Bears Drop Spring Opener At No. 20 Florida State

Saturday, January 13

Tallahassee, Fla.

10 a.m.

Mercer University

Florida State

Bears Drop Spring Opener At No. 20 Florida State

1/13/2024 1:44:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 20^th-ranked Florida State men's tennis team surrendered a pair of games on both court Nos. 1 and 3 to grab the quick doubles point, and then took down Mercer in straight sets in all six singles matchups, to tally a 7-0 win over the Bears in the spring season opener for both sides on Saturday at FSU's Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.

Saturday's matchup marked the first competition for either side since early-November tournaments. It was the second time in four seasons that the Bears (0-1) have opened the spring portion of their regular season schedule in Tallahassee, Fla., while the Seminoles (1-0) improved to 4-0 all-time against the Orange & Black.

FSU's tandem of Justin Lyons and Azariah Rusher registered a 6-2 victory over Mercer's Samuel Barrow and Victor Putter at No. 3 doubles, while Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif tallied a similar 6-2 win over Samuel MacLeod and Lucas Dini on court No. 1 to give the Seminoles the doubles point.

MU's duo of Nemanja Stefanovic and Marceau Fouilhoux held a slight 4-3 edge on FSU's Jamie Connel and Alex Bulter at court No. 2 when doubles play was stopped.

Stefanovic was scrappy in his No. 1 singles matchup with Louis Pourroy, but ultimately succumbed 6-4, 6-3. Barrow also put up a battle with Lyons on court No. 5, but fell 6-3, 6-3.

The Bears will close out their stay in Tallahassee on Sunday morning with a 10 a.m. contest with Jacksonville State at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. The Gamecocks were scheduled to open their season on Saturday afternoon against the Seminoles.