No. 15 Seminoles Drop Tight Contest to NC State

TALLAHASSEE –The No. 15 Florida State males’s tennis staff fell to No. 20 NC State 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.

The day started with one other tight doubles match. The No. 33 pairing within the nation, Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif, dominated their top-50 opposition with a 6-2 victory on Court docket 1. This marked their third ranked win of the season in doubles. NC State clinched the doubles level after taking wins at Courts 2 and three.

After NC State took a 2-0 lead with a win on Court docket 2, Youcef Rihane responded with a powerful 6-3, 6-1 victory on Court docket 4 over the nation’s No. 66-ranked singles participant to place the Seminoles on the board. This marks his fourth consecutive straight-set singles victory and first ranked singles win of the season.

Alex Bulte dropped his match on Court docket 6 earlier than Cornut-Chauvinc battled by way of a decent affair on Court docket 1. Cornut-Chauvinc navigated by way of the primary set 6-4 and emerged victorious after a 7-4 second-set tiebreaker. The senior accomplished his 14th ranked win of the season and fifteenth straight-set singles victory.

Jamie Connel started his match down 4-1 earlier than profitable six of the following seven video games to take the primary set. He took full command from that time and punctuated his day with a 6-4 second set to tie the match at 3-3.

The ultimate level could be selected Court docket 5 after Dous-Karpenschif break up the primary two units. After exchanging video games forwards and backwards to begin, NC State pulled away and secured the fourth and closing level.

Florida State is 16-7 and 6-5 within the ACC. The Seminoles will play their closing match of the common season at Miami on Saturday.

#20 NC State 4, #15 Florida State 3
Singles Competitors: 
1.    #2 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #51 Robin Catry (NCSU) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
2.    #82 Braden Shick (NCSU) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
3.    Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #103 Luca Staeheli (NCSU) 7-5, 6-4
4.    Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. #66 Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) 6-3, 6-1
5.    Damien Salvestre (NCSU) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
6.    Jakub Katuch (NCSU) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles Competitors:
1.    #33 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #49 Martin Borisiouk/Joseph Wayand (NCSU) 6-2
2.    Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. Youcef Rihane/Loris Pourroy (FSU) 7-5
3.    Fons Van Sambeek/Braden Shick (NCSU) def. Jamie Connel/Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-3

Order of End: Singles (2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5) Doubles (1, 3, 2)

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