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USF Advances to Third Place Match in Jerry Simmons Invitational

January 26, 2019

BATON ROUGE, LA. JAN. 26, 2019- USF advances to 2-1 after challenging Nicholls State and Penn State in Baton Rouge, La., at the Jerry Simmons Invitational.
 
Nicholl's State
Men's tennis faced off against Nicholls State in the first match of the Jerry Simmons Invitational on Saturday. Freshman Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) came out swinging, going 6-1, 6-0, in his singles match on court two against Tobias Lentz of the Colonels, earning the first point for the Bulls.
 
Alberto Barroso-Campos (Montijo, Spain) sent down NSU's Oleksandr Podgursky, 6-3, 6-1, bringing USF to a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
Sergio Gomez Montesa (Valencia, Spain) followed suit, going 6-3, 6-1, against Alvarro Barranco-Vilatella on court six. With these wins, Ferguson and Gomez Montesa become the first USF freshmen to start the season 2-0 since 2014 with Justin Roberts (Nassau, Bahamas). 
 
Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) worked Eduardo Marino on the fourth court, 6-2, 6-0, scoring the fourth point and clinching the Bulls second straight win.
 
Penn State
USF saw players advance their personal records despite a loss to Penn State during their second match of the Jerry Simmons Invitational. 
 
Doubles pairs Jakub Wojcik and Alberto Barroso-Campos and Ivan Yatsuk and Sean Burnette each saw doubles defeats from Constant De La Bassetiere and Gabriel Nemeth (6-4), and Christian Lakoseljac and Chritos Antonopolous (6-2) on courts one and three, respectively.
 
No. 43 Barroso-Campos won his singles set, 6-4, 6-4, against Penn State's Constant De La Bassetiere on the first court, tying the match 1-1.
 
Gomez Montesa faced Penn State's Matt Galush on court six, eventually falling, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Wojcik faced a tie-breaker in his first set against Gabriel Nemeth of the Nittany Lions, but fell, 7-6, 6-4, bringing the match score to 3-1.
 
Ferguson brought USF another point with a defeat of Christian Lakoseljac on court two, going 6-4, 2-6, and 6-4, extending his singles record to 3-0. This makes Ferguson the only freshman in the American Athletic Conference with a 3-0 singles record in the 2018-19 season.
 
Pierre Luquet won his first set against Christos Antonopolous, 6-4, but eventually fell, 6-4 6-2, 6-2.
 
Quotable
 
Head Coach Ashley Fisher on the day…
"Hats off to Penn State today for flat out being tougher mentally than us. We have sone work to do in this department and we will find out how committed the group is to taking a step in the right direction when we get on court again tomorrow morning in less than 12 hours. Disappointing result but we are optimistic we can get on the right track. The tennis is there we just need to commit to having better control of our emotions and begin projecting some positivity.
 
 
Nicholl's State
Match Results
 
Singles competition
1. Alberto Barroso-Camp (USF) def. Oleksandr Podgursky (NICM) 6-3, 6-1
2. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Tobias Lentz (NICM) 6-1, 6-0
3. Pierre Luquet (USF) vs. Dylan Loru (NICM) 6-2, 1-3, unfinished
4. Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Eduardo Marino (NICM) 6-2, 6-0
5. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) vs. Néstor Giribet Lopez (NICM) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
6. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) def. Alvaro Barranco (NICM) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: Singles (2,1,6,4)
 
 
 
Penn State
Match Results
 
Singles competition
 
1. Alberto Barroso-Camp (USF) def. Constant De La Basse (PSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Christian Lakoseljac (PSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
3. Christos Antonopoulo (PSU) def. Pierre Luquet (USF) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Gabriel Nemeth (PSU) def. Jakub Wojcik (USF) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
5. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) vs. Ben Lieb (PSU) 5-7, 6-2, 5-5, unfinished
6. Matt Galush (PSU) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
 
 Doubles competition
 1. Constant De La Basse/Gabriel Nemeth (PSU) def. Alberto Barroso-Camp/Jakub Wojcik (USF) 6-4
2. Chase Ferguson/Pierre Luquet (USF) vs. Ben Lieb/Matt Galush (PSU) 5-5, unfinished 3. Christian Lakoseljac/Christos Antonopoulo (PSU) def. Ivan Yatsuk/Sean Burnette (USF) 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,6,4,2,3)
 
 
The Bulls are scheduled to play Georgia State Jan. 27 at 9 a.m. in Baton Rouge, La.