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KENNESAW, Ga.- The Kennesaw State men's tennis team picked up its third ASUN Conference win with a 4-3 victory over Stetson on Senior Day at the Betty Siegel Courts.
Seniors Lucas de Torres and
Fermin Calvo Barcelo were honored prior to their final home match.
"The guys did a good job today," Director of Tennis
Matt Emery said. "I liked our energy in the doubles. We just didn't execute great in spots and credit to Stetson taking advantage of that opportunity. Jose and Brian taking care of business really quickly helped change the momentum. Stetson has a good team and they gave us everything they had. I was proud of the guys for keeping it just about the tennis and taking care of business."
The Hatters took a tightly contested doubles points. KSU collected a win in doubles from
Lucas de Torres Curth and
Harvey Maughan who defeated Josh Laka and Tim Gennes 6-3 at No. 1.
KSU would win the opening four singles matches to clinch the victory.
Jose Galvez tied the match after beating Josh Laka 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 for his fourth conference win.
Bryan Triana picked up his second consecutive win beating Tim Gennes 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 to give the Owls the lead. Moments later
Sebastian Osorio took down Colin Macnamara 6-3, 6-1 on court four. In his final match at home as an Owl,
Fermin Calvo Barcelo held off Clement Hamel 6-4, 6-3 on court one to clinch the match for the Owls.
The win was the Owls second in program history over the Hatters and vaults the Owls into a tie for fourth with Lipscomb in the ASUN standings with two regular season matches to go.
The Owls will travel to Newark, New Jersey to take on NJIT at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10.
Kennesaw State 4, Stetson 3
Singles competition
1.
Fermin Calvo Barcelo (KSU) def. Clement Hamel (STET) 6-4, 6-3
2. Antoine Sanchez (STET) def.
Lucas de Torres Curth (KSU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-1
3.
Bryan Triana (KSU) def. Tim Gennes (STET) 6-4, 6-4
4.
Sebastian Osorio (KSU) def. Coilin MacNamara (STET) 6-3, 6-1
5. Christian Mills (STET) def.
Harvey Maughan (KSU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
6.
Jose Galvez (KSU) def. Josh Laka (STET) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition
1.
Lucas de Torres Curth/
Harvey Maughan (KSU) def. Josh Laka/Tim Gennes (STET) 6-3
2. Coilin MacNamara/Clement Hamel (STET) def.
Fermin Calvo Barcelo/
Jack Sorel (KSU) 7-6
3. Antoine Sanchez/Dennis Moses (STET) def.
Bryan Triana/
Jose Galvez (KSU) 7-5
Match Notes:
Stetson 9-11 (1-4 ASUN)
Kennesaw State 9-11 (3-2 ASUN)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,3,4,1,5,2)
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