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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Kennesaw State men’s tennis team fell in its Atlantic Sun Conference opener against North Florida, 7-0, at the UNF Tennis Complex on Thursday, March 14.
 
The Owls move to 2-8 on the season and 0-1 in league play, while UNF improves to 7-6 and 1-0 in conference action.
 
Senior Gokalp Ozdemir and sophomore Alexander Pena tallied the duo’s third doubles victory of the season on court three, an 8-6 win over Pedro Davisson and Leonardo Nahar, but the Owls could not get anything going in singles play to take the loss.
 
Kennesaw State will next face Bethune-Cookman on Friday, March 15 at the City Island Tennis Courts in Daytona Beach, Fla. The match is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. (ET).


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Kennesaw State University is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.  
 
North Florida 7, Kennesaw State 0
Singles
1. Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Tobi Menhofer (KSUM) 6-2, 6-3
2. Julien Belair (UNF) def. Gianni Kubin (KSUM) 4-1, retired
3. Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) def. Maksim Yorsh (KSUM) 6-3, 6-3
4. Pedro Davisson (UNF) def. Louis Theodor (KSUM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Gokalp Ozdemir (KSUM) 6-2, 6-1
6. Bernardo Craveiro (UNF) def. Alexander Pena (KSUM) 6-2, 6-2
 
Doubles
1. Norbert Nemcsek/Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Tobi Menhofer/Louis Theodor (KSUM) 8-4
2. Julien Belair/Timo Kranz (UNF) def. Maksim Yorsh/Gianni Kubin (KSUM) 8-4
3. Gokalp Ozdemir/Alexander Pena (KSUM) def. Pedro Davisson/Leonardo Nahar (UNF) 8-6
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,3,4,6,5,1)