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No. 17 Men's Tennis Sink Sailfish in Return to League Action

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn University's 17th-ranked Lynn men's tennis squad continued Sunshine State Conference action with a 5-2 win over the 14th-ranked Palm Beach Atlantic University Sailfish. The doubles pair of Kay Bartmann and Florian Clemares clinched their second 6-0 doubles victory of the season.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lynn 5, PBA 2
Records: #17 Lynn (9-1, 3-0 SSC), #14 PBA (13-2, 1-2 SSC)
Location: Perper Tennis Complex | Boca Raton, Fla.
All-Time Series: Lynn leads 18-0
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • The Blue and White won all three of the doubles bouts for a 1-0 advantage.
  • The 31st-ranked pair of Bartmann and Clemares continued to dominate at the top flight and defeated PBA's only nationally ranked pair No. 46 Uberto Rosi and Thomas Salmon, 6-0.
  • The pairs of Lucca Baptista and Jose Porfirio at No. 2 and Patrick Bessinger and Gabriel Hocevar at No. 3 both won their doubles matches 6-2.
  • In singles action, Lynn went up 2-0 as Bartmann won his second match of the day, taking the No. 1 singles match in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.
  • 62nd-ranked Baptista got the victory at No. 2 singles for the Blue and White in the only match of the day between two nationally-ranked players. He took down 41st-ranked Philipp Hoffmann 6-2, 6-3.
  • Lynn saw its first defeat at the No. 3 spot with Clemares falling in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
  • Porfirio clinched the victory for the Fighting Knights with a 6-1, 6-4 win at the No. 4 singles contest.
  • Hocevar and Robin Calais both went into a super-breaker at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively. Hocevar fell 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 10-7, while Calais got the victory, 4-6, 6-3, 10-4.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

  • Lynn is off to its best start to a season (9-1) since 2014 when they started 10-0.
  • Bartmann did not lose more than two games in a match for the first time this season (6-1, 6-1).
  • Both of PBA's losses this season have come on the road (Feb. 23 at Florida Southern). 
  • The Fighting Knights have never lost to the Sailfish in program history. PBA is the only active SSC team that has not defeated Lynn.
  • Clemares falls to 2-2 in three-set matches this season.
  • The Blue and White came into the match ranked No. 17 in the Oracle/ITA rankings; the Sailfish are ranked 14th.

UP NEXT:

Lynn is back in action at home on Friday, March 29 when they top-ranked Barry University at 3 p.m. Fans can keep up with the action live on LynnFightingKnights.com.

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Players Mentioned

Lucca Baptista

Lucca Baptista

6' 0"
Sophomore
University of Tulsa
Kay Bartmann

Kay Bartmann

6' 0"
Senior
Drury University
Patrick Bessinger

Patrick Bessinger

6' 1"
Graduate Student
Robin Calais

Robin Calais

5' 11"
Junior
Radford University
Florian Clemares

Florian Clemares

6' 1"
Graduate Student
Gabriel Hocevar

Gabriel Hocevar

6' 4"
Junior
UNC-Wilmington

Players Mentioned

Lucca Baptista

Lucca Baptista

6' 0"
Sophomore
University of Tulsa
Kay Bartmann

Kay Bartmann

6' 0"
Senior
Drury University
Patrick Bessinger

Patrick Bessinger

6' 1"
Graduate Student
Robin Calais

Robin Calais

5' 11"
Junior
Radford University
Florian Clemares

Florian Clemares

6' 1"
Graduate Student
Gabriel Hocevar

Gabriel Hocevar

6' 4"
Junior
UNC-Wilmington