TAMPA, FLA. -- The Furman men's tennis team fell to South Florida, 6-1, Thursday at the Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa, Fla.
Graduate student Drew Singerman scored for the Paladins at flight six singles, where he beat Manueal Goncalves, 7-6(1), 1-6, 1-0(11-9).
Furman freshmen Elijah Portizky and Cole Burnam picked up a victory at flight three doubles, downing Alvin Tudorica and Sergio Gomez Montesa, 6-3. The Bulls won the other two doubles matches for the point, as Rithvik Bollipalli and Bruno Oliveira topped 29th-ranked graduate student Ivan Mitric and freshman Jamie Connel, 7-6(5), at flight one, and Chase Ferguson and Goncalves outlasted sophomore Emil Westling and senior James Roelofse, 7-6(0), at flight two.
South Florida won at flights one through five singles. Ferguson defeated Mitric, 6-2, 7-5, at flight one, and Ivan Yatsuk held off Connel, 6-3, 6-7(2), 1-0(10-1), at flight two. At flight three, Antonio Muniz defeated Poritzky, 6-4, 6-2, and at number four, Tudorica recorded a 6-2, 7-5 advantage over Roelofse. Oliveira slipped past Westling, 7-5, 6-4, at number five.
The Paladins (8-7) will face Chattanooga on March 20 at 10 a.m. in Spartanburg, S.C., to open the Southern Conference season.
Furman vs South Florida • 03/11/2022 at Tampa, Fla. • Varsity Tennis Courts
South Florida 6, Furman 1
Singles competition
1. Chase Ferguson (USFM) def. Ivan Mitric (FUR) 6-2, 7-5
2. Ivan Yatsuk (USFM) def. Jamie Connel (FUR) 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 1-0 (10-1)
3. Antonio Muniz (USFM) def. Elijah Poritzky (FUR) 6-4, 6-2
4. Alvin Tudorica (USFM) def. James Roelofse (FUR) 6-2, 7-5
5. Bruno Oliveira (USFM) def. Emil Westling (FUR) 7-5, 6-4
6. Drew Singerman (FUR) def. Manuel Goncalves (USFM) 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 1-0 (11-9)
Doubles competition
1. Rithvik Bollipalli/Bruno Oliveira (USFM) def. #29 Ivan Mitric/Jamie Connel (FUR) 7-6 (7-5)
2. Chase Ferguson/Manuel Goncalves (USFM) def. Emil Westling/James Roelofse (FUR) 7-6 (7-0)
3. Elijah Poritzky/Cole Burnam (FUR) def. Alvin Tudorica/Sergio Gomez Montesa (USFM) 6-3
Match Notes: Furman 8-6 • South Florida 5-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,1,4,2,5,6)
