TAMPA, Feb. 22, 2019 – USF men's tennis remains flawless at home with a 5-2 victory over Charlotte on Friday afternoon.
 
The Bulls (5-4) improved to 4-0 at the USF Varsity Courts this season and came out the gate swinging, securing the first doubles court with a 6-1 win by Alberto Barroso-Campos (Montijo, Spain) and Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France).
 
After a Charlotte win on court three, USF earned the doubles point with Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus) and Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) taking court two by a 7-5 margin.
 
With a 1-0 lead heading into singles action, Yatsuk cleaned up court six, 6-4, 6-1, and improved his record to 4-3.
 
The 49ers (3-7) responded with a victory on court five, but the Bulls bounced back with wins on the next two courts. Luquet secured a 6-2, 7-5 win on court three and Barroso-Campos took court one, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, to clinch the match for the Bulls.
 
Leading 4-1, Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) added to USF's successful afternoon with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory on court two.  
 
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Head coach, Ashley Fisher, on the Bulls' performance…
"Really proud of the boys today and the way they were able to band together. We talk daily about the themes of resiliency, body language, and self-talk as weapons and today we used them to separate ourselves from our opponent. We were a gritty team that stayed gritty through difficult moments and that's what it will take to find out how much success we can have"
 
Match Results

Doubles
1. Alberto Barroso-Camp/Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Luca Keist/C. Christoforou (CHA) 6-1
2. Ivan Yatsuk/Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Benjamin Wayand/Ignasi de Rueda (CHA) 7-5
3. Oliver Sec/Oriol Puig Forne (CHA) def. Chase Ferguson/Tobias Sonne (USF) 6-4
 
Singles
1. Alberto Barroso-Camp (USF) def. Luca Keist (CHA) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
2. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Ignasi de Rueda (CHA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. C. Christoforou (CHA) 6-2, 7-5
4. Benjamin Wayand (CHA) def. Jakub Wojcik (USF) 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
5. Oliver Sec (CHA) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-3, 6-3
6. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Henry Lieberman (CHA) 6-4, 6-1
 
 
Up Next
The Bulls close the weekend with a match against Mercer, Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
 
 
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