TAMPA, April 14, 2019 –USF men's tennis fell to No. 32 UCF, 4-0, in the regular season finale at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts, Sunday afternoon.
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UCF (12-9) started doubles action with a 6-1, court-two win against pair
Niels Van Noord (Quebec, Canada) and
Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.). No. 24 duo Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel secured the doubles point for the Knights with a 6-4 defeat of No. 67 tandem
Alberto Barroso-Campos (Montijo, Spain) and
Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) on court one.
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The Knights entered singles with a 1-0 lead and continued their march with a win on court four against Wojcik, 6-1, 6-1, and on court six, 6-2, 6-2, against Van Noord.
 Action continued on the remaining courts with Barroso-Campos forcing a third set on court one against No. 32 Gabriel Decamps, and Luquet winning his first set, 7-6 (7), and taking a lead in his second.
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Despite the Bulls' potential comeback, Alan Rubio of the Knights clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 straight-set win against
Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) on court two.
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Head coach, Ashley Fisher, on how the Bulls can learn from today...
"Full credit to UCF who just flat out were a better team than us today. We had good moments where we competed well but we need to do a better of job of that being the standard from first ball to last. We are at our best when we are communicating between courts and being willing to predict good things. We will spend time going over the tape with each guy and use today to get better like we always do."
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Match Results
Doubles
1. #24 Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. #67 Alberto Barroso-Camp/
Pierre Luquet (USF) 6-4
2. Gabriel Decamps/Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) def.
Jakub Wojcik/
Niels Van Noord (USF) 6-1
3. Manoel Alencar/Alan Rubio (UCF) vs.
Chase Ferguson/
Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) no result
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1)
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Singles
1. #32 Gabriel Decamps (UCF) vs. #17 Alberto Barroso-Camp (USF) no result
2. Alan Rubio (UCF) def.
Chase Ferguson (USF) 6-4, 6-4
3. Bogdan Pavel (UCF) vs.
Pierre Luquet (USF) no result
4. Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) def.
Jakub Wojcik (USF) 6-1, 6-1
5. Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) vs.
Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) no result
6. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) def.
Niels Van Noord (USF) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: Singles (4,6,2)
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Up Next
The Bulls head to Orlando for the American Athletic Conference tournament April 18-21.
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About Men's Tennis
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