Men's @ASUNTennis Championship Semifinals set; #3 Flames & #4 Ospreys Advance
Men's @ASUNTennis Championship Semifinals set; #3 Flames & #4 Ospreys Advance
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ATLANTA, Ga. - The ASUN Conference Men's Tennis Championship tournament seeds hold as #3 Liberty and #4 North Florida advanced on Friday afternoon in Fort Myers, Fla. The defending champion Flames took down #6 Jacksonville State, 4-0, while the Ospreys defeated #5 Stetson, 4-2, in the first round of the championship.
Liberty advances to play #2 Kennesaw State as the two sides meet in the semifinals for the second-straight season. UNF takes on top-seeded FGCU looking to avenge last season's loss in the championship first round. Both matches are set to begin at 5 PM ET.
The Gamecocks and Hatters fall to 8-10 and 11-10 on the season, respectively, as their runs in the ASUN Championship come to a close.
What You Need to Know from Today's Wins
• #3 Liberty 4, #6 Jacksonville State 0
- Liberty, the defending ASUN Champion, earned a sweep over JSU in the first-ever postseason matchup between the programs in Friday afternoon's first-round match
- The Flames started the day with the Doubles point from ASUN Pair of the Year Nicaise Muamba/Rafael Da Silva (6-3) and Christiaan Worst/Josh Wilson on Court 2
- Wilson clinched the match, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 Singles after Worst (No. 4) and Thando Longwe-Smit (No. 6) claimed straight-set victories
• #4 North Florida 4, #5 Stetson 2
- The Ospreys topped Stetson for the third time in a postseason match after Patrick Kotan defeated Sami Ozzor (6-3, 7-5) on Court 5 to send his team to the semifinals
- After finding themselves down 3-0, the Hatters picked up solo victories on Court 1 (Diogo Marques) and Court 4 (Tim Gennes)
- Matthew Carroll and Rodrigo Crespo claimed Singles wins on Courts 3 and 6, respectively, after UNF earned the Doubles point from Jonas Hartenstein/Jorge Nunez and Nilo Duarte/Crespo
Upcoming ASUN Men's Tennis Championship Schedule
Saturday, April 23 - ASUN Semifinals
#1 FGCU vs. #4 North Florida - 5 PM ET
#2 Kennesaw State vs. #3 Liberty - 5 PM ET
Sunday, April 24 - ASUN Championship
TBD vs. TBD - 1 PM ET (ESPN+)
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The ASUN, a Division I conference member of the NCAA, boasts a membership of institutions that share visionary leadership, bold ambition and creative innovation. As a nimble adaptive conference, unafraid to blaze a national pathway for better service to our student-athletes, teams, and institutions, the ASUN has a proud history of firsts, national academic and athletic achievements and a conference culture that walks the walk with its four ASUN Beams. Students First! Rise. Connect. Impact. #ASUNBuilt by Bellarmine (Louisville), Central Arkansas (Conway), Eastern Kentucky (Richmond), FGCU (Fort Myers), Jacksonville (Fla.), Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Ala.), Kennesaw State (Ga.), Liberty (Lynchburg, Va.), Lipscomb (Nashville), North Alabama (Florence), North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), and Stetson (DeLand, Fla.). Austin Peay, based in Clarksville, Tenn., is set to join the league in the 2022-23 academic year.