April 4, 2008

Box Score

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 26 Auburn men's tennis team dropped its first of three-straight road matches, 7-0, at No. 11 Florida on Friday at the Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville.

Auburn (9-10, 3-6 SEC) was swept for the second straight match Friday against Florida (12-5, 7-2 SEC), but for only the third time this season.

Alex Lacroix and Nestor Briceno started doubles play by defeating Tim Puetz and Lukas Marsoun on court two, 8-3. Auburn tied it up as No. 49 Jeff Dadamo and Greg Ouellete lost to Alexey Tsyrenov and Terence Nugent, 8-5 at No. 1 singles.

Tyler Hochwalt and Geoffrey Barton broke the tie and won the doubles point as they took down Pawel Dilaj and Alex Petropoulos, 8-3 on court three.

Florida picked up where it left off in doubles by winning all six singles match-ups.

Dadamo defeated Nugent at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 6-2, and No. 4 Ouellete defeated No. 37 Tsyrenov, 6-3, 6-2 on court one.

Florida clinched the match at No. 3 as Marsoun lost to No. 51 Lacroix, 6-3, 6-3. No. 89 Briceno upset No. 66 Puetz, 6-3, 6-4 in No. 2 singles.

Milan Krnjetin started off well on court six, taking the first set 7-5, but Erik Corace came back to win the second set 6-0. Corace took the match with a 10-7 third-set tiebreaker victory.

On court five, Hochwalt and Dilaj split the first two sets, 7-6, 6-3, but Hochwalt took the match as hit won the third-set tiebreaker, 10-3.

Auburn continues to Columbia, S.C. to face No. 57 South Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

Tennis Match Results
Auburn vs Florida
Apr 04, 2008 at Gainesville, Fla.

Singles competition
1. #4 Greg Ouellette (UF) def. #37 Alexey Tsyrenov (AU) 6-3, 6-2
2. #89 Nestor Briceno (UF) def. #66 Tim Puetz (AU) 6-3, 6-4
3. #51 Alex Lacroix (UF) def. Lukas Marsoun (AU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Jeff Dadamo (UF) def. Terence Nugent (AU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Tyler Hochwalt (UF) def. Pawel Dilaj (AU) 7-6 (10-3), 3-6, 1-0 (10-3)
6. Erik Corace (UF) def. Milan Krnjetin (AU) 5-7, 6-0, 1-0 (10-7)

Doubles competition
1. Alexey Tsyrenov/Terence Nugent (AU) def. #49 Jeff Dadamo/Greg Ouellette (UF) 8-5
2. Alex Lacroix/Nestor Briceno (UF) def. Tim Puetz/Lukas Marsoun (AU) 8-3
3. Tyler Hochwalt/Geoffrey Barton (UF) def. Pawel Dilaj/Alex Petropoulos (AU) 8-3

Match Notes:
Auburn 9-9, 3-5 SEC; National ranking #26
Florida 11-5, 6-2 SEC; National ranking #11
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,1,3,2,6,5)