TAMPA, March 11, 2019 – USF men's tennis took an early lead and finished strong in a 6-1 win against visiting George Washington.
 
USF (8-5) secured the doubles point for the Bulls with simultaneous wins on courts two and three. Freshman pair Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Sergio Gomez Montesa (Valencia, Spain) picked up court three, 6-3, while Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus) cleaned up court two, 6-3.
 
Starting singles with a 1-0 lead, Ferguson played on court one for the first time this season, where he won 6-3, 6-0, adding another point for South Florida.
 
The Bulls kept the ball rolling with Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) cleaning up court two, 6-1, 6-2, improving his singles clip to 5-6, and Gomez Montesa clinching the match with a 6-3, 6-4 court five triumph.
 
Match play continued on courts three, four and six. Yatsuk fought on court four, forcing a third-set tiebreaker where he left victorious, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8).
 
The Colonials earned a late point in a court three win over Wojcik.  Wojcik lost his first set 5-7 but won the next, 6-3, pushing a ten-point tiebreaker where he eventually fell 1-0(8).
 
Freshman Tobias Sonne (Buenos Aires, Argentina) improved his singles record to 3-0 when he won his first set, 6-3, lost a second set tiebreaker 7-6 (4), but ultimately won his ten-point tiebreaker, 1-0 (10).
 
 
Quotable
Head coach, Ashley Fisher, on the win against George Washington..
 
"Credit to George Washington for competing well and forcing us to raise our level. We need to do a better job of using every day and match as an opportunity as we are still leaving some things on the table in spots. We will continue to demand a lot from our guys as that's the best way to get them where they want to go. Back to work tomorrow to prep for Thursday and Friday."
 
Match Results
 
Doubles
1. #77 Alberto Barroso-Camp/Pierre Luquet (USF) vs. Zicheng Zeng/Ben Barnett (GW) no result
2. Jakub Wojcik/Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Hanyu Liu/Lawrence Sciglitano (GW) 6-3 3. Chase Ferguson/Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) def. Ryan Navarro/Dennis Afanasev (GW) 6-3
 
Order of finish: (3,2)
 
Singles
1. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Ryan Navarro (GW) 6-3, 6-0
2. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Zicheng Zeng (GW) 6-1, 6-2
3. Ben Barnett (GW) def. Jakub Wojcik (USF) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Dennis Afanasev (GW) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)
5. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) def. Lawrence Sciglitano (GW) 6-3, 6-4
6. Tobias Sonne (USF) def. Hanyu Liu (GW) 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (12-10)
 
Order of finish: (1,2,5,4,3,6)
 
Up Next
The Bulls travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to challenge UNF on Thursday, March 14^that 5 p.m and South Alabama on Friday, March 15^th at 2 p.m.
 
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