BOCA RATON, Fla. - Lynn University's fourth-ranked men's tennis team earned their first Sunshine State Conference win of the season, defeating Eckerd College 9-0 on Saturday afternoon. Mike Perez is now just four wins away from 400 for his career with the men's team. The Fighting Knights improve to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the SSC.
In doubles play, Vlad Cirla and Roman Turtygin breezed to an 8-1 victory in the second spot over Stephen Felman and Nikita Valuishik. Javier Anegon and Zdenek Sevik finished second in the No. 3 position winning 8-5 over Luke Burton and Eddie Lewis. The top slot duo of Daniel Riggs and Paolo Volpocelli had their hands full, though, but came out victorious 7-5 in the tiebreaker to win 9-8 over Yosua Adiyasa and Frazier Springfield.
The Fighting Knights were able to clinch the win early as Tomas Porkop defeated Springfield with ease 6-0, 6-1 with Riggs winning by the same score over Valuiskikh. Playing in the top spot, 17th-ranked Cirladefeated his counterpart Adiyasa 6-3, 6-2 to wrap up the first half of singles play.
Pavle Mojha made his first appearance of the season in singles and did not disappoint as the 36th-ranked player highlighted the bottom draw of singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 performance over Lewis. Alessio Iannozzi was the fourth to finish, defeating Burton 6-1, 6-0. Volpocelli completed play around the same time as Mojha with a 6-1, 6-1 over Felman.
The Fighting Knights' next match is a home bout against Saint Leo on February 16. First serve is at 11 a.m. Fans can follow live stats at LynnFightingKnights.com and get in-match updates by following @LUKnights on Twitter, Instagram, and Vine.
