HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (0-2) squared off against No. 21 Florida State for the second straight day. The Seminoles swept the Rainbow Warriors, but the 'Bows battled hard on Saturday at the UH Tennis Complex.
The match started with doubles play as Florida State cruised to take all three official matches for the early, 1-0 lead.
In singles, UH's No. 1
Blaz Seric battled back to even his match at 1-1 and had a chance to defeat FSU's Aziz Dougaz as he served for the match in the third set at 5-4, but was broken and eventually fell by a tie-breaker, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3). Hawai'i's
Aleksa Lazarevic's match against Chase Wood on the #4 court went to three sets, but Wood pulled away for the win, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
The Rainbow Warriors continue their busy first week of play as they take on Texas Tech on Sunday, January 7 at 12:00 pm at the UH Tennis Complex.
#21 Florida State University 7, Hawai'i 0
Jan. 6, 2018 at Honolulu, Oahu (UH Tennis Complex)
Singles competition (Order of finish: 3,5,2,6,4,1)
1. Aziz Dougaz (FS) def.
Blaz Seric (UH) 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)
2. #24 Lucas Poullain (FS) def.
Felix Albert (UH) 6-3, 6-2
3. #22 Guy Iradukunda (FS) def.
Lucas Labrunie (UH) 6-3, 6-3
4. Chase Wood (FS) def.
Aleksa Lazarevic (UH) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
5. Jose Gracia (FS) def.
Fabian Woehrl (UH) 6-2, 6-2
6. Sebastian Arcila (FS) def.
Tristan Martins (UH) 6-3, 6-4
(7. Whithurst (FSU) def.
Eric Kenneth (UH), 6-0, 6-3)
(8. Rana-Roop Singha Bhullar (FSU) def.
Chia-Hua Lu (UH), 6-1, 6-3)
Doubles competition (Order of finish: (3,2,1)
1. Aziz Dougaz/Guy Iradukunda (FS) def.
Felix Albert/
Fabian Woehrl (UH) 6-2
2. #8 Lucas Poullain/Jose Gracia (FS) def.
Blaz Seric/
Lucas Labrunie (UH) 6-1
3. Terrance Whitehurst/Terrell Whitehurst (FS) def.
Aleksa Lazarevic/
Eric Kenneth (UH) 6-2
(4. Sebastian Arcila/Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar (FSU) def.
Tristan Martins/
Chia-Hua Lu (UH), 6-0)
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