{"id":5955,"date":"2020-01-23T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:58:42","slug":"seu-mens-tennis-tops-warner-in-sun-conference-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/01\/23\/seu-mens-tennis-tops-warner-in-sun-conference-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"SEU Men’s Tennis Tops Warner in Sun Conference Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\nThe RV Southeastern University men’s tennis team bounced back in a powerful way after dropping their season opener to Florida National, defeating the Warner University Royals 6-1 in their 2020 Sun Conference opener at the UTSA National Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Fire battled their way to the doubles point to start things out with momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophomore Santiago Haas<\/a> and freshman Alec Lichter<\/a> were the catalyst for SEU, earning a 6-2 win at the No. 3 line doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Southeastern dropped the top doubles’ position, it came down to the second line. Veteran leadership came through for the Fire, as seniors Thomas Ortega<\/a> and Felipe Barbosa<\/a> scored a 6-2 victory to put SEU ahead of WU 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thought the energy was better today,” shared SEU head coach Drew Dickens<\/a>. “Our doubles’ play was much better than Friday and that momentum carried over for us into singles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a tight first set win 6-4, sophomore Enrique Martinez<\/a> dominated in the second set 6-0 to defeat his opponent 2-0 at the fourth spot. Lichter put the Fire ahead of the Royals 3-0 with a two-set victory (6-2, 6-2) at the No. 6 line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate transfer Omar Fiorenzato<\/a> clinched the match for Southeastern with a two-set win (6-1, 6-1) at the fifth position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“After the Florida National match, we went back to practice and worked very hard,” remarked Fiorenzato. “We were determined to win every ball and played very well as a unit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As SEU and WU played out the remaining matches, Barbosa scored a victory at the third line, rallying to beat his adversary 7-5 in the second set after winning the first set 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haas punctuated the Fire win with a two-set win (6-2, 6-4) at the No. 2 spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southeastern looks to earn another positive Sun Conference result with a match versus St. Thomas this Saturday at the Beerman Family Tennis Complex in Lakeland. Match time is set for 12:00 p.m.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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