ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd men's tennis team fell to No. 19 Florida Southern, 6-1 on Saturday in their final home match of the season at the Fred Bullard Courts.
Eckerd (9-7, 0-6) fell to Florida Southern (13-5, 3-3) after being swept in the doubles point and five of six singles matches.
Adrian Gheorghe picked up the lone Triton victory in the No. 5 spot in a three-set battle. Gheorge took set one 7-5 and dropped set two in tiebreak. He clinched the victory with a 10-8 set-three victory for Eckerd's only point.
Lukas Palla sent his match to three sets in the No. 6 spot after rallying back for a second set victory, but fell 10-6 in set three.
Eckerd men's tennis plays its final match of the regular season on the road at Embry-Riddle on Saturday at 2:00 PM.
Singles competition
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#69 Sam Frizelle (FSC) def. Batu Ataseven (ECM) 6-2, 6-2
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Chris Fok Kow (FSC) def. Mario Kirkov (ECM) 7-5, 6-1
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#55 Mario Garoz (FSC) def. Eric Asakura (ECM) 6-2, 6-2
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Matthew Hewitt (FSC) def. Marshall Hulett (ECM) by retirement 7-6 (7-1), 5-3
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Adrian Gheorghe (ECM) def. Bosko Boskovic (FSC) 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 10-8
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Leon Bircanin (FSC) def. Lukas Palla (ECM) 6-1, 3-6, 10-6
Doubles competition
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#36 Chris Fok Kow and Mario Garoz (FSC) def. Batu Ataseven and Mario Kirkov (ECM) 6-3
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Bosko Boskovic and Gabriel Jornert (FSC) def. Adrian Gheorghe and Marshall Hulett (ECM) 7-5
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Sam Frizelle and Matthew Hewitt (FSC) def. Eric Asakura and Lukas Palla (ECM) 6-1
