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Golden Knights Sweep North Florida

Oct. 29, 2006

ORLANDO, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF men's tennis team concluded play at the UCF Invitational on Sunday afternoon, winning all nine matches against North Florida at the UCF Tennis Complex. The event was the Golden Knights' final tournament of the fall season.

UCF claimed six singles and three doubles wins against the Ospreys. At No. 2 singles, junior Sinan Sudas (Adana, Turkey) topped Yuiti Lopes, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Sophomore Brock Sakey (Gulf Breeze, Fla./Gulf Breeze HS) was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at No. 3 versus North Florida's Glen Marshall.

Playing at No. 5, sophomore Norman Alcantara (Mexico City, Mexico) defeated David Irvin (6-3, 6-2).

At the No. 1 doubles spot, Sudas and freshman Johan Beigart (Vaxjo, Sweden) got past Irvin and Matias Sigal, 8-4.

Earlier in the day, Florida Atlantic took five of nine matches against Georgia Southern.

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North Florida-UCF Singles

1: Tarek Ben Soltane (UCF) def. Matias Sigal (UNF) 2-1 (ret.)
2: Sinan Sudas (UCF) def. Yuiti Lopes (UNF) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
3: Brock Sakey (UCF) def. Glen Marshall (UNF) 6-0, 6-1
4: Johan Beigart (UCF) def. Ben Smith (UNF) 7-6 (5), 6-4
5: Norman Alcantara (UCF) def. David Irvin (UNF) 6-3, 6-2
6: Jimmy Roesch (UCF) def. Andres Monje (UNF) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

North Florida-UCF Doubles

1: Beigart/Sudas (UCF) def. Irvin/Sigal (UNF) 8-4
2: Alcantara/Sakey (UCF) def. Lopes/Marshall (UNF) 8-1
3: Ben Soltane/Roesch (UCF) def. Monje/Smith (UNF) 8-4

Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern Singles

1: Olivier Sajous (FAU) def. Emmanuel Nkoveleue (GSU) 6-2, 6-4
2: Joris De Weerdt (GSU) def. Corey Smith (FAU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
3: Karol Szmurlo (FAU) def. Gregory Bekkers (GSU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
4: Eddie Majcher (FAU) def. Daniel Harden (GSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5: Daniel Vardag (FAU) def. Philip Prins (GSU) 7-5, 3-0 (ret.)
6: Neil Shine (GSU) def. Lawrence Harradine (FAU) 6-0, 2-0 (ret.)

Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern Doubles

1: Nkoveleue/Prins (GSU) def. Smith/Szmurlo (FAU) 8-5
2: Bekkers/De Weerdt (GSU) def. Majcher/Vardag (FAU) 8-6
3: Harradine/Sajous (FAU) def. Malet/Shine (GSU) 8-2