ORLANDO, Jan. 31, 2021?– The University of South Florida men's tennis team avoided a sweep with a late singles victory in a 6-1 loss. The Bulls to 2-2 overall with a rematch scheduled for April 3. 
 
The Bulls battled hard, but a loss in a tiebreaker gave the doubles point to UCF. Sergio Gomez-Montesa (Valencia, Spain) and Manuel Goncalves (Porto, Portugal) bested Mikhail Sokolovskiy and Alan Rubio with a 6-3 win on court three. UCF evened score with a win on court two, but took the point with No. 38 Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) losing their set to Gabriel Decamps and Trey Hilderbrand in a 6-7 tie break. 
 
Down by one heading into singles, the Bulls forced, but ultimately lost, third sets against ranked opponents, with Ferguson losing to No. 16 Decamps in 6-3, 2-6, 1-6, and No. 52 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi defeating Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, FL), 6-3, 6-3, to secure the duel win for the Knights. Gomez-Montesa would secure the lone Bulls point, defeating Bogdan Pavel 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, on court five. 
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on this weekend …
"Credit to UCF today for outplaying us. They played a complete match and deserved the win. We generated opportunities in doubles and some singles courts but just couldn't take advantage. We will learn from this and do a better job of preparing our guys. Next weekend we get back to building and investing."
 
 
Up Next
The Bulls play their home opener against Stetson University on February 6 at 1:30 p.m.
 
About Men's Tennis
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