orlando, florida – The FGCU men’s tennis team wrapped up the UCF Fall Sizzler on Sunday. Magnus Johnson (Naples, FL/Homeschool/UCF) and Senior max dam (Bradenton, Fla./St. Stephen’s Episcopal School) won the ice doubles title.
‘I really enjoyed everyone in this competition,’ said head coach CJ Weber“It’s hard to pull everything off in a fall tournament. But after the first day of competition, we’ve really grown a lot. Today we won the title together with Max and Magnus. They’re very mature.” I’m very excited for them because they’re playing well.” They complement each other well. because it is superior. ”
Faced with Georgia Southern’s Judson Blair and Pol del Castillo Masic, Johnson and Dam end a 3-0 weekend with a 6-3 victory to kick off the season and ensure they’re in a draw. It proved why it was the top seed.
In the ice doubles region back draw, the redshirt-junior Marcelo Sepulveda (Monterrey, Mexico/Penn Foster/Alabama) and redshirt-junior Guglielmo Stefanacci (Prato, Italy/International School of Florence) ended the weekend with a win, beating UCF’s Luca Hotze and Cooper White 6-4.
The Eagles’ only other action came in the Blue Singles region as a dam and senior carter bradford (Wesley Chappell, FL/Saddlebrook Prep/George Mason) will face each other in a backdraw title match. It was a back and forth match between the two teammates, but it was Dam who came out on top, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.
Next up for the Eagles is the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, October 1-9. Ranked 123rd in the country, Johnson will be the sole representative of the Eagles as they will face some of the best players in the country.
The rest of the team will be back in action on October 20th for the first of five days at the ITA Southeast Regional in Tallahassee.
result
singles
max dam (FGCU) definition. carter bradford (FGCU)6-3, 4-6, 10-7 (blue)
doubles
Johnson/Dam (FGCU) definition. Blair/Matic (GSU), 6-3
Sepulveda/Stefanacci (FGCU) definition. Hotze/White (UCF), 6-4
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