Sept. 27, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - On day two of the USF Invitational, the UCF men's tennis team went undefeated in both singles and doubles play at the USF Varsity Courts. Facing members of Florida Gulf Coast's squad in the flighted tournament, the Knights won eight singles contests and four doubles matches.
Facing Brenton Bacon in flight 1, junior Johan Beigart (Vaxjo, Sweden) posted a 6-2, 7-5 victory for UCF. In flight 2, sophomore Claudio Romano (Valencia, Venezuela) defeated Andrew Kam (6-2, 6-4).
Play at the three-day event will conclude Sunday. Host USF and Georgia State are also competing at the tournament.
Senior Tarek Ben Soltane (Tunis, Tunisia) eased to a 6-2, 6-2 win in flight 4 against Danny Lee. Fellow senior Brock Sakey (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) was a 6-1, 6-0 flight 5 winner over Edson Lima.
UCF's two freshmen - Eugene Dolgovykh (Palm Coast, Fla.) and Joe Delinks (Falmouth, Mass.) - won at flights 6 and 7, respectively.
In flight 1 doubles play, Beigart and Romano had little trouble with Bacon and Lee as the Knights recorded an 8-2 win.
UCF opened its fall campaign last weekend in Georgia at the Southern Intercollegiate Championship.
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UCF Singles Results
Johan Beigart (UCF) def. Brenton Bacon (FGCU) 6-2, 7-5 (Flight 1)
Claudio Romano (UCF) def. Andrew Kam (FGCU) 6-2, 6-4 (Flight 2)
Blaze Schwartz (UCF) def. Ervin Garibovic (FGCU) 6-0, 3-6, ret. (Flight 3)
Tarek Ben Soltane (UCF) def. Danny Lee (FGCU) 6-2, 6-2 (Flight 4)
Brock Sakey (UCF) def. Edson Lima (FGCU) 6-1, 6-0 (Flight 5)
Eugene Dolgovykh (UCF) def. Brad Henderson (FGCU) 6-0, 6-2 (Flight 6)
Joe Delinks (UCF) def. Frank Acierno (FGCU) 6-1, 6-3 (Flight 7)
Danny Colon (UCF) def. Gonzalo Rafael De Villa (FGCU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 (Flight 8)
UCF Doubles Results
Beigart/Romano (UCF) def. Bacon/Kam (FGCU) 8-2 (Flight 1)
Delinks/Schwartz (UCF) def. Lee/Garibovic (FGCU) 8-5 (Flight 2)
Ben Soltane/Sakey (UCF) def. Lima/Henderson (FGCU) 8-4 (Flight 3)
Colon/Dolgovykh (UCF) def. Acierno/Devilla (FGCU) 8-0 (Flight 4)