"Today's match was incredibly tight!" said head coach CJ Weber. "All doubles matches were 6-4, and 4 of the 6 singles matches went three sets. Unfortunately, they all didn't go our way, but hopefully we're getting tougher and learning from these moments. Tomorrow will be our last opportunity to compete as a team until January, so we'll try to finish the fall season with a bang!"
In doubles, redshirt-senior Juan Montes (Pereira, Colombia/Colegio Lujan) and redshirt-sophomore Marcelo Sepulveda (Monterrey, Mexico/Penn Foster/Alabama) picked up a 6-4 win while sophomore Eric Oncins (Orlando, Fla./Montverde Academy) and redshirt-sophomore Randy Wilson (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Miami Palmetto/Louisville) won by the same score.
The Eagles picked up two singles wins in dramatic fashion. Redshirt-sophomore Magnus Johnson (Naples, Fla./Homeschool/UCF) won his first set 6-1 before dropping the second set, 7-6 (7) to Dominik Pauli of Dartmouth. In the third-set 10-point tiebreak, he saved two match points to tie it up at nine and then won four of the next six points to win 13-11 in the third set.
Sepulveda also had a dramatic win as he came back from a set down against Oren Vasser of Miami to win the second set, 7-6 (3), before winning the third-set tiebreak, 10-8, claiming the victory despite falling down on match point.
Oncins and redshirt-sophomore Juan Lopez (Gachancipa, Colombia/Colegio Virtual Siglo XXI) also went to a third-set 10-point tiebreaker in their respective matches, but ultimately came up short.
The Eagles will conclude the Bonita Bay Classic and the fall season tomorrow afternoon as they will battle Notre Dame at 12:30 p.m.
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