Canes Welcome FAU and Bucknell on Sunday
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team (3-2) returns to the court on Sunday, as it welcomes FAU (11 a.m.) and Bucknell (4 p.m.) to the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
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THE SERIES
Miami holds a 21-1 lead in the all-time series against FAU. The Hurricanes have not lost to the Owls since 2002.
Miami also owns a 1-0 all-time advantage against Bucknell. Sunday afternoon’s meeting marks the first time the two teams have met since their lone matchup in 1953.
LAST TIME OUT
Miami completed a perfect home-opening weekend last week thanks to a 5-2 victory over Iowa on Feb. 4 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Iowa took the early lead, as it captured the doubles point. Christian Langmo and Dane Dunlap picked up the Canes’ only win in doubles competition, as they handed the Hawkeye tandem of Jake Jacoby and Joe Tyler their first loss in doubles play this spring.
The doubles win for Langmo and Dunlap moved the duo to 4-1 on the spring.
Miami closed out the match strong, as it completely dominated singles play, winning five of the six singles contests.
SCOUTING SUNDAY’S OPPONENTS
FAU comes into the Sunday’s match against Miami with a 5-3 overall record. The Owls dropped their last match this past Thursday as they fell to No. 4 Georgia, falling 6-1.
Freshman Thomas Buqeaud leads the Owls with a 5-2 record this spring.
Bucknell heads to Coral Gables to take on its second ACC opponent in the last four matches. The Bison opened the season at the then-No. 3 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Bucknell enters the match with a 1-2 record. The Bison posted a 5-2 over La Salle in its most recent match back on Feb. 3.
Sophomore Colin Sacco leads the Bison with 10 wins on the year.
NOTING THE HURRICANES
Pablo Aycart | Freshman | Algeciras, Spain
-2017-18 record: 3-3 doubles.
-Picked up his first doubles win of the spring against Georgia Southern alongside Nile Clark.
-Posted a 2-2 record in doubles competition in the fall.
-Tallied consecutive two-set victories at the Rice Invitational.
Nile Clark | Senior | Philadelphia, Pa.
-2017-18 record: 3-5 singles; 6-5 doubles.
-Picked up his first doubles victory of the spring against Georgia Southern with teammate Pablo Aycart.
-Recorded a 5-2 mark in doubles competition this past fall.
-Reached the quarterfinals of the Bedford Cup in doubles competition.
-Earned an opening-round doubles victory at the 2017 ITA Southeast Championships.
Dane Dunlap | Redshirt Sophomore | Washago, Ontario
-2017-18 record: 8-6 singles; 10-3 doubles.
-Combined to win a pair of matches against Iowa, as he posted a 6-4 win in double play and a three-set win over Hawkeye freshman Joe Tyler.
-Captured a victory in doubles with Christian Langmo and earned a singles win against Georgia Southern.
-Teamed with Christian Langmo to post a doubles win over Mississippi State’s Florian Broska/Giovanni Oradini.
-Posted a 5-4 tally in singles competition and a 6-2 record in doubles play this past fall.
-Earned two singles victories at the 2017 ITA Men’s All-American Championships where he advanced to the final pre-qualification round.
-Won the Doubles A bracket of the Bedford Cup with Christian Langmo.
Niclas Genovese | Senior | Zug, Switzerland
-2017-18 record: 9-4 singles; 3-2 doubles.
-Earned his team-best fourth win this spring after he defeated Iowa’s Jonas Larsen in three sets.
-Posted a straight set win over Georgia Southern’s Murphy McCullough (6-2, 6-2) in the Hurricanes’ home opener.
-Split a pair of singles matches on Jan. 19, defeating Giacomo Adoncecchi (New Orleans) and falling to No. 107 Tyler Schick (Tulane).
-Earned one singles and one doubles win at the Rice Invitational.
Bojan Jankulovski | Freshman | Skopje, Macedonia
-2017-18 record: 10-6 singles; 6-6 doubles.
-Ranked 101st in the latest Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s National Singles Rankings, which were announced on Feb. 7.
-Downed Iowa’s Kareem Allaf in straight sets.
-Picked up a singles win over Georgia Southern’s Eddie Landin (6-2, 6-3).
-Posted a doubles win with Adria Soriano over against Mississippi State’s Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey.
-Split a pair of singles matches and won his doubles match with teammate Adria Soriano against New Orleans.
-Recorded seven wins in singles competition this past fall.
-Posted a straight-set victory over Wisconsin’s Josef Dodridge in the ITA Men’s All-American Championships in his Hurricane debut.
-Combined to win a team-best three matches at the ITA Southeast Championships.
Jake Kuhlman | Freshman | Grand Forks, N.D.
-Posted a 3-3 mark in doubles competition.
-Won a pair of singles matches at the Rice Invitational.
Christian Langmo | Senior | Boca Raton, Fla.
-2017-18 record: 10-8 singles; 11-5 doubles.
-Downed Iowa’s Piotr Smietana in three sets and earned a 6-4 win with teammate Dane Dunlap in doubles play.
-Earned a doubles win with teammate Dane Dunlap and picked up a singles victory against Georgia Southern.
-Teamed with Dane Dunlap to post a doubles win over Mississippi State’s Florian Broska/Giovanni Oradini.
-Posted a 6-3 victory with doubles partner Dane Dunlap against New Orleans.
-Combined to win a team-best 16 matches this past fall, claiming eight victories in singles and doubles competition.
-Won the Doubles A bracket of the Bedford Cup with Dane Dunlap.
-Advanced to the qualification stage of the ITA Men’s All-American Championships with four straight victories.
Piotr Lomacki | Senior | Warsaw, Poland
-Did not compete this past fall.
-Posted a 6-3 record as a junior during the 2016-17 campaign.
Tatsuki Shimamoto | Freshman | Nagoya, Japan
-2017-18 record: 5-8 singles; 7-5 doubles.
-Posted a 7-3 mark in doubles competition this past fall.
-Posted a come-from-behind win over Georgia Southern’s Carlos Garcia in the Canes home opener.
-Reached the quarterfinals of the Bedford Cup.
-Earned three straight-set victories on his way to the Houndstooth Singles Draw title match at the CCB Collegiate Invitational.
Adria Soriano | Freshman | Barcelona, Spain
-2017-18 record: 11-4 singles; 8-8 doubles.
-Ranked 99th in the latest Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s National Singles Rankings, which were announced on Feb. 7.
-Defeated Iowa’s Josh Silverstein in straight sets.
-Picked up a straight set win against Georgia Southern’s Diego Finkelstein.
-Posted a 6-1 doubles win with Bojan Jankulovski over Mississippi State’s Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey.
-Earned a straight set win over No. 46 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane).
-Tied for the team lead with eight singles victories and posted six doubles wins this past fall.
-Defeated Tulane’s Tim Ruetzel to win the Blue Draw singles title at the Rice Invitational.
-Reached the Doubles A final at the Bedford Cup.
HIGHLIGHTING MIAMI’S 2017-18 SEASON
-The Hurricanes have captured back-to-back wins to open their home slate.
-Freshmen Adria Soriano and Bojan Jankulovski were among the top ranked men’s collegiate tennis players, as both were ranked in the latest Oracle/ITA rankings, which were released on Feb. 7.
-Miami freshmen have captured seven singles wins this spring.
-Soriano won the White draw final of the CCB Collegiate Invitational on Nov. 12 to capture his second collegiate title. Earlier in the fall, Soriano won the Blue Draw singles title at Rice Invitational (Sept. 29-Oct. 1).
-Soriano and Jankulovski combined for 15 singles victories this past fall. Soriano tied for the team lead with eight singles wins, while Jankulovski totaled seven singles wins.
-Senior Christian Langmo and junior Dane Dunlap highlighted Day Three competition at the 2017 Bedford Cup, as they captured the Doubles A bracket crown. The Miami duo defeated freshman teammates Soriano and Jankulovski in the final.
-Jankulovski and Langmo finished the fall portion of the 2017-18 season ranked 71st and 78th, respectively in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s National Singles Rankings.
UP NEXT
Miami welcomes the College of Charleston to the Neil Schiff Tennis center on Feb. 23. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m.
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