BOCA RATON, FLA. – STU men's tennis took on #4 Lynn University (NCCA-D2) on Monday in Boca Raton. Even though the Bobcats fell, 6-1, they gave the Fighting Knights all they could handle. Senior Juan Bravo and Freshman Hicham Larhnimi had STU's strongest performances.

Bravo and Grover Ordonez fought hard in their doubles match on court one falling 8-4. The same could be said about Romero and Matais Dasso on court three who also fell 8-4. With three wins, Lynn clinched the doubles point.

Nicolas Etienne drew a tough match on court one, facing off against #17 Vlad Cirla, eventually losing out 6-1, 6-4. On court two Bravo won his first set but was forced into a third set tie breaker where he had to win 10 games to secure his upset victory. In his first match of the season, Larhnimi played well on court six taking four games.

Doubles
Riggs/Volpicelli (LU) def. Bravo/Ordonez (STU) 8-4
Cirla/Turtygin (LU) def. Etienne/Rosner (STU) 8-1
Iannozzi/Porkop (LU) def. Romero/Dasso (STU) 8-4

Singles
#17 Cirla (LU) def. Etienne (STU) 6-1, 6-4
Bravo (STU) def. Porkop (LU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Riggs (LU) def. Ordonez (STU) 6-0, 6-4
Iannozzi (LU) def. Rosner (STU) 8-2
Volpicelli (LU) def. Dasso (STU) 8-0
Gomba (LU) def. Larhnimi (STU) 8-4