BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn University's sixth-ranked men's tennis squad opened up its Sunshine State Conference schedule on its home courts Saturday morning, defeating Florida Southern College, 8-1.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lynn 8, Florida Southern 1
Records: #6 Lynn (5-3, 1-0 SSC), Florida Southern (4-3, 0-1 SSC)
Location: Perper Tennis Complex | Boca Raton, Fla.
Series: Lynn leads 25-8 all-time
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Lynn pulled out an 8-6 victory in the No. 2 doubles match to gather all three of the doubles points. 
• The senior duo of Daniel Riggs and Pavel Mojha got things started with an 8-1 win at the top flight, followed by Danyang Xu and Jose Porfirio Ordonez taking the No. 3 matchup, 8-4.
• Mehdi Laalej and Ethan Itzkovitz closed out the Lynn doubles sweep at the second flight.
• The Fighting Knights quickly secured the match with wins at No. 2 & 3 singles, eventually taking five out of the six total singles matchups in straight sets.
• Laalej dropped Laurent Mailloux (6-2, 6-1) at No. 3 to give Lynn a 4-0 edge and Mojha grabbed his team's fifth point with a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over Jose de Sario at the No. 2 slot.
• Riggs kept the ball rolling at the top spot, defeating Fabian Lundberg, 6-3, 6-2.
• After a 6-1 win at No. 4 singles, Itzkovitz closed out Miguel Alvarez-Hevia in the second, 7-5.
• Porfirio downed Oscar Soderlund by identical 6-3 tallies in the No. 6 matchup.
• Florida Southern garnered its only point on the day at No. 5 singles, winning 6-0, 6-4.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Lynn has won each of its last seven conference openers.
• The Fighting Knights snapped FSC's four-match winning streak.

UP NEXT:
The Blue & White remain home for a matchup against Post University on Thursday, March 10.