No. 1 Saint Leo Brings End to Season for Triton Men

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Triton men's tennis team closed the 2018 season with a difficult task hosting No. 1 Saint Leo on Wednesday at the Bullard Courts.

The Lions (18-0, 7-0 SSC) confirmed their billing with a 9-0 win that clinched the Sunshine State Conference regular season title.

Saint Leo took two quick wins in doubles by matching scores of 8-1 at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots.  Matt Spasic and Will Stone worked to extend their match at No. 2 doubles against Aurel Ciocanu and Francisco Aparicio before falling, 8-3.

Spasic came dangerously close to winning a point for Eckerd in singles play, facing Bruno Babic in the No. 3 spot.  Spasic won the first set, 6-4, but Babic evened the match with a 6-1 win in the second set. That sent the match into a super tiebreaker where Babic emerged with a 10-6 victory.

The Tritons' season comes to an end with a record of 4-11.

Eckerd bids farewell to seniors Connor Masella and Robert Vazquez.  Masella and Vazquez each won three doubles contests while Vazquez also scored three singles wins.
 

Doubles competition

1. #2 Thomas Grinberg/Vincent Suillerot (SLM) def. Alasdair Knox/Connor Masella (ECM) 8-1

2. Aurel Ciocanu/Francisco Aparicio (SLM) def. Matt Spasic/Will Stone (ECM) 8-3

3. Bruno Babic/Willem van den Akker (SLM) def. Alejandro Vuconovic/Charlton Ogg (ECM) 8-1

 

Singles competition

1. #1 Thomas Grinberg (SLM) def. Alasdair Knox (ECM) 6-0, 6-0

2. #13 Vincent Suillerot (SLM) def. Will Stone (ECM) 6-0, 6-0

3. Bruno Babic (SLM) def. Matt Spasic (ECM) 4-6, 6-1, 10-6

4. Francisco Aparicio (SLM) def. Connor Masella (ECM) 6-0, 6-0

5. Willem van den Akker (SLM) def. Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 6-2, 6-0

6. Aurel Ciocanu (SLM) def. Charlton Ogg (ECM) 6-2, 6-0