Tulane Tops Knights, 4-3

March 8, 2014

UCF Athletics Social Media Directory

By Andy Seeley
UCFKnights.com

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) - The UCF men's tennis team saw a four-match winning streak snapped Friday at the UCF Tennis Complex. Tulane edged the Knights 4-3.

UCF won the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. But the Green Wave took four of the six singles matches to secure the victory. The Knights fell to 7-2 in dual action this season.

SInlges victories came from Inaki Espindola and Amar Hromic. With the match tied at 3-3, it came down to the final match on the court at No. 2 singles. Francesc Aulina dropped a highly-competitive match 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.

The team did a great job competing, but came up a little short today, head coach Bobby Cashman said. We will learn from this loss and get ready for a very good Buffalo team on Tuesday.

The Knights are, indeed, back in action Tuesday, hosting the University of Buffalo. The match is slated for 2 p.m. at the UCF Tennis Complex.

Tulane 4, UCF 3

Doubles (UCF won the doubles point)

  1. Domink Koepfer/Jao Chi-San (Tulane) def. Amar Hromic/Jesse Flores (UCF) 8-6
  2. Matthew Gladstone/Francesc Aulina (UCF) def. Sebastian Rey/Alex Van Cott (Tulane) 8-5
  3. Chris Barrus/Inaki Espindola (UCF) def. Ian Van Cott/Takuma Ohashi (Tulane) 8-2

Singles

  1. Domink Koepfer (Tulane) def. Matthew Gladstone (UCF) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
  2. Sebastian Rey (Tulane) def. Francesc Aulina (UCF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  3. Amar Hromic (UCF) def. Jao Chi-San (Tulane) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
  4. Takuma Ohashi (Tulane) def. Chris Barrus (UCF) 6-3, 6-3
  5. Inaki Espindola (UCF) def. Alex Van Cott (Tulane) 6-2, 6-4
  6. Ian Van Cott (Tulane) def. Jesse Flores (UCF) 6-4, 6-3