March 6, 2010
Coral Gables, Fla. – The No. 39 University of Miami men’s tennis team dropped its Atlantic Coast Conference home opener to No. 19 Florida State, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
The Seminoles (9-1, 3-0 ACC) earned their seventh-straight win and remain undefeated in conference play at 3-0, while snapping the Hurricanes’ (5-3, 0-1) four-match win streak.
Miami’s No. 2 tandem of Keith Crowley and Hector Nieto improved to 6-0 this season, defeating Florida State’s Jean-Yves Aubone and Clint Bowles, 8-6. But the Seminoles claimed the wins at No.1 and No. 3 to take the doubles point for the early 1-0 lead.
Florida State then won three singles matches in straight sets to take the insurmountable 4-0 lead, but Miami kept battling and recorded a pair of victories. Junior Waylon Chin (8-6) got the Hurricanes on the scoreboard with the 7-6, 7-5 win over Andres Bucaro at No.5 and senior David Simon (12-6) battled back for the 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 decision at No. 6 for his team-high 12th victory of the year.
“Florida State has a very solid squad – they are very deep,” said Miami head coach Mario Rincon. “They show why they are one of the best teams in the ACC. We exposed a few things that we need to improve and work on as we move forward in conference play next week.”
The Hurricanes return to competition on the road, with back-to-back ACC matches at Clemson on Sat., March 13, and then at Georgia Tech on Sun., March 14.
No. 19 Florida State 5, No. 39 Miami 2
Singles
1. #35 Jean-Yves Aubone (FSU) def. Carl Sundberg (UM) 6-2, 7-6
2. #69 Vahid Mirzadeh (FSU) def. Christian Blocker (UM) 6-2, 6-1
3. #55 Clint Bowles (FSU) def. Keith Crowley (UM) 6-2, 7-6
4. Connor Smith (FSU) def. Ignacio Taboada (UM) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0
5. Waylon Chin (UM) def. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 7-6, 7-5
6. David Simon (UM) def. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-4, 6-7, 1-0
Order of finish: (2, 1, 3*, 5, 6, 4)
Doubles
1. Vahid Mirzadeh/Connor Smith (FSU) def. #60 Christian Blocker/David Simon (UM) 8-1
2. Keith Crowley/Hector Nieto (UM) def. Jean-Yves Aubone/Clint Bowles (FSU) 8-6
3. Andres Bucaro/Anderson Reed (FSU) def. Ignacio Taboada/Waylon Chin (UM) 8-5
Order of finish: (1, 3*, 2)