ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The Cameron men's tennis team's impressive season ended on Tuesday after falling to No. 7 West Florida in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Championship.
Cameron started out the match in a 1-0 hole after falling at the one and two doubles spot. In the ranked battle between No. 15
Vinicius Santos/
Julen Gutierrez and No. 25 Serdar Bojadjiev/Vitinho Galvo the two teams battled back and forth until the UWF pair took the match 7-5. The match at two was similar with No. 44
Mritunjay Badola/
Przemyslaw Zielinski falling 7-5 as well.
Pierre Marion and
Oscar del Granado found themselves trailing 4-1 early on at three, but came back to tie the match at six before the other two ended. Â
The first singles decision came at the one spot between No. 5 Bojadjiev and No. 6 Santos. Bojadjiev took the advantage with a 7-6 (7-3) win in the first set and then finished the match with a 6-2 victory in set two.
West Florida then earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory at six and a 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 win at two for the third and fourth points of the match, giving them the 4-0 win.
Zielinski, Gutierrez, and del Granado all were in the third set of their matches before the match ended with the loss at two.
Cameron ends the season with a 19-5 record and the highest win percentage by a CU men's tennis team since 2013.
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#7 West Florida 4, #13 Cameron 0
May 21, 2019 at Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Sanlando Park)Â
Singles competition
1. #5 Serdar Bojadjiev (UWF) def. #6
Vinicius Santos (CU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
2. #74 Juan Cabrera (UWF) def.
Mritunjay Badola (CU) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
3. #72
Przemyslaw Zielinski (CU) vs. Lucas Sanchez (UWF) 6-0, 4-6, 3-3, unfinished
4.
Oscar del Granado (CU) vs. Juan Motta (UWF) 7-6 (8-6), 3-2, unfinished
5.
Julen Gutierrez (CU) vs. #41 Pedro Cordeiro (UWF) 2-6, 6-4, 0-2, unfinished
6. Vitinho Galvao (UWF) def.
Pierre Marion (CU) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. #25 Serdar Bojadjiev/Vitinho Galvao (UWF) def. #15
Vinicius Santos/
Julen Gutierrez (CU) 7-5
2. Juan Motta/Pedro Cordeiro (UWF) def. #44
Mritunjay Badola/
Przemyslaw Zielinski (CU) 7-5
3.
Oscar del Granado/
Pierre Marion (CU) vs. Lucas Sanchez/Juan Cabrera (UWF) 6-6 (1-3), unfinished
Match Notes
West Florida 23-6; National ranking #7; Regional ranking #3
Cameron 19-5; National ranking #13; Regional ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,6,2)
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