Mercer Closes Out Sunshine State Swing At North Florida

MACON – The Mercer men's tennis team will continue its five-match stretch away from home on Sunday when the Bears put the finishing touches on their Spring Break run through the Sunshine State by visiting North Florida. First serves are scheduled for 11 a.m. at the UNF Tennis Complex.

Fans unable to make the trip to Jacksonville, Fla., can still follow all of the action for free via a live scoring link provided by the UNF athletics department.

The Bears (3-7) roll into northeast Florida on the heels of a pair of tough 4-3 setbacks earlier this week in Fort Myers. MU built a 3-1 lead on the team scoreboard in Wednesday's tilt at Florida Gulf Coast before surrendering a three-point rally to the Eagles. Mercer crafted a 3-2 advantage in Thursday's neutral site matchup with red-hot St. John's, but the Red Storm ultimately prevailed with victories at Nos. 1 and 2 singles.

The Ospreys (8-4) had their seven-match win streak stopped with a 4-2 loss to visiting Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon. GSU won a trio of matches in singles play, including a three-set marathon win on Court No. 3, to clinch the outcome. UNF is a combined 14-6 at Nos. 4 and 5 singles this season, while also registering a combined 7-4 clip at No. 2 singles.

Jean Deloziere and Joao Portugal have teamed up to post eight wins in 10 doubles matchups on Court No. 3 during the spring.

UNF has captured 10 of the 11 previous matchups in their 20-year-old series with Mercer, but the Bears came out on the better end of a 4-3 decision last season in Macon.

Mercer Closes Out Sunshine State Swing At North Florida

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