{"id":3666,"date":"2019-10-12T22:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T02:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2019-10-12T22:38:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T02:38:50","slug":"four-mocs-head-to-finals-at-varner-memorial-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/10\/12\/four-mocs-head-to-finals-at-varner-memorial-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Mocs Head to Finals at Varner Memorial Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mocs-FSC.png?resize=221%2C221&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2148\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mocs-FSC.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mocs-FSC.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mocs-FSC.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mocs-FSC.png?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four Moccasins earned spots in singles flight finals on Saturday as Florida Southern College men&#8217;s tennis competed at the Rollins Varner Memorial Invitational.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/hertweck_valentin_pgxm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valentin Hertweck<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/martin_chase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chase Martin<\/a>&nbsp;will face off in the flight B final while&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/sohl_oscar_r05x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oscar Sohl<\/a>&nbsp;will play in the flight C final and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/salamanca_pablo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pablo Salamanca<\/a>&nbsp;in the flight D final. The Moccasins will finish competing at the Varner Memorial Invitational with the conclusion of singles and doubles flights on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Singles flight A saw&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/nordblom_erik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erik Nordblom<\/a>&nbsp;defeat Pierre-Oliver Lassalle of Eckerd in three combative sets (7-6 (4), 3-6, 10-8) before he fell in another close three-set thriller against Atakan Gezer of host Rollins (1-6, 6-2, 11-9). After falling in two 7-5 sets to Andre Brignacca of Rollins,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/pham_brandon_913z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brandon Pham<\/a>&nbsp;defeated Jorge Santamaria of Palm Beach Atlantic in a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing. Nordblom will play in the third-place match while Pham will play in the fifth-place match.<\/li><li>Singles flight B will have an all-FSC final on Sunday as both Hertweck and Martin cruised on Saturday. Hertweck won two 6-2, 6-3 matches over Dennis Moses of Stetson and Casey Recci of Rollins to earn his spot while Martin defeated Pakrot Pater of Eckerd in a 6-4, 6-2 match and Josh Laka of Stetson to earn his spot.<\/li><li>Sohl will play in the final of singles flight C against Freddy Danielson of Rollins after defeating Jose Velloso of Palm Beach Atlantic 6-1, 6-4 and Quinn McLeod of Rollins 6-3, 6-2.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/cvjetan_miroslav_6f0i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miroslav Cvjetan<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/pham_brian_rom9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brian Pham<\/a>&nbsp;will play in the fifth-place match after Cvjetan lost 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 to McLeod but won 6-0, 6-2 over Velloso and Pham lost 6-0, 6-7 (3), 10-8 to Danielson but won 1-6, 6-3, 10-2 over Will Stone from Eckerd.<\/li><li>Salamanca earned his spot in the singles flight C final after defeating Camp Priest of Rollins 6-2, 6-1 and Alex Webb of Eckerd 6-4, 6-2.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscmocs.prestosports.com\/sports\/mten\/2019-20\/bios\/thomas_danny_mlb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danny Thomas<\/a>&nbsp;will play in the third-place match after he won two 6-2 sets over Michal Pecikowski of Palm Beach Atlantic but lost in two 6-4 sets to Luke Horan of Rollins.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Moccasins will finish competing at the Varner Memorial Invitational with the conclusion of singles and doubles flights tomorrow.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Moccasins earned spots in singles flight finals on Saturday as Florida Southern College men&#8217;s tennis competed at the Rollins Varner Memorial Invitational.&nbsp;Valentin Hertweck&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chase Martin&nbsp;will face off in the flight&hellip; 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