WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- Senior Alessio Demichelis won in top-ranked singles and the Fighting Knights flourished in doubles competition as the Lynn University men's tennis team lost to No. 15 Florida Southern in the opening round of the 2025 SSC Tournament, Friday. Lynn settles at 9-8 overall
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lynn opened the match by claiming the doubles point with victories in the second and third flights
- The duo of Aymen Alimoussa and Santino Morel downed Bosko Boskovic and George Russell in the second spot, 6-4
- This marks the pair's sixth win of the spring as a unit.
- Daniel Azar and Aaron Brandenburger claimed victory in a hard-fought 7-6 (9-7) battle on court three against Sam Frizelle and Matthew Hewitt to lock down doubles competition.
- Azar and Brandenburger are a near perfect 6-1 in doubles competition this season
- Fighting Knight ace Alessio Demichelis won in first flight singles, downing 69-ranked Sam Frizelle in a tight 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 comeback victory
- Demichelis sits at 7-4 overall with all seven wins coming in the top spot
- Lennart Ostheimer dropped a tough 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 tilt to George Russell in the fifth spot