (FGCU) 3-5 dnf
No. 3: Alex Knaff/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Austin Bates/Javier Fernandez (FGCU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Andres Alfonzo (FGCU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2: #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) 6-3, 7-6(7)
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Oliver Landert (FGCU) 6-4, 7-6(5)
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Javier Fernandez (FGCU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Mateo Ruiz (FGCU) 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3)
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Austin Bates (FGCU) 6-3, 6-2
Tennis Moves Indoors to Dominate Doubleheader.
The Seminoles made a clean sweep, defeating FGCU 7-0 and FAMU 4-0.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (4-1) warmed up at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center only to move to the Indoor Tennis Facility at match time, where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast 7-0 and Florida A&M 4-0 on Friday.
"It's a little bit different playing indoors- a little bit quicker, and I was glad to get the shutouts in both matches," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "I thought Florida Gulf Coast certainly had some close sets. They're a very good NCAA tournament team."
After relocating to the Indoor Tennis Facility, Florida State took the doubles point and never looked back. No. 59 junior Guy Iradukunda took court one 6-1, 6-0, freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar won on court six 6-3, 6-2, followed by junior Jose Gracia, who clinched the match for the Noles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory on court four.
The rest of matches were played out, as redshirt junior Lucas Poullain took court three 6-4, 7-6(3) in a two-set tiebreak on court three, followed shortly by No. 71 sophomore Aziz Dougaz with a 6-3, 7-6(7) tiebreak win on court two. Junior Terrance Whitehurst closed out the match with a lengthy 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3) victory on court five to complete the 7-0 sweep of the Eagles.
Against the Rattlers of Florida A&M, the Seminoles continued to dominate, winning the doubles matches almost simultaneously. Iradukunda/Dougaz won 6-3, Poullain/Gracia won 6-1, as did senior Jake Albo and freshman Alex Knaff to take the doubles point.
In singles play, Dougaz quickly took down Courage Okungbowa 6-2, 6-1. Bhullar dispatched August Waitman 6-1, 6-2, allowing Poullain to clinch the match with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Walner Espinoza to sweep the match and the day for the Seminoles.
"I was pleased with Rana. He got two wins today in singles," Hultquist said. "Alex (Knaff) also had a good day; he earned two doubles wins and was up in the singles match when it stopped."
Florida State 4, Florida A&M 0
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Walner Espinoza/Carlos Waitman (FAMU) 6-3
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Courage Okungbowa/Ilya Skoromnyy (FAMU) 6-1
No. 3: Jake Albo/Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Federico Nani/Karlyn Small (FAMU) 6-1
Singles
No. 1: #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Courage Okungbowa (FAMU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 2: #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. Karlyn Small (FAMU) 6-4, 2-3 dnf
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Walner Espinoza (FAMU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 4: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Federico Nani (FAMU) 6-0, 4-3 dnf
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Ilya Skoromnyy (FAMU) 6-4, 2-0 dnf
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Carlos Waitman (FAMU) 6-1, 6-2
Dougaz, Noles Shutout Georgia Southern Eagles, 7-0.
The Seminoles defeated the Eagles in straight sets before playing out the dual match.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (5-1) defeated the Georgia Southern Eagles 7-0 inside the Indoor Tennis Facility on Sunday.
"We got stronger as the match went on, and I was pleased with that," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "I think we got better today and that's what we're looking for."
After claiming the doubles point, No. 59 Guy Iradukunda defeated Georgia Sourthern's JC Alcala 6-3, 6-1 for the first singles point of the dual match. No. 71 sophomore Aziz Dougaz followed suit with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Eddie Landin, and freshman Alex Knaff clinched the Seminole victory with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Stefano Di Aloy.
"I think last week was a wakeup call for us," Dougaz said. "We worked really hard. We realized the points we need to improve and we came here with a different mentality like we were ready to fight on every point and show everyone that we are going to fight hard."
The remaining three matches were played out as junior Terrance Whitehurst defeated Santiago Suarez 6-3, 6-0 and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar downed Diego Finkelstein 7-5, 6-0.
Junior Terrell Whitehurst played to a third-set tiebreak, where he bested Artemie Amari 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 to finish the 7-0 shutout victory for Florida State.
Florida State 7, Georgia Southern 0
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Artemie Amari/Diego Finkelstein (GSU) 6-0
No. 2: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. JC Alcala/Eddie Landin (GSU) 6-4
No. 3: Jake Albo/Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Dani Casablancas/Stefano Di Aloy (GSU) 5-5 dnf
Singles
No. 1: #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. JC Alcala (GSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2: #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Eddie Landin (GSU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Santiago Suarez (GSU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 4: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Artemie Amari (GSU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(5)
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Stefano Di Aloy (GSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Diego Finkelstein (GSU) 7-5, 6-0
Tennis Falls in Final Set to No. 20 Mississippi State.
The Seminoles will face ITA Kickoff host Texas Tech at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.
LUBBOCK, TX - The Florida State men’s tennis team (5-2) fell in a tightly contested match with No. 20 Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-0) 4-3 at the McLeod Tennis Center on Saturday.
“I think it was a great college match with lots of momentum swings,” Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “I thought we fought hard to go up in the second sets. Overall the battle was strong and it was the best I’ve seen us play this year.”
The Seminoles took the doubles point after redshirt juniors Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain grabbed a 6-3 victory, followed by junior Guy Iradukunda and sophomore Aziz Dougaz with a 6-4 win to give Florida State a 1-0 lead.
The singles matches were closely contested, as three courts came down to three sets.
No. 59 Iradukunda fell 6-1, 6-2 to tie the match at 1-1, while freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar claimed court six with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory to put the Noles up 2-1.
Junior Terrance Whitehurst fell on court five 7-5, 6-4 to tie the match again at 2-2.
Poullain fell 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in three sets, but Gracia took the third set to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on court four to tie the match at 3-3.
No. 71 Dougaz came down to the final set on court one, but fell 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to give the Bulldogs a 4-3 victory.
No. 20 Mississippi State 4, Florida State 3
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter (MsSt) 6-4
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. #59 Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey (MsSt) 6-3
No. 3: Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic (MsSt) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-0
Singles
No. 1: #6 Nuno Borges (MsSt) d. #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4
No. 2: Mate Cutura (MsSt) d. #59 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 3: Strahinja Rakic (MsSt) d. Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Niclas Braun (MsSt) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 5: Giovanni Oradini (MsSt) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Simon Baudry (MsSt) 6-1, 6-1
Without Iradukunda, Men's Tennis Defeats Texas Tech to Wrap ITA Kickoff Weekend.
The Seminoles improve to 6-2 on the year after 4-1 win over the
Red Raiders.
LUBBOCK, TX - The Florida State men's tennis team (6-2) jumped ahead a never looked back, defeating host Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-3) 4-1 at the McLeod Tennis Center on Sunday.
"It was a good team win, especially playing without (No. 59 junior Guy Iradukunda). (Redshirt juniors Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar) all stepped up," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "There was great doubles energy from all six guys- it was great to see the guys play hard for each other."
The Seminoles were indeed without their top-ranked player in Iradukunda, who missed the match with injury, causing freshman Alex Knaff to start alongside sophomore Aziz Dougaz at the number one doubles court. Juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst defeated Ronit Bisht/Pyry Hyrkkonen 6-3, and Gracia/Poullain defeated Connor Curry/Carlos DiLaura 6-3 to claim the doubles point.
In singles, Gracia earned an impressive 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 104 Curry, followed by Poullain's 6-4, 6-3 victory over Alex Sendegeya.
"I thought Lucas had one of the best wins we've had this spring," Hultquist said.
No. 120 Ronit Bisht defeated Terrell Whitehurst 6-3, 6-4 to make the match 3-1 in favor of the Seminoles, but Bhullar stepped up and registered a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 win over DiLaura on court six to clinch the Florida State victory.
Florida State's four newcomers have stepped up in a big way so far in 2017. In addition to Iradukunda commanding the top spot, Poullain has solidified his position on court three, and freshmen Knaff and Bhullar have answered the bell when called upon to step into the lineup.
Florida State 4, Texas Tech 1
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. #60 Alex Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson (TTU) 4-4 dnf
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Connor Curry/Carlos DiLaura (TTU) 6-3
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Ronit Bisht/Pyry Hyrkkonen (TTU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1: #71 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) vs. #25 Jolan Cailleau (TTU) 6-3, 2-6, 5-2 dnf
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Alex Sendegeya (TTU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. #104 Connor Curry (TTU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Bjorn Thomson (TTU) 6-7(3), 6-4, 0-2 dnf
No. 5: #120 Ronit Bisht (TTU) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Carlos DiLaura (TTU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Men's Tennis Shuts Out George Washington, College of Charleston.
The Seminoles improve to 8-2 on the season with sweeps of GWU and CofC.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (8-2) swept the George Washington Colonials (4-2) and the College of Charleston Cougars (2-1) each by the score of 4-0 at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Saturday.
"It was a good day. We didn't drop any points, which I thought was good," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "One of the things that I really liked was even in the matches that we didn't win, we were ahead in all of those matches."
Against the Colonials, the doubles point was hotly contested. The Seminoles claimed court one 6-3, and George Washington took court two 6-4. Senior Jack Haffey and redshirt junior Lucas Poullain took the third and deciding court to a tiebreak, where they won 7-6(1).
"It was tough this morning in doubles, but we came back and played well in singles," Poullain said. "This afternoon was much better. It was a great day for us."
In singles, the Noles got out to quick start as junior Terrell Whitehurst took court five 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets. Poullain took court two 6-2, 6-1, followed closely by junior Guy Iradukunda with a 6-3, 6-2 victory to clinch the 4-0 sweep of the Colonials.
"I thought we had really good effort from Lucas today," Hultquist said. "He was one of the first ones off in both matches and was very dominant. He had four wins today and clearly had a really strong showing."
In the afternoon match against the Cougars, the warmed-up Noles got out to a fast start and wasted no time in taking both courts one and three 6-2 to go up 1-0.
Poullain once again made short work of College of Charleston's Benedikt Henning with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court two, followed by freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Jake Kusmider.
Junior Terrance Whitehurst defeated Vasily Kichigin 6-0, 6-3 on court three to clinch the second sweep of the day for the Seminoles. The Noles did not drop a point in either match on the day.
Florida State 4, George
Washington 0
Doubles
No. 1: Guy Iradukunda/Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Chris Fletcher/Julius Tverijonas (GWU) 6-3
No. 2: Christos Hadjigeorgiou/Chris Reynolds (GWU) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Jakub Behun/Jabari Stafford (GWU) 7-6(1)
Singles
No. 1: #89 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Julius Tverijonas (GWU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Chris Reynolds (GWU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Chris Fletcher (GWU) 6-3, 5-2 dnf
No. 4: Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GWU) 6-2, 5-5 dnf
No. 5: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. William Tutecky (GWU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) vs. Dennis Afanasev (GWU) 6-2, 4-3 dnf
Men's Tennis Shuts Out George Washington, College of Charleston.
The Seminoles improve to 8-2 on the season with sweeps of GWU and CofC.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's tennis team (8-2) swept the George Washington Colonials (4-2) and the College of Charleston Cougars (2-1) each by the score of 4-0 at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center on Saturday.
"It was a good day. We didn't drop any points, which I thought was good," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "One of the things that I really liked was even in the matches that we didn't win, we were ahead in all of those matches."
Against the Colonials, the doubles point was hotly contested. The Seminoles claimed court one 6-3, and George Washington took court two 6-4. Senior Jack Haffey and redshirt junior Lucas Poullain took the third and deciding court to a tiebreak, where they won 7-6(1).
"It was tough this morning in doubles, but we came back and played well in singles," Poullain said. "This afternoon was much better. It was a great day for us."
In singles, the Noles got out to quick start as junior Terrell Whitehurst took court five 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets. Poullain took court two 6-2, 6-1, followed closely by junior Guy Iradukunda with a 6-3, 6-2 victory to clinch the 4-0 sweep of the Colonials.
"I thought we had really good effort from Lucas today," Hultquist said. "He was one of the first ones off in both matches and was very dominant. He had four wins today and clearly had a really strong showing."
In the afternoon match against the Cougars, the warmed-up Noles got out to a fast start and wasted no time in taking both courts one and three 6-2 to go up 1-0.
Poullain once again made short work of College of Charleston's Benedikt Henning with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court two, followed by freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Jake Kusmider.
Junior Terrance Whitehurst defeated Vasily Kichigin 6-0, 6-3 on court three to clinch the second sweep of the day for the Seminoles. The Noles did not drop a point in either match on the day.
Florida State 4, College of
Charleston 0
Doubles
No. 1: Guy Iradukunda/Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Rodrigo Encinas/Juan Estevarena (CC) 6-2
No. 2: Benedikt Henning/Easton Thomas (CC) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-3
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Jake Kusmider/Luke Kusmider (CC) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #89 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. Juan Estevarena (CC) 6-4, 2-1 dnf
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Benedikt Henning (CC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Vasily Kichigin (CC) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4: Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Ryan Khan (CC) 6-2, 2-4 dnf
No. 5: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Fernando Lascurian (CC) 7-5, 3-0 dnf
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Jake Kusmider (CC) 6-0, 6-3
No. 37 Tennis Shows Grit, Comes Back to Defeat No. 40 Pepperdine 4-1.
Florida State improves to 9-2 after the comeback victory over the
Waves.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 37 Florida State men's tennis team (9-2) came back to defeat the No. 40 Pepperdine Waves (3-4) 4-1 on Friday night under the lights at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
After dropping the doubles point to go down 1-0, Florida State stormed back in singles play to win 4-1 over the Waves as junior Guy Iradukunda won a three set match on court two 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 over Pepperdine's Pedro Iamachkine to clinch the match in favor of the Seminoles.
"I'm really happy that I clinched, it was my first clincher," Iradukunda said. "It was my first time playing college tennis on (television) and at night, actually. It was a really great feeling and I am glad that I could clinch the win for the team."
Live streamed on ACC Network Extra, the match was an entertaining one from the start.
The Seminoles got out to slow start in doubles play, but sophomore Aziz Dougaz/Iradukunda took court one 6-4. In two very closely contested matches on courts two and three, Florida State was unable to recover as juniors Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst fell 7-5 and redshirt juniors Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain fell in a tiebreak 7-6(2) to drop the doubles point for the first time all season.
"It was the first time (all season) that we lost the doubles point, and it put the pressure on all of us that we knew we had to come and win four singles," Iradukunda said. "We were ready and we did it- we won four singles."
In singles play, the Seminoles showed their grit and were able to rebound after falling into unfamiliar territory.
Much like doubles play, all six courts were deadlocked from the start. Dougaz was able to take court one 6-3, 6-4 to tie the match at 1-1.
After taking the first set 6-3, Iradukunda found himself in a close match after dropping the second set 3-6.
On court three, Poullain fell behind early but was able to rally to win the first set 7-5.
Freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar continued to show well, giving the Noles a 2-1 lead after a 6-4, 6-3 victory on court six.
After each falling behind a set, Gracia and Terrell Whitehurst each took the second set to a tiebreak.
The pressure mounted as Poullain took court three 7-5, 6-3 to put the Noles up 3-1, but Gracia and Whitehurst each won their respective tiebreaks to force a third set. By that time, Iradukunda had all but clinched his victory on court two to give Florida State the 4-1 win.
"One thing I liked was how each guy rebounded," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Jose was down a break, Terrell was down match points, if they lose then all of the pressure is on Guy. But by them getting second sets and fighting off match points, Guy kind of ran away with the third set. For us not to lose one singles was really good."
The match was the first win over a ranked opponent on the season for the Noles, the only other match a 4-3 loss by one set to No. 20 Mississippi State at ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Seminoles are now 4-4 all-time against the Waves after avenging a 5-2 loss four years ago to the day back in 2013.
"I think we're showing that we're a better team than we were earlier in the year," Hultquist said. "We've got a situation where we've got a lot of good players. We can kind of rotate them a little bit- it's like a team with a deep pitching staff or something like that. There's a lot of options."
No. 37 Florida State 4, No. 40 Pepperdine 1
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Stefan Menichella/Jack Van Slyke (Pepp) 6-4
No. 2: Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney (Pepp) d. Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 7-6(2)
No. 3: Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane (Pepp) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 7-5
Singles
No. 1: #94 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Guilherme Hadlich (Pepp) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2: #84 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Pedro Iamachkine (Pepp) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Stefan Menichella (Pepp) 7-5, 6-3
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) vs. Lautaro Pane (Pepp) 3-6, 7-6(2) dnf
No. 5: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Jack Van Slyke (Pepp) 2-6, 7-6(5)
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Dane Esses (Pepp) 6-4, 6-3
No. 37 Tennis Splits the Weekend, Falls 4-3 in Thriller to Texas A&M.
Redshirt junior Lucas Poullain improved to 9-1 in singles play with two wins
this weekend.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The No. 37 Florida State men’s tennis team (9-3) fell 4-3 in a thrilling match against the Texas A&M Aggies (5-3) on Sunday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
“We knew it was going to be a battle, and we had a shot,” Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “I thought we had a good overall weekend. I’m disappointed we lost this one but it was a good win Friday night and we’ve got some things we’ve got to work on we’ll address those.”
As they have all but once this season, the Seminoles took the doubles point as sophomore Aziz Dougaz and junior Guy Iradukunda took court one 6-3 over Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech/Valentin Vacherot. The Aggies took court two 6-4, but juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst defeated Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin 6-4 to grab the doubles point.
In singles play, redshirt junior Lucas Poullain continued his strong run on court three, downing Lunkin 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Poullain won both singles matches on the weekend to continue to lead the Seminoles with a 9-1 singles record.
“Playing at the third spot, I’m confident,” Poullain said. “I know I have to win most of my matches this year, so I’m happy that I was able to do that this weekend.”
Freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar suffered his first loss of his Seminole career, falling 6-3, 6-2 to TAMU’s Hady Habib on court six.
No. 94 Dougaz faced No. 16 Rinderknech on court one and was unable to get the win, falling 6-2, 6-2. No. 84 Iradukunda took down TAMU’s AJ Catanzariti 6-4, 6-4 to put the Seminoles ahead 3-2.
Unfortunately, it was not to be for the Noles as Terrance Whitehurst fell 6-4, 7-5 on court five to tie the match 3-3, and redshirt junior Jose Gracia played well but lost in three sets 7-5, 1-6, 1-6 to seal the 4-3 victory for the Aggies.
“(Poullain and Iradukunda) were great. Guy went 4-0 on the weekend and Lucas went undefeated in singles,” Hultquist said. “For those guys playing high in the lineup, for Lucas basically to dominate a really good player today, clearly those guys had great weekends. To win in this sport, you’ve got to have at least four people play really well, we’ve got two of them that played unbelievable this weekend.”
Texas A&M 4, No. 37 Florida State 3
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Arthur Rinderknech/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) 6-3
No. 2: AJ Catanzariti/Hady Habib (TAMU) d. Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-4
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin (TAMU) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #16 Arhur Rinderknech (TAMU) d. #94 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2: #84 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Max Lunkin (TAMU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Jordi Arconada (TAMU) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 6: Hady Habib (TAMU) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 33 Tennis Falls 5-2 at No. 12 Georgia Tech.
The Seminoles took the doubles point but were unable to the capitalize in the 5-2 loss.
ATLANTA, GA - The No. 33 Florida State men's tennis team (9-4, 0-1 ACC) fell 5-2 at the No. 12 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-2, 2-0 ACC) Sunday at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
As they often do, the Seminoles were able to jump out to a 1-0 lead after claiming the doubles point. Redshirt juniors Lucas Poullain and Jose Gracia got the win on court two, downing Georgia Tech's Christopher Eubanks/Daniel Yun 7-5, while junior Guy Iradukunda and sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated No. 48 Carlos Benito/Carlos Divar 7-6 (4) in a tiebreak to clinch the doubles point.
The Seminoles were unable to capitalize on that momentum and found themselves down a set on all but one court early in the match and were unable to recover as Georgia Tech clinched the match at 4-1.
"We had opportunities," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We didn't capitalize on those opportunities. We had tight first sets on three and five.
"We lost some big points today and I think that was a key factor. Georgia Tech is a really good team that is having a great year, and it's always hard to win on the road in the ACC."
A bright spot for Seminoles was Gracia's 6-4, 7-5 straight set win over Divar on court four.
"It was a good win for Jose to come back and win in straight sets," Hultquist said. "He really played to his strengths hitting a bunch of big serves at big times. He played the right style of tennis today."
No. 12 Georgia Tech 5, No. 33 Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #48 Carlos Benito/Carlos Divar (GT) 7-6(4)
No. 2: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Christopher Eubanks/Daniel Yun (GT) 7-5
No. 3: Cole Fiegel/Andrew Li (GT) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #7 Christopher Eubanks (GT) d. #84 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2: #53 Andrew Li (GT) d. #94 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3: Carlos Benito (GT) d. Lucas Poullain (FSU) 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(13)
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Carlos Divar (GT) 6-4, 7-5
No. 5: Cole Fiegel (GT) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6: Daniel Yun (GT) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 36 Men's Tennis Defeats No. 15 Florida 4-2 In Largest-Attended College Tennis Match of the Season.
A record crowd of 1,756 at the new USTA
National Campus at Lake Nona saw the Seminoles defeat the Gators for the first time since 2007.
ORLANDO, FL - The No. 36 Florida State men's tennis team (10-4, 0-1 ACC) defeated archrival No. 15/11 Florida Gators (8-6, 1-1 SEC) by the score of 4-2 on Friday in front of a record crowd of 1,756 at the USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla.
With the match tied at 2-2 and the remaining courts in third sets, freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar and redshirt junior Jose Gracia each pulled out third set victories to claim the 4-2 win, the Seminoles' first over the Florida Gators in ten years.
With Florida State leading 3-2 following Bhullar's 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over Florida's Jordan Belga, Gracia led 6-5 in the third set on court four. He won every point leading up to a serve for match point, and as Florida's Johannes Ingildsen sent the return into the net, clinched the 4-2 victory for the Seminoles.
"Rana and (junior Terrance Whitehurst) were fighting down set points and that gave me motivation to come back and to keep on fighting," Gracia said. "I realized my opponent getting nervous and tight- I used the crowd and played loose- I had a lot of fun and enjoyed the crowd. Most of them were against us but we enjoyed it and came out with a win."
In front of one of the largest crowds ever for a regular season college tennis match, many of whom were cheering on the blue and orange, the Seminoles jumped out to a 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point with strong wins on courts two and three.
"I think the key part of the match was when Terrance and Terrell were down 2-5 in doubles," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "I like how all three teams played and battled. I thought getting the doubles point was very important."
The No. 77-ranked doubles pair of redshirt juniors Lucas Poullain and Jose Gracia took down Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin 6-3, while juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst took court three 7-5 over Joshua Wardell/Chase Perez-Blanco.
"I felt like it was a battle from the whole team, attitude was great," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Atmosphere was electric as the largest-attended match this year. It really showed what the USTA is doing with College MatchDay to promote the event. Bigger days are ahead for college tennis."
The Noles took that momentum and took the first sets on courts one, five and six.
Poullain experienced a rare loss on court three as Chase Perez-Blanco won 6-3, 6-3 to tie the match for the Gators.
No. 119 sophomore Aziz Dougaz showed a powerful forehand and a great backhand against No. 10 Alfredo Perez, and took him down on court one 6-4, 6-3 to put the Seminoles ahead 2-1.
No. 95 junior Guy Iradukunda played a very tight first set vs. No. 79 Elliott Orkin, but fell in the tiebreak 7-6(3). Orkin took advantage and took the second set 6-2 to tie the match at 2-2.
Courts four through six each forced third sets, and playing alongside their teammates in the clutched proved to be the deciding factor as Bhullar and Gracia were able to grit out the victory for the Seminoles.
"We kept on pushing each other and wanted the best out of all of us," Gracia said. "(The win) will help a lot with recruiting and show that we are so close to beating other teams- this is going to send a message to the upcoming teams that we play."
"I think this environment far surpasses playing a home and away," Hultquist said. "This is good for both programs, college tennis, and I see it as a positive thing that I hope we can continue playing here."
About College Matchday:
College MatchDay is a showcase series of "bowl games" for college tennis, launched by the USTA to spotlight many of the country's top programs and players. College MatchDay's goal is to provide more fans the opportunity to see the excitement of college tennis team matches, both in person and at home.
About USTA National Campus:
The USTA National Campus is one of the largest tennis facilities in the world. It is located on 64 acres and divided into dedicated areas that will focus on the complete tennis pathway.
The cutting-edge center features a total of 100 courts (32 Plexicusion hard courts, 32 Har-Tru green clay courts, 16 Sport Courts, 8 DecoTurf acrylic cushion courts, 6 European Terre Davis red clay and 6 ReBound Ace indoor courts) along with two stadium courts.
No. 36 Florida State 4, No. 15 Florida 2
Doubles
No. 1: #69 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. #4 Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez (UF) 5-4 dnf
No. 2: #77 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-3
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Chase Perez-Blanco/Joshua Wardell (UF) 7-5
Singles
No. 1: #119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. #10 Alfredo Perez (UF) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: #79 Elliott Orkin (UF) d. #95 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 7-6(3), 6-2
No. 3: Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) d. Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Johannes Ingildsen (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 5: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Maxx Lipman (UF) 6-4, 3-6, 4-3 dnf
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Jordan Belga (UF) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Florida State Men's Tennis Downs Clemson, Women's Tennis Stumbles in Doubleheader.
Doubles were played simultaneously on the south side Speicher
courts as the FSU men downed Clemson 6-1.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's and women's tennis teams hosted an ACC doubleheader that saw the No. 28 men's team (11-4, 1-1 ACC) defeat the No. 79 Clemson Tigers (8-7, 0-1 ACC) 6-1 and the No. 52 women's team (8-7, 1-4 ACC) fall to the 18th-ranked Duke Blue Devils (9-3, 3-0 ACC) 7-0 on Friday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
With all six doubles courts at the same time, the two teams were able to cheer one another on before splitting up for singles play, where the men played on the north side Speicher courts, and the women played on the usual south side of the facility.
The Seminole men jumped out to a 1-0 lead after capturing the doubles point over the Tigers and did not look back en route to their first conference win of the season.
In singles play, No. 95 junior Guy Iradukunda quickly took down Daffra Sannon 6-2, 6-2, while redshirt junior Lucas Poullain followed suit with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of CU's Robert Dudley.
With the clinching point at stake, redshirt junior Jose Gracia and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar finished nearly at the same time, but Bhullar earned the 6-4, 6-4 clincher just before Gracia took his 7-5, 6-3 victory on court three.
The match was played out as sophomore Aziz Dougaz took court one in three sets, while junior Terrance Whitehurst would fall 5-7, 7-6(5), 10-5 in a third set tiebreak to put the final score at 6-1.
The men's tennis team will face the Miami Hurricanes (6-4, 0-2 ACC) tomorrow at noon, which will be played in the same fashion as Friday's doubleheader.
The Seminole women were not as fortunate against a strong Duke team. No. 56 sophomore Ariana Rahmanparast and freshman Nandini Das took on No. 34 Kaitlyn McCarthy/Meible Chi in a battle of ranked doubles pairs, but the Noles fell 6-0.
Junior Gabriella Castaneda and senior Daniela Schippers were leading 4-3 on court three but were unable to get the win as the Noles dropped the doubles point.
The Blue Devils featured four ranked singles in the lineup, and this young Seminole team earned valuable experience as they head into the heart of ACC play.
Freshman Nandini Das made her second career appearance at the top of the lineup for the Noles, and showed well against Samantha Harris of Duke. Das took the first set, but the match went to a third set tiebreak, where Harris edged by Das to the tune of 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.
Rahmanparast and freshman Andrea Garcia also ended in hard-fought tiebreaks in the second set, as Rahmanparast fell 6-3, 7-6(5) and Garcia, playing on the last singles court, lost 7-5, 7-6(7).
The Seminoles now turn their attention to the third-ranked North Carolina Tarheels in Sunday's noon doubleheader. Doubles will again be played side-by-side. The men's team will play singles on the south side courts, while the women's team will play singles on the north side at the Speicher Center.
Women's Tennis Head Coach Jennifer Hyde
"It was a great college tennis setting (playing doubles together). It was a lot of fun for the girls, a lot of fun for the fans, and for the guys as well.
We put Nandini at the one spot today and gave her an opportunity against a very seasoned player for Duke in Sam Harris. She did a great job. She had match point to win it in the third set and gave herself every opportunity to get it done and just came up a little short. That's experience that she's gaining every time she gets out there competing. Her future is very bright obviously and she did a great job carrying a load at the top spot. The great thing is that sometimes it takes a stinger like that to really reset your focus for what's ahead.
We had a lot of good fighting today. Andrea was out here fighting her tail off with no one else left on court. Duke was just better on the day today. They took advantage of some of our weaker shots and that's what the better teams are going to do. We've just got to get better, improve and find another gear in our games on Sunday."
Senior Daniela Schippers
"I'm proud of what Nandini was doing, I'm proud of what Andrea was doing. Everyone was fighting their own battles. I think that it's a tough day. I think that we need to have a short memory because we have an even tougher day on Sunday. We need to take that opportunity and everyone is going to have big matches and we just need to bring our best game."
Men's Tennis Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"It's our first match back coming off the Florida win. I was pleased to get a 6-1 win, any win in the ACC is good.
I was really pleased to see Aziz come back after losing the first set. That guy is a really good player. We didn't give them anything. I was really happy with the guys that fought back- Lucas was down in the second, came back and won, Aziz lost the first set, came back and won.
It was a good day, but we've got to play in two days. We've got to play Miami and it's another rivalry match and we've got to get up for that."
Junior Guy Iradukunda:
"I think we did really well. Doubles were really close, but we won on courts one and two. It's always good to start with the lead.
We all started pretty strong in singles as well. I think we all won the first set except on court one. That gave us confidence so we kept playing well. We clinched early, but we played out the match. I think we played really well.
(The doubles court) was really energetic. It was fun. There were a lot of people watching and supporting. The girls were also supporting us, we were supporting them. It was a good atmosphere- it's fun, it's different."
No. 28 Florida State 6, No. 79 Clemson 1
Doubles
No. 1: #69 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon (CU) 6-3
No. 2: #77 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot (CU) 6-3
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Christian Harris/Arturo Pinazo (CU) 5-2 dnf
Singles
No. 1: #119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. Alex Favrot (CU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2: #95 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Daffra Sanon (CU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Robert Dudley (CU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Sam Edwards (CU) 7-5, 6-3
No. 5: Carlos Kelaidis (CU) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Arturo Pinazo (CU) 6-4, 6-4
Men's Tennis Shuts Out Miami, Mikulski Shines in Loss to UNC.
The men's team swept Miami 7-0, while sophomore Julia Mikulski topples the No. 4
singles player in the nation.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's and women's tennis teams hosted a second ACC doubleheader of the weekend that saw the No. 28 men's team (12-4, 2-1 ACC) sweep the No. 67 Miami Hurricanes (8-8, 0-2 ACC) 7-0 and sophomore Julia Mikulski take down No. 4 Sara Daavettila in a third set tiebreak as the women (8-8, 1-4 ACC) fell to No. 3 North Carolina (18-1, 5-0 ACC) 6-1 on Sunday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
With all six doubles courts playing at the same time, the two teams were able to cheer one another on before splitting up for singles play. The men played on the usual south side Speicher courts, and the women played on the north side of the facility.
The Seminole men jumped out to a 1-0 lead after capturing the doubles point for the 15th of 16 tries this season and carried that momentum into singles, where they won all but one set on their way to a 7-0 shutout over the rival Hurricanes.
In singles play, redshirt junior Lucas Poullain made short work of Miami's Max Andrews 6-1, 6-2 on court three.
Junior Terrell Whitehurst followed suit with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court six, and No. 95 junior Guy Iradukunda clinched the victory for the Seminoles, defeating Christian Langmo 6-4, 6-4.
No. 119 sophomore Aziz Dougaz claimed his second victory over a higher-ranking player this season when he defeated No. 67 Piotr Lomacki 6-4, 6-4 at the top of the lineup. Iradukunda previously beat Lomacki on his run to the ITA Southeast Regional Championship in October.
Freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar and redshirt junior Jose Gracia would close out victories on courts five and four to complete the sweep 7-0 of the Hurricanes.
Career Day for Mikulski
Meanwhile, the No. 52 Seminole women faced off with powerhouse North Carolina on the south courts of Speicher.
The Tarheels grabbed the doubles point, but the Seminoles gave them a fight on nearly every singles court in a match that featured several tiebreaks, including two third-set tiebreakers to ten.
Facing off with the number four-ranked player nationally in Daavettila, Mikulski dropped the first set 2-6, but rebounded and was able to fight back to take the second 6-4 as nearly every game reached deuce point.
With the third set a tiebreak to ten points, Mikulski was able to jump out a 9-5 lead. Daavettila came all the way back to make it 9-8, but with the match on the line Mikulski was able to hold her off and earn the biggest win of her career so far, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Several young players, including Mikulski and freshmen Nandini Das, Andrea Garcia and Gabrielle Goldin, showed well against tough competition.
Das went toe-to-toe with No. 2 Hayley Carter and looked like she belonged with the senior All-American, but Carter would ultimately prevail 6-3, 6-3.
On court six, Goldin was able to claw back to win the second set 7-6(8) and force a third set tiebreak, but fell 3-10.
In the last match on court, Garcia just barely dropped a 7-6(8) first set and would fall 7-5 in the second to close out the match on court four.
Women's Tennis Head Coach Jennifer Hyde:
"I think Julia really settled in well after losing the first set. She knew what she needed to do and it was just a matter of executing. She definitely raised the level of her game in that second set.
She's been on the path of improving over the last three weeks. It's been really fun to see. How great for her and her confidence to know that she can hang around with a top five player in the country and get the job done when she needed to. I think it's a credit to all the hard work she's been putting in and trusting the process of getting her game where it belongs. Today was a huge, tremendous step for her and a big personal win for her career.
We challenged Nandini this weekend to step up in the one spot and it's very clear to anyone that watches her that she belongs there. She's got all the tools in her toolbox and right now she's getting a ton of experience that invaluable for her in her young career.
Andrea is always good for a fight- any time it's time to compete, she's ready. Even though she came up short, her scores were really close- they always are. (Gabrielle Goldin) didn't get a whole lot of warning that she was going to play singles. That girl inspires. She just inspires with how fiery and competitive and how much she wants it. She had this whole facility yelling for her because she was yelling for the Seminoles."
Sophomore Julia Mikulski:
"I started a little slow, she didn't have many mistakes. In the second set, she kind of broke down her serve with a lot of double faults, so I used that. In the third set, I just took it point by point. I got pretty nervous at the end (with the tiebreak at match point). I just tried to go point by point.
I'm actually really happy- I think everyone fought really well. We had a lot of long tiebreaks. Everyone was fighting and that's all we can do."
Men's Tennis Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist:
"One thing I really liked was that we got good efforts from everyone. Miami is a really good team- there's a couple spots especially that they're very good at. Lomacki is one of the better players in the country, so that's a really good win for Aziz. Langmo has been around and won a lot of matches, so that was a good win for Guy.
They had a chance to make a run at us, then we won all those tight first sets. Aziz and Guy breaking at 5-4, we won a lot of those tight sets late and we kind of rolled from there.
Terrell came on and played better the longer the match went. It was the first time Rana had played at five and he had a solid outing."
Redshirt Junior Jose Gracia:
"We just battled a lot and kept engaged throughout the match. It helped that there was a lot of fans here watching us. We wanted our revenge from last year. Coming off of the sweep is just a good feeling. We're ready for Louisville next.
When we play doubles together, we get a big crowd. The girls are cheering us on. It's an electrifying feeling and it motivates me a lot."
No. 28 Florida State 7, No. 67 Miami 0
Doubles
No. 1: #69 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. Max Andrews/Jesse Flores (UM) 4-4 dnf
No. 2: #77 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Nile Clark/Piotr Lomacki (UM) 6-4
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Dane Dunlap/Christian Langmo (UM) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #119 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. #67 Piotr Lomacki (UM) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2: #95 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Christian Langmo (UM) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Max Andrews (UM) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Jesse Flores (UM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 5: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Niclas Genovese (UM) 7-5, 6-3
No. 6: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Dane Dunlap (UM) 6-3, 6-3
Men's Tennis Shuts Out Louisville in Match of the Week.
The No. 29 Seminoles have won four straight matches following the dominant win at
Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY - The No. 29 Florida State men's tennis team (13-4, 3-1 ACC) dominated the Louisville Cardinals (11-4, 2-2 ACC) 4-0 on Friday evening at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.
The 29th-ranked Seminoles extended their winning streak to four matches in a row over rivals Florida, Clemson and Miami, and now over Louisville. Florida State won all but one set on the day in the dominating 4-0 victory.
"I thought our guys did a really good job today," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "I thought we competed well on the day."
The Seminoles again won the doubles point, which they have won all but twice this season.
Leading 1-0, No. 125 junior Guy Iradukunda made quick work of Louisville's Nicolas Rouanet and took court two 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets.
"We won doubles, which is always a good thing," junior Guy Iradukunda said. "We were able to go into singles confident, and I finished singles quickly. We were ready to play really well."
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia followed suit with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Ciro Lampasas on court four to put the Seminoles up 3-0.
With multiple courts approaching match point, redshirt junior Lucas Poullain was able to earn the clinch, 7-6(5), 6-2 over Parker Wynn on court three to seal the win for the Seminoles.
Like the earlier match between the Florida State and Louisville women's teams, strong winds were a factor in the match, but the Noles were not phased in the dominant performance.
"It was a little windy, so that kind of threw off warmups and doubles," Iradukunda said. "We had to adjust quickly. Doubles helps us again because we started with the lead and it takes the pressure off, especially having to adjust in singles."
Notables
No. 29 Men's Tennis Suffers Setback to UCF.
Florida State dropped just the fifth match of the year on Sunday.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 29 Florida State men's tennis team (13-5, 3-1 ACC) fell to the No. 47 UCF Knights (11-5) 4-1 in a tight match on Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
The match was much closer than the final score may indicate, as each court in both doubles and singles was hotly contested and the Seminoles were in good shape on the two unfinished courts when the match was clinched.
The deciding point of the match was on court five, with freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar down a set to UCF's Chris Barrus. The second set was locked at 3-3 when Barrus was able to win the deuce point to go up 4-3 and later clinch the court and the match 6-3, 6-3.
In doubles play, all three courts were tied at 3-3 at one point. Juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst were able to grab a 6-3 win on court three, but the Knights took control and won the doubles point from there.
This was only the second time the Noles dropped the doubles point all year, the first since a 4-1 win over Pepperdine in February.
"I was pretty disappointed with the way we played in doubles, and I think that set the tone for the match." Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We pride ourselves in the doubles, we'd only lost one other time all year. Had we won the doubles, we actually would have been in control of the match."
After dropping the doubles point, the Seminoles won the first set on three of the six singles courts, and would have needed a fourth point to go their way in order to win.
"I think that was atypical for how we play, but we gave them the confidence going into the singles," Hultquist said. "They played well (in singles), I thought they especially played well at (courts) two and three, those have been good points for us."
In a battle of ranked opponents, No. 52 sophomore Aziz Dougaz bested UCF's No. 63 Korey Lovett 6-4, 6-4 to get the Seminoles on the board at 2-1.
Terrance Whitehurst was in control on court six, about to win 6-3, 5-4. Redshirt junior Jose Gracia won the first set 6-0 and was headed to a third set on court four when the match ended.
Notables:
No. 27 Men's Tennis Falls Short at Duke.
The Seminoles continue ACC road trip at UNC on Sunday at noon.
DURHAM, NC - The No. 27 Florida State men's tennis team (13-6, 3-2 ACC) fell to the Duke Blue Devils (11-7, 4-3 ACC) 5-2 at the Ambler Tennis Stadium on Friday afternoon.
The Seminoles uncharacteristically dropped the doubles point for just the second time all season, and for the first time in a losing effort all year.
"They came out and played with more energy than we did," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "They've been a team that's been decimated by injuries that got a couple guys back today. They were ready to play and wanted it more than us today."
Duke clinched the match on court five, but the Seminoles kept fighting and earned straight set wins on courts two and four.
No. 125 junior Guy Iradukunda easily defeated Duke's Robert Levine 6-1, 6-2 for his 10th singles victory in the Garnet & Gold.
"Guy did a nice job of bouncing back," Hultquist said after the match. "He definitely beat a good player today."
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia, who always seems to be the last one fighting on the court, defeated Nick Stachowiak 7-5, 7-6 (6) after a second set tiebreak to close out the match.
"Jose is undefeated in the ACC, and is starting to show a lot of polish," Hultquist said.
Notables
Iradukunda, Poullain Shine as No. 27 Men's Tennis Falls At No. 4 North Carolina.
The junior took down No. 19 Ronnie Schneider in three sets in the
road loss.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - No. 125 junior Guy Iradukunda and redshirt junior Lucas Poullain each earned impressive victories as the No. 27 Florida State men's tennis team (13-6, 3-2 ACC) fell 5-2 at No. 11/4 North Carolina (17-2, 4-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon.
Battling on court one against No. 19 Ronnie Schneider of UNC, Iradukunda took the first set 7-5, but Schneider responded to take the second 6-4. The third set went to a tiebreak, which Iradukunda controlled from the jump en route to the 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3) victory, the highest-ranked win of his Seminole career so far.
Poullain faced off with UNC's Simon Soendergaard on court four and was the first Seminole point of the match. Poullain controlled the match all the way through to win 6-3, 6-1 and was the second match off the court.
"I was really pleased with Lucas today," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "He played well early and basically kind of ran away with the match in the second set.
"Guy beat a top 20 player, a several time All-American on his home court. (Schneider) is a hard guy to beat and one is one of Guy's better wins in college."
Poullain (13) and Iradukunda (11) are first and second on the team in wins this season.
North Carolina entered the match looking to avenge last year's defeat at the hands of the Seminoles, as the then-No. 51 Noles upset the No. 1-ranked Tarheels 4-3 in Tallahassee last March. The Florida State victory was the first in school history over the No. 1 team in the nation.
The Seminoles started a new lineup in the match, as Iradukunda and senior Jack Haffey saw time on court three in doubles, and senior Jake Albo made his first singles appearance of the season on court six, where he played well but lost 6-3, 6-1 to UNC's Blaine Boyden.
On the other courts, No. 52 sophomore Aziz Dougaz, redshirt junior Jose Gracia, and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar each fought hard but were unable to come up with wins.
"I thought the effort of Jose and Rana was really good today," Hultquist said. "This senior group at UNC is one of the best they've ever had. (They are a) really good team. Rana played an excellent match against Murray. Jose had the chance to win both sets against Kelly who is very experienced. We came up a bit short but good to get back home this weekend against Notre Dame."
No. 4 North Carolina 5, No. 27 Florida
State 2
Doubles
No. 1: William Blumberg/Robert Kelly (UNC) d. Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-2
No. 2: Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard (UNC) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-3
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. Anu Kodola/Ronnie Schneider (UNC) 2-5 dnf
Singles
No. 1: #125 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #19 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3)
No. 2: #31 William Blumberg (UNC) d. #52 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3: #54 Robert Kelly (UNC) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 7-5, 7-6(2)
No. 4: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Simon Soendergaard (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Jack Murray (UNC) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Blaine Boyden (UNC) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 30 Men's Tennis Falls to Notre Dame.
Redshirt junior Lucas Poullain upped his team-leading win total to 14 singles matches in the loss.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 30 Florida State Seminoles (13-8, 3-4 ACC) fell 4-2 to the No. 52 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-8, 3-4 ACC) on Friday night at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
The match was featured on ACC Network Extra as the USTA/ACC Match of the Week, the second time the Seminoles have been featured following a 4-0 victory at Louisville on March 24.
In doubles play, the junior Guy Iradukunda and senior Jack Haffey took care of business on court three, winning 6-1 over Notre Dame's Grayson Broadus and Brendon Kempin.
The Seminoles had a lead on each doubles court but were unable to capitalize, as No. 24 Eddy Covalschi/Josh Hagar came back to win 7-5 on court one over the No. 89 pair of redshirt juniors Lucas Poullain and Jose Gracia, allowing Alex Lebedev/Matt Gamble the space to win 7-5 on court two over juniors Terrell Whitehurst and Terrance Whitehurst.
In singles play, the Noles struck first as Gracia took down ND's Matt Gamble in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 on court three.
On court one, No. 78 Iradukunda took on No. 54 Hagar. Iradukunda fell in singles for the first time in three dual matches, 6-2, 6-3 as the Irish retook the lead at 2-1.
On court four, Lebedev defeated Terrance Whitehurst 6-4, 6-3.
Down 3-1, Poullain rose up to win 7-6(0), 6-4 on court two to pull the Seminoles within a point. In the first set, Poullain swept the tiebreak 7-0 to take the advantage when FSU needed a spark.
Down 3-2 with Florida State needing to win both courts, Terrell Whitehurst was out in front in both the first and second sets, but was unable to take advantage as Notre Dame clinched the match 7-5, 7-5 on court five.
When the Noles had to have it, freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar played big and was out to a 6-4, 3-6, 5-3 lead in the third when the match was clinched.
Davis Cup
FSU's highest-ranked player, No. 71 sophomore Aziz Dougaz, along with freshman Alex Knaff, were absent from the match representing their respective nations in the Davis Cup, the World Cup of tennis. With a singles and doubles win, Knaff led his native Luxembourg to a 3-0 victory over Albania, while Dougaz will represent Tunisia against Cyprus on Sunday April 9.
Dougaz previously represented Tunisia against top-seeded Sweden in January of this season, and this is Knaff's third year in a row playing for Luxembourg.
Notre Dame 4, No. 30
Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: #24 Eddy Covalschi/Josh Hagar (ND) d. #89 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 7-5
No. 2: Matt Gamble/Alex Lebedev (ND) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 7-5
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Grayson Broadus/Brendon Kempin (ND) 6-1
Singles
No. 1: #54 Josh Hagar (ND) d. #78 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Eddy Covalschi (ND) 7-6(0), 6-4
No. 3: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Matt Gamble (ND) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Alex Lebedev (ND) d. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 5: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) vs. Guillermo Cabrera (ND) 6-4, 3-6, 5-3 dnf
No. 6: Grayson Broadus (ND) d. Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 30 Men's Tennis Shuts Out Eagles 7-0.
Senior Jake Albo lead the way with a 6-2, 6-0 straight set victory on court six.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 30 Florida State Seminoles (14-8, 4-4 ACC) dropped only one set all day en route to a 7-0 shutout of the Boston College Eagles (4-13, 0-8 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
The win marks the ninth time this season that Florida State has shut out their opponent.
"I think over time we got a little bit more aggressive than they did." Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We came in and finished a couple sets off where we were down early, but we got the point that we were controlling points."
The Seminoles got off to a fast start, taking the doubles point with a win on courts three and one. Junior Guy Iradukunda and senior Jack Haffey defeated Conor Mullins and Jeffrey Melvin of Boston College 6-2 on court three followed by No. 89 redshirt juniors Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain downed Derek Austin/Hank Workman 6-4 to clinch the point.
In singles, senior Jake Albo heard his named called on court six, and did not disappoint as he defeated BC's Mullins 6-2, 6-0 in straight sets to put the Seminoles up 2-0.
"It was nice to get back out there," Albo said. "I do everything that I can, whether it's on the court or off the court to support the guys, but it was definitely being out on the court it was nice to get to get the win and help the team that way too."
No. 78 Iradukunda stepped into the top spot, and was right behind Albo in taking the straight set victory 6-2, 6-3 over Aiden McNulty.
On court three, Terrance Whitehurst fell behind early in the first set to BC's Hank Workman, but rallied to win 7-5, 6-3 and clinch the Seminoles victory.
The rest of the courts were played out, as Terrell Whitehurst and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar clinched courts four and five at almost the exact same time after each winning first set tiebreaks.
Poullain's match on court two went a third set, but was not far behind with a 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 victory to complete the 7-0 shutout of the Eagles.
Davis Cup
FSU's highest-ranked player, No. 71 sophomore Aziz Dougaz, along with freshman Alex Knaff, were absent from the match representing their respective nations in the Davis Cup, the World Cup of tennis.
With a 6-0, 6-3 doubles win on Sunday, Knaff helped lead Luxembourg to a 3-0 victory over Liechtenstein to advance out of Pool C. Dougaz went toe-to-toe with the No. 2 player in the ITA poll, Petros Chrysochos, falling 6-4, 7-6(2) but helping Tunisia advance out of the Group II playoffs with a 4-1 win over Cyprus.
No. 30 Florida State 7, Boston College 0
Doubles
No. 1: #89 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Derek Austin/Hank Workman (BC) 6-4
No. 2: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Kent Mukai/Aidan McNulty (BC) 4-3 dnf
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Jeffrey Melvin/Conor Mullins (BC) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #78 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Aidan McNulty (BC) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Derek Austin (BC) 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Hank Workman (BC) 7-5, 6-3
No. 4: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Kent Mukai (BC) 7-6(2), 6-2
No. 5: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Alexander Chieffalo (BC) 7-6(3), 6-3
No. 6: Jake Albo (FSU) d. Conor Mullins (BC) 6-2, 6-0
Dougaz, Poullain Earn Career Wins in Loss at No. 1 Wake Forest.
No. 63 sophomore Aziz Dougaz defeated the No. 2 player in the nation in three
sets.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The No. 33 Florida State Seminoles (14-9, 4-5 ACC) showed a lot of fight in a 5-2 defeat at the hands of the No. 1/1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (20-2, 7-1 ACC) on Friday night at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
No. 63 sophomore Aziz Dougaz earned a three set victory 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 over the No. 2 player in the nation in Petros Chrysochos, while redshirt junior Lucas Poullain defeated Skander Mansouri, who is currently ranked No. 14 but has been as high as No. 4 this season, in straight sets before the match was clinched.
"It was a great win for Lucas- his best win in college and he's won more matches than anyone else and he's having a great year for us," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Aziz had a great gameplan, I thought our coaches did a great job. He battled hard and got the win."
Florida State's No. 87-ranked doubles pair, redshirt juniors Poullain and Jose Gracia, came out strong and topped Borna Gojo/Alan Gadjiev of Wake Forest 6-2 in doubles play, but the Deacons would not concede the point, taking a 1-0 lead.
In singles play, many of the first sets were very tight throughout, and only Poullain was able to come away on top after the first, winning the set 6-3 over Mansouri. Poullain would take full advantage of the lead, winning handily 6-3, 6-2 on court three for the best win of his Seminole career and to even the match at 1-1.
On court one, it was a rematch of a Davis Cup showdown between Dougaz and Chrysochos, currently ranked the No. 2 player in the nation by the ITA. Despite losing the matchup in Davis Cup and falling behind 4-6 in the first set on Friday, Dougaz was unfazed and defeated one of the top players in the nation 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
After falling behind in the first set, No. 73 junior Guy Iradukunda took the second set 6-4 over No. 53 Borna Gojo on court two. Iradukunda had a 5-3 lead in the third set, but Gojo was able to force a tiebreak and win 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5) in a match that could not have been closer.
At the bottom of the lineup, two young players in freshmen Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar and Alex Knaff made the start at five and six, respectively. The two played well, especially late, but were unable to come up with victories as Wake Forest moved the score to 3-1.
Gracia also played a tough match, losing both sets 7-5, 7-5 on court four as the Demon Deacons clinched the match at 4-1.
"Wake Forest kind of dominated first sets, but Aziz, Guy and Lucas all won second sets," Hultquist said. "We were in position, a point or two away from winning three of those second sets (on courts four through six) Alex had four set points, Jose was right in it there to break, Rana was two points from a second set.
"The effort was good- it still stings to lose, but the effort was good."
No. 1 Wake Forest 5, No. 33 Florida State 2
Doubles
No. 1: #1 Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (Wake) d. Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-4
No. 2: #87 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Alan Gadjiev/Borna Gojo (Wake) 6-2
No. 3: Petros Chrysochos/Dennis Uspensky (Wake) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1: #63 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. #2 Petros Chrysochos (Wake) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2: #53 Borna Gojo (Wake) d. #73 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5)
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. #14 Skander Mansouri (Wake) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: #64 Christian Seraphim (Wake) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 5: Dennis Uspensky (Wake) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 6: Alan Gadjiev (Wake) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-2, 7-5
Knaff Clinches Win as No. 33 Men's Tennis Outlasts NC State, 5-2.
Four of the six singles courts went to three sets in the rollercoaster win in
Raleigh.
RALEIGH, NC - The No. 33 Florida State Seminoles (15-9, 5-5 ACC) outlasted the North Carolina State Wolfpack (13-11, 4-5 ACC) to win 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
With four of six singles courts needing three sets to decide, freshman Alex Knaff, who just last week was away representing his home country of Luxembourg in Davis Cup play, earned the first clinching victory of his young Seminole career, a thrilling 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 win over Sean Burnette on court six.
"I think Davis Cup helped me a lot because this match was very tight and the crowd was tough," Knaff said. "The first two sets were very tight but I thought I did well to pull away with the third set to win."
The match was the eighth singles appearance and just the third singles win overall for Knaff so far in dual match play.
"Alex played really well in Davis Cup and we thought it was time for him to get some time in the lineup and to get some confidence as a freshman," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said.
The match was tight throughout, as the Seminoles found themselves behind early in doubles play, but No. 87 Lucas Poullain/Jose Gracia defeated Nick Horton/Georgiy Malyshev of NC State 6-4 on court two.
Finding themselves down early in the set, juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst came back to defeat Igor Saveljic/Ivan Saveljic in a tiebreak 7-6(4) to secure the doubles point for the Noles.
"Terrance and Terrell coming back to win in doubles gave us the momentum to go out there and win," Knaff said.
In singles play, the story was much of the same as four of the six singles courts went to third sets and were closely contested throughout.
Poullain was the fastest off the court for the Noles, winning 7-5, 6-2 aftering falling down 2-5 in the first set to give Florida State a 2-1 lead.
"I thought the turning point of the match was when Lucas came back to win the first set on court three," Hultquist said.
As the remaining courts were into third sets, Gracia fell on court four to tie the match 2-2.
After dropping the second set, No. 73 junior Guy Iradukunda was able to gather and win the third set over No. 80 Nick Horton of NC State to take court two 6-4, 3-6, ,6-4 and allow the Seminoles to regain the lead.
Facing the pressure of the deciding court, Knaff was able to run away with the third set 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 to clinch the Florida State win.
On court one, No. 63 sophomore Aziz Dougaz played a rollercoaster of a match with No. 109 Alexis Galameau and was able to prevail in a third set tiebreak 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-6(5) to finish the match at 5-2 in favor of the Noles.
The wins for Dougaz and Iradukunda were each players's sixth win over ITA-ranked opponents this season.
No. 33 Florida State 5, NC State 2
Doubles
No. 1: Alexis Galameau/Michael Ogden (NCS) d. Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-1
No. 2: #87 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Nick Horton/Georgiy Malyshev (NCS) 6-4
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Igor Saveljic/Ivan Saveljic (NCS) 7-6(4)
Singles
No. 1: #63 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) d. #103 Alexis Galameau (NCS) 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 2: #73 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #80 Nick Horton (NCS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 3: Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Georgiy Malyshev (NCS) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4: Igor Saveljic (NCS) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 5: Ivan Saveljic (NCS) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6: Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Sean Burnette (NCS) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2
No. 32 Men's Tennis Downs Hokies in Match of the Week.
Junior Terrance Whitehurst clinched the 4-2 victory with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win on court
six.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 32 Florida State Seminoles (16-9, 6-5 ACC) defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies (10-12, 4-7 ACC) in the penultimate match of the regular season on Friday night in the USTA/ACC Match of the Week.
In a match that was back and forth with large momentum swings throughout, it was junior Terrance Whitehurst who would put the Hokies away in three sets to clinch the Seminole victory.
"I really was proud of Terrance because he put in lots of extra work this week and it paid off," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "He worked a lot on his ground stroke, his volleys, and he gets rewarded by clinching a good win for us over Virginia Tech."
Doubles play was very close from the jump, with battles on courts two and three. On court one, Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain fell 6-3 to No. 49 Jai Corbett/Henrik Koorsgard. Court three was tied at 4-4, but Jack Haffey and Guy Iradukunda took the court 7-5 over Jason Kros/Freddy Mesmer.
"It was really like four matches in one," Hultquist said. "In the beginning of the match, we were getting dominated in doubles, came back won the doubles point, then we totally dominated in singles, winning all six first sets, but there was a lot of momentum swings."
The closest match was on court two, where Terrance and Terrell Whitehurst took VT's Mitch Harper and Alexandre Ribiero to a tiebreak. The tiebreak was tied at 4-4 before the twins won 7-6(4) to claim the doubles point.
Singles play began with the Seminoles sweeping the first set on all six courts. The closest first set played out on court one, where No. 74 Iradukunda went to a tiebreak with No. 106 Corbett, which Iradukunda easily took 7-6(1) to give the Noles some breathing room in singles.
The Hokies made it interesting later in the match, winning all but one second set to draw the match out to third sets on courts two through six.
Iradukunda was not phased, defeating Corbett 7-6(1), 6-2 in straight sets to put Florida State up 2-0. No. 94 Poullain followed suit, rebounding to defeat Harper 6-1, 0-6, 6-3 and give the Noles a 3-0 lead.
In the absence of sophomore Aziz Dougaz, freshmen Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar and Alex Knaff each played higher in the lineup than they ever had before, playing on courts four and five, respectively.
Virginia Tech's Henrik Korsgaard gave the Hokies some momentum, defeating Gracia on court three 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Alexandre Ribiero defeated Bhullar 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to close the gap to 3-2.
When the Noles had to have it, Terrance Whitehurst was able to deliver, defeating Kros 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the match in favor of Florida State.
Knaff trailed 6-4, 6-7(4), 3-5 when the match was called.
"Any win in the ACC, there's just not many easy matches," Hultquist said. "Hopefully that will help our seeding and we've got one big one to go on Sunday."
No. 32 Florida State 4, Virginia Tech 2
Doubles
No. 1: #49 Jai Corbett/Henrik Korgaard (VT) d. Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-3
No. 2: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Mitch Harper/Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) 7-6(4)
No. 3: Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. Jason Kros/Freddy Mesmer (VT) 7-5
Singles
No. 1: #74 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #106 Jai Corbett (VT) 7-6(1), 6-2
No. 2: #94 Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Mitch Harper (VT) 6-1, 0-6, 6-3
No. 3: Henrik Korsgaard (VT) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) d. Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Freddy Mesmer (VT) 6-4, 6-7(4), 3-5 dnf
No. 6: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Jason Kros (VT) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 32 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 3 UVA, Will Face Clemson in ACC Championship.
The Seminoles conclude regular season at 16-10 to earn No. 6 seed
in ACC Championship.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 32 Florida State Seminoles (16-10, 6-6 ACC) fell to the No. 3/2 Virginia Cavaliers (24-1, 11-1 ACC) by the score of 4-0 on Sunday afternoon in the final match of the 2017 regular season.
In doubles play against the Cavaliers, the Noles were in position to take the point and enter singles play up a point on one of the stronger teams in the nation, but were unable to do so.
Lucas Poullain and Jose Gracia earned the best win of their doubles careers by defeating Virginia's No. 15 pair of Luca Corinteli and Carl Soderlund 6-4 on court one. The Cavaliers took court three, forcing the court two to decide the doubles point.
Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst had opportunities to close it out against Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Alexander Ritschard, but were unable to do so, falling 7-5 to concede the doubles point.
"I was a little disappointed because I think we were in position to win some matches and didn't quite get them done," Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "We had match point to win the doubles, kind of played a pretty good point and just missed an easier shot.
"Certainly a very good win at court one in doubles. Great efforts, especially by Guy, Terrance and Jose. I thought we played hard, I thought it was a good match. Playing without Aziz (Dougaz) hurt us, but certainly I thought the effort was there."
For the second straight match, No. 38 sophomore Aziz Dougaz missed time with injury, forcing other players to move up in the lineup.
Several Seminoles were in line to secure impressive individual wins in singles play, but the match was played to clinch.
No. 74 Guy Iradukunda led Ritschard 7-6 (7-2), 2-3 in the second set on court one, and Gracia led #47 Collin Altamirano 7-6 (7-0), 3-1 on court three when the match was called at 4-0 in favor of the Cavaliers.
Senior Day
Before the match, seniors Jack Haffey and Jake Albo were recognized for their accomplishments in the garnet and gold, and both made appearances in the match.
For the fourth time this year, Haffey stepped in for doubles play on court three with Iradukunda, while Albo played his third singles match of the season, falling to No. 90 Henrik Wiersholm 6-3, 6-1 on court six.
No. 3 Virginia 4, No. 32 Florida State 0
Doubles
No. 1: Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. #15 Luca Corinteli/Carl Soderlund (UVa) 6-4
No. 2: Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Alexander Ritchard (UVa) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 7-5
No. 3: Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone (UVa) d. Jack Haffey/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1: #74 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) vs. Alexander Ritschard (UVa) 7-6(2), 2-3 dnf
No. 2: #12 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVa) d. #94 Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 3: Jose Gracia (FSU) vs. #47 Collin Altamirano (UVa) 7-6(0), 3-1 dnf
No. 4: #112 Carl Soderlund (UVa) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. #125 J.C. Aragone (UVa) 6-7(8), 0-2 dnf
No. 6: #90 Henrik Wiersholm (UVa) d. Jake Albo (FSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 32 Men's Tennis Defeats Clemson To Advance to ACC Quarterfinals.
The Seminoles dispatched the Tigers 4-2 in the second round of the ACC
Championship.
ROME, GA - The No. 32 Florida State Seminoles (17-10, 7-6 ACC) defeated the Clemson Tigers (9-16, 2-11 ACC) to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2017 ACC Men's Tennis Championship.
Freshman Alex Knaff clinched the 4-2 victory with a gutsy 6-4, 7-5 victory over Carlos Kelaidis on court five. With the second set tied at 5-5 the remaining courts very close, but the young freshman was able to close out the match and seal the Florida State victory.
"I think we did a good job, especially in doubles," Knaff said. "It was really good. It was tough seeing the score so I didn't know where everyone was (in their matches), but I wasn't too nervous. I stuck to the game plan, hit my shots, and it worked out well."
In doubles play, the Seminoles split the first two courts with the Tigers, and court three decided the doubles point, with No. 77 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda earning a strong 6-2 win over No. 37 Daffra Sanon/Sam Edwards on court one.
Juniors Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst battled with Arturo Pinazo/Carlos Kelaidis, but the twins were able to hold and prevail 6-4 to clinch the point.
In singles, the Seminoles pushed forward in the middle of the lineup, as courts three through five produced the result Florida State needed to clinch the victory.
No. 38 Aziz Dougaz and No. 73 Guy Iradukunda both suffered uncharacteristic losses on courts one and two to give Clemson a 2-1 lead, but No. 94 redshirt junior Lucas Poullain gutted out a 7-5, 6-2 win on court three to tie the match.
Terrance Whitehurst slid into the four spot in the lineup, and held steady after doubles to take a 6-3, 6-2 win to give the Seminoles the lead once again.
To close out the match, Knaff was tied 5-5 in the second set and was able to claim the 6-4, 7-5 victory to close out the Seminole victory.
No. 32 Florida State 4, Clemson 2
Doubles
No. 1: #53 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #37 Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon (CU) 6-2
No. 2: Robert Dudley/Alex Favrot (CU) d. Jack Haffey/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-3
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Carlos Kelaidis/Arturo Pinazo (CU) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: Alex Favrot (CU) d. #38 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2: Daffra Sanon (CU) d. #73 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: #98 Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Robert Dudley (CU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) d. Sam Edwards (CU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Carlos Kelaidis (CU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 6: Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Brent Lett (CU) 6-4, 5-5 dnf
No. 32 Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 12 UNC in ACC Quarterfinals.
Redshirt junior Lucas Poullain registered a 6-2, 6-1 victory on court three in the
4-1 loss.
ROME, GA – The No. 32 Florida State Seminoles (16-11, 6-7 ACC) fell to the No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels (24-3, 11-2 ACC) 4-1 in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Championship on Friday at the Rome Tennis Center.
In the loss, redshirt junior Lucas Poullain registered a dominating win on court three, defeating UNC’s Simon Soendergaard 6-2, 6-1 in the first singles match off the court. The win is Poullain’s 20th singles win on the year, and he has lead the team in victories all season.
In doubles play, the Seminoles were in a solid position to take the point, but were unable to do so as Terrance Whitehurst and Terrell Whitehurst fell 7-6(1) in the tiebreak.
Jose Gracia returned to the court after missing yesterday’s match with injury, and the No. 53-ranked pair of Gracia/Poullain won on court two 6-2 over Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard.
“We had the effort level there, high energy, in doubles was very tight,” Gracia said. “We got the win at court two, and then we had chances on one and three but they beat us to it.”
After Poullain got on the board in singles, the Tar Heels were able to pull away to clinch the match with wins on courts one, two, and four.
In attendance at the match was Lex Wood, who played at Florida State from 1962-1964, and upon graduation coached the team from 1965-1969. Wood was the first tennis player to be inducted into the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
No. 12 North Carolina 4, No. 32 Florida State 1
Doubles
No. 1: #10 William Blumberg/Robert Kelly (UNC) d. #77 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-4
No. 2: #53 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard (UNC) 6-2
No. 3: Anu Kodola/Ronnie Schneider (UNC) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 7-6(1)
Singles
No. 1: #21 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) d. #38 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2: #28 William Blumberg (UNC) d. #73 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: #98 Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. Simon Soendergaard (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4: #106 Robert Kelly (UNC) d. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) vs. Jack Murray (UNC) 4-6, 2-3 dnf
No. 6: Alex Knaff (FSU) vs. Blaine Boyden (UNC) 4-6, 3-3 dnf
Men's Tennis Defeats Arkansas to Advance to NCAA Championship Second Round.
Doubles, freshmen shine as Seminoles defeat Razorbacks 4-1 in NCAA
opening round.
FORT WORTH, TX - The No. 33 Florida State Seminoles (18-11, 7-7 ACC) defeated the No. 36 Arkansas Razorbacks (16-13, 6-6 SEC) 4-1 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tennis Championship, held at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on the campus of Texas Christian University. The Seminoles advance to play the winner of host No. 6 TCU and Jackson State in the second round of the NCAA Championship.
In doubles play, the Seminoles fell on court two but took control of the point on courts one and three. No. 58 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda earned their highest-ranked doubles win of the season, defeating No. 6 Mike Redlicki/Jose Salazar 7-5 to clinch the point. On match point, Dougaz/Iradukunda were down 15-40 but held to win the doubles point.
In singles, freshmen Alex Knaff and Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar stepped into the lineup at courts five and six, respectively, and Florida State jumped out to one set leads at the bottom half of the lineup on courts four through six.
No. 39 Salazar defeated No. 79 Iradukunda 6-2, 6-2 on court two to tie the match at 1-1, but the Seminoles began to take hold of the match by dominating the rest of the way through.
Bhullar was the first off for the Seminoles on court six, defeating Arkansas' Juan Marino 6-2, 6-0. Knaff clinched just a few minutes later, downing Johan den Toom 6-3, 6-4 on court five to give Florida State a commanding 3-1 lead.
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia clinched the 10th opening-round victory in program history on court four 6-3, 6-1 over Adam Sanjurjo.
No. 38 Dougaz trailed No. 10 Redlicki 4-6, 2-5 on court one, and No. 94 Lucas Poullain led Oscar Mesquida 2-6, 6-1, 2-0 on court three when the Seminoles clinched the victory.
The Seminoles are now 10-4 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Championship, all but one of those wins coming under the watch of head coach Dwayne Hultquist. In tomorrow's second round match, the Florida State is looking to reach the Round of 16 for the fourth time in Hultquist's tenure.
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia
On earning a win in NCAAs:
"It's a great opportunity, we just wanted to get after it. We've had a great week of practice this week and last week as well, and at ACCs. We're playing big tennis right now."
On doubles play and the team's performance:
"Aziz and Guy stepped up in doubles, we were there, Terrance and Terrell played amazing doubles. Rana and Alex as freshmen, first time playing in NCAAs, really stepped it up. It just shows how we're so deep and we can beat anyone."
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist
"Arkansas is a great team. I think it was a tough draw and it was a great effort by our guys to win. We were serving for it in doubles, down 15-40 and came back to hold. I thought that was the key point of the match."
"We got great play from both of our freshman today. Rana got off quickly, which was great. Alex was up a set but down a break and won the last three games to close it out and he was confident in how he did. I was proud of that."
"Jose got off to a close start, was down 2-0 and came all the way back to win 6-3, 6-1. It was a good effort today and a really good team that we beat with two of the best players in the country. I was proud of our effort. We've got a tough battle tomorrow, and we'll have to play our best."
No. 33 Florida State 4, No. 36 Arkansas 1
Doubles
No. 1: #58 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) d. #6 Mike Redlicki/Jose Salazar (UAr) 7-5
No. 2: Johan den Toom/Adam Sanjurjo (UAr) d. #49 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) 6-4
No. 3: Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) d. Juan Marino/Oscar Mesquida (UAr) 6-4
Singles
No. 1: #38 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) vs. #10 Mike Redlicki (UAr) 4-6, 2-5 dnf
No. 2: #39 Jose Salazar (UAr) d. #79 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: #94 Lucas Poullain (FSU) vs. Oscar Mesquida (UAr) 2-6, 6-1, 0-2 dnf
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) d. Adam Sanjurjo (UAr) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Alex Knaff (FSU) d. Johan den Toom (UAr) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) d. Juan Marino (UAr) 6-2, 6-0
Men's Tennis Season Ends at No. 6 TCU in NCAA Second Round.
FORT WORTH, TX - The No. 33 Florida State Seminoles fell to the No. 6 TCU Horned Frog (20-4, 5-0 Big 12) in the second round of the NCAA Tennis Championship on Saturday afternoon. The Seminoles finish the season 18-12 on the year, equaling the win total from last season.
For the match, the Seminoles were unable to take the doubles point from the Horned Frogs, falling on courts one and three.
In singles, TCU jumped out to leads on all but one court, where No. 94 redshirt junior Lucas Poullain took control of the match on court three.
Poullain put the Seminoles on the board, defeating No. 83 Guillermo Nunez in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Poullain ends the year with 21 singles wins after leading the team in wins all season.
Trailing 3-1, the Seminoles showed a lot of heart battling it out on courts two, four, and six, but it was not enough as TCU's No. 20 Alex Rybakov defeated No. 74 junior Guy Iradukunda 6-2, 7-5 on court two to clinch the 4-1 victory.
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia was at 4-6, 4-5 on court five, and freshman Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar was tied 6-3, 5-5 in the second set when the match was clinched.
With the loss, Florida State falls just short of reaching the NCAA Round of 16 for the fourth time in Hultquist's tenure. FSU ends the season having made the NCAA Championship each of the last 15 seasons, the longest streak in the ACC.
NCAA Singles Championship
Following the conclusion of the NCAA Team Championships, No. 38 sophomore Aziz Dougaz will compete for the NCAA Singles Championship in Athens, Ga. beginning May 24 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Redshirt junior Jose Gracia
"We've shown where we are at (this season). We beat Florida for the first time in a few years and we had a good run. Sadly, it had to end today. It was great to play with Jake (Albo) and Jack (Haffey) and the freshmen. We're going to end up building off of this."
"Lucas stepped it up in singles and he beat a really good player. Rana kept fighting, I kept on fighting. Guy pushed it to 5-5. We showed a lot of fight at the end, but it was a little too late."
Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist
"I think for us, we've been a very good doubles point, and we got beat pretty bad today in doubles. The thing I liked was how we competed at the end of the match. We were down 5-2 at court two, 4-0 at court four, and 5-2 at court six and they couldn't close it out. We came back to five-all, we came back to four-all, we came back to five-all. We were a little bit late in that run. Certainly Lucas was a very good win for us, he beat a highly-ranked player today. That's a great win for him, he's been our best point all year. They jumped on us in doubles and we just needed to make it more of a physical match and let the heat play in, and certainly we were doing it in the last three matches."
"We are a team that wasn't very experienced. Guy and Lucas, it was their first year playing Division 1, and we had two freshmen in their first year. With four new guys that were in the lineup today, that's not very much experience. I think we had our good days. I think one of the things that shows for the future is that we played very close with a lot of people who were top teams. I think moving forward we return a lot of guys, so that is very exciting."
No. 6 Texas Christian 4, No. 33 Florida State 1
Doubles
No. 1: #25 Jerry Lopez/Reese Stadler (TCU) d. #58 Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2
No. 2: #49 Jose Gracia/Lucas Poullain (FSU) vs. #57 Alex Rybakov/Guillermo Nunez (TCU) 2-5 dnf
No. 3: Trevor Johnson/Cameron Norrie (TCU) d. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FSU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: #1 Cameron Norrie (TCU) d. #38 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2: #20 Alex Rybakov (TCU) d. #79 Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 3: #94 Lucas Poullain (FSU) d. #83 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Jose Gracia (FSU) vs. #114 Jerry Lopez (TCU) 4-6, 4-5 dnf
No. 5: Reese Stadler (TCU) d. Alex Knaff (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Rana Roop Bhullar (FSU) vs. Trevor Johnson (TCU) 3-6, 5-5 dnf
No. 38 Dougaz Bows Out of NCAA Singles Championship.
The sophomore fell in straight sets in the opening round.
ATHENS, GA – No. 38 sophomore Aziz Dougaz fell by the score of 6-3, 6-4 to Texas' No. 55 Yuya Ito in the opening round of the NCAA Singles Championship on Wednesday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Down a set in the match, Dougaz was at deuce point tied 2-2 looking to take the lead in the second set, but was unable to do so. Dougaz would drop the second set and match at 6-4.
Dougaz finishes the 2017 spring season with an 11-10 singles record after making his first-career individual NCAA tournament appearance. His dual match season included five wins over the No. 2, 10, 63, 67, and 109 ranked singles players in the nation as he reached a personal best of No. 38 nationally.
Dougaz's participation the in the tournament marked the third consecutive season that Florida State has played in the NCAA Singles Championship, following former standouts Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez's consecutive appearances each of the previous two seasons.
05/24/2017
Singles
#55 Yuya Ito (UTx) d. #38 Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 6-3, 6-4