Men's Tennis Wins Opener Over North Florida
Jan. 16, 2011
CORAL GABLES, FLA. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team jumped out to the 5-0 lead and went on to defeat North Florida, 5-2, in its dual match opener at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Hurricanes (1-0), swept doubles play and won four consecutive singles matches in straight sets to guarantee the victory, handing the Ospreys (0-1) the loss.
Miami freshman Gabriel Flores (7-7) clinched the match with the 7-6, 6-0 win at No. 5 over Beauregard Treyz.
“We are definitely very happy to get our first win of the season under our belts. North Florida is a very competitive team and well coached,” said Miami head coach Mario Rincon. “this gave us a great opportunity to watch some of the new guys compete and play as Miami Hurricnaes. They did a good job and everybody played hard and played with a lot of pride. But we can still do better — there are mnay things we can improve on our team.
“We need to get ready for our next two matches against FAU and Rice. We’re very much looking forward to our season. We have a lot of depth this year and many players that are capable of performing well for our team. We’re fired up.”
The Hurricanes swept the doubles matches to jump out to the early 1-0 lead on Sunday morning. Christian Blöcker and Keith Crowley cruised to the 8-3 victory at the No. 1 position to improve to 1-0 in dual matches and 2-1 overall. Matches at No. 2 and 3 were tighter, however All-American Carl Sundberg and UM newcomer Pedro Ast – competing in his first match for the Hurricanes – rallied from a 5-4 deficit to edge UNF’s Hleb Maslau and Daniel Sotomarino, 9-7, at No. 2 to clinch the doubles point for the `Canes.
Miami’s No. 3 tandem of Eduardo Pavia and Waylon Chin took the early 6-3 lead, but then had to battle back for the 9-8 victory to improve to 5-3 overall in 2010-11 and complete the sweep.
Pavia continued his winning ways in singles play at No. 4, soundly defeating UNF’s Leonado Nahar, 6-2, 6-1, to move to 8-4 overall in his first season with the Hurricanes. Crowley (2-1) pushed UM’s lead to 3-0 with the 6-4, 6-2 win at the No. 3 spot over Sotomarino, the 2010 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year.
Blöcker (4-6) added the fifth point for Miami with the 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 over UNF’s Maslau.
The Hurricanes will host another pair of matches this week, beginning with a 6 p.m. contest versus Florida Atlantic on Thurs., Jan. 20, followed by a 1 p.m. match against No. 30 Rice on Sat., Jan. 22. Admission to all regular-season matches at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center is free.
No. 44 Miami 5, North Florida 2
Singles
1. Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Waylon Chin (UM), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
2. Christian Blocker (UM) def. Hleb Maslau (UNF), 6-4, 6-2
3. Keith Crowley (UM) def. Daniel Sotomarino (UNF), 6-4, 6-2
4. Eduardo Pavia (UM) def. Leonardo Nahar (UNF), 6-2, 6-1
5. Gabriel Flores (UM) def. Beauregard Treyz (UNF), 7-6, 6-0
6. Pedro Davisson (UNF) def. Pedro Ast (UM), 7-6, 6-2
Order of finish: (4, 3, 5*, 2, 1, 6)
Doubles
1. Christian Blocker/Keith Crowley (UM) def. Moritz Buerchner/Pedro Davisson (UNF), 8-3
2. Carl Sundberg/Pedro Ast (UM) def. Hleb Maslau/Daniel Sotomarino (UNF), 9-7
3. Eduardo Pavia/Waylon Chin (UM) def. Anton Rabinov/Beauregard Treyz (UNF), 9-8
Order of finish: (1, 2*, 3)
