Men’s Tennis Downs Defending A-Sun Champs on the Road, 4-2

Saturday, April 15

Fort Myers, Florida

6:00 pm (ET)

University of Memphis

Florida Gulf Coast University

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Men’s Tennis Downs Defending A-Sun Champs on the Road, 4-2

Apr 15, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Tigers move to 14-6 on the season.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis men's tennis team (14-6) won the doubles point and weathered a comeback from Florida Gulf Coast (7-12), the defending Atlantic Sun Conference Champs, for a 4-2 win Saturday.

Memphis won the doubles point thanks to wins from two and three doubles. Kai Lemke and Jan Pallares then pushed the lead to 3-0 and were looking for teammates to close out the victory when the home-standing Eagles started their comeback on their senior day. FGCU grabbed wins at five and one singles to pull to 3-2 down and it was Andrew Watson's three-set win at two singles that sealed the Tiger victory.

The Tigers will close their regular season at #26 USF, Monday.

#34 Memphis 4, Florida Gulf Coast 2
Singles
No. 1 – Felipe Ramirez def. #79 Ryan Peniston (Memphis), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 -- #105 Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. Mateo Ruiz, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
No. 3 – Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Oliver Landert, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 – Ezequiel Cerrini def. Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Jan Pallares (Memphis) def. Andres Alfonzo, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 – Javier Fernandez vs. Felix Rauch (Memphis), 6-4, 2-6, 4-5, uf
Order of finish: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
Doubles
No. 1 – Landert/Ramirez vs. Lemke/Watson (Memphis), 5-4 uf
No. 2 – Rauch/Peniston (Memphis) def. Alfonzo/Cerrini, 6-3
No. 3 – Story/Pallares (Memphis) def. Ruiz/Fernandez, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2