The No. 43 University of South Florida men's tennis team closed out its regular season with a 4-0 win over North Florida on Tuesday at the USF Varsity Courts. The Bulls finish the season with a 13-7 mark and will next compete at the BIG EAST Championships.

“It was a good win for us,” USF head coach Don Barr said. “We were very aggressive. It was a good tune-up to get us ready for the BIG EAST tournament. I think we learned a lot this season, so now we need to get everybody healthy and try to win the conference.”

USF took the first three singles matches to secure the victory before the remaining contests were stopped due to the threat of inclement weather. Juan Carlos Acuna Gerard clinched the win for the Bulls at No. 6 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Leonaro Nehar.

Lucas Jovita, ranked No. 81 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, finished off Hleb Maslau, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 to give USF at 3-0 lead, and Federico Sabogal downed Pedro Davisson 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 to claim the first singles point.

Wael Kilani was leading in the third set when his match was stopped at No. 2, and Yannick Yoshizawa had just claimed the first set in his match at No. 5. Jamal Adderley was down a set at No. 3.

Jovita and Adderley, ITA's No. 60 doubles pairing and the Bulls' top duo, clinched the doubles point with a 9-8 (7-5) win over Buerchner and Treyz on Court 1. Kilani and Sabogal defeated Nahar and Davisson, 8-3, on Court 3 in the second match to finish after Deridder and Yoshizawa dropped their match to Sotomarino and Maslau, 8-5, on Court 2.

USF begins play in the BIG EAST Championships on April 28.

No. 45 USF vs. UNF
April 12, 2011
USF Varsity Courts

Singles
1. No. 81 Lucas Jovita (USF) def. Hleb Maslau (UNF), 6-1, 6-3
2. Wael Kilani (USF) and Moritz Buerchner (UNF), 6-2, 5-7, 2-1 Unf.
3.Jamal Adderley (USF) and Daniel Sotomarino (UNF), 6-7 (7-3), Unf.
4. Fedrerico Sabogal (USF) def. Pedro Davisson (UNF),  6-1, 6-0
5. Yannick Yoshizawa (USF) and Beauregard Treyz (UNF), 7-5, Unf.
6. Juan Carlos Acuna Gerard (USF) def. Leonaro Nahar (UNF), 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish –  4, 1, 6

Doubles
1. No. 60 Jovita/Adderley (USF) def. Buerchner/Treyz (UNF), 9-8 (7-5)
2.  Sotomarino/Maslau (UNF) def. Deridder/Yoshizawa (USF), 8-5   
3. Kilani/Sabogal (USF) def. Nahar/Davisson (UNF), 8-3
Order of Finish – 2, 3, 1