KENNESAW, Ga. – The FGCU men's tennis team (6-10, 1-2 ASUN) fell on the road to Kennesaw State (7-7, 1-1) 5-2 Saturday afternoon as ASUN play continued.
 
"Today was not one of our better efforts," said head coach CJ Weber. "We'll get back to work this week and get ready for NJIT."
 
The Eagles got off to a slow start as they dropped the doubles point for the first time in five matches. Austin Bates (Marietta, Ga./Pope HS) and Felipe Ramirez (Armenia, Colombia/Florida Virtual School) fell 4-6 and Oliver Landert (Naples, Fla./Florida Virtual School/Florida) and Marcelo Tebet (Londrina, Brazil/Colégio Anglo Americano) lost 3-6 to fall behind 1-0.
 
The deficit expanded to 2-0 after Ramirez was beaten in straight sets, but Ezequiel Cerrini (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla./Homeschool) earned the first point of the day for FGCU with a 6-1,6-3 win over Lucas de Torres Curth on court #2.
 
Soon after, both Landert and Javier Fernandez (Ibiza, Spain, IES CTEIB) would also lose and the Owls were able to clinch the match. However, Bates earned his second-straight victory in singles, defeating Harrison Wood 6-3, 7-5 for the second point, but Tebet fell in a third set tiebreaker.
 
FGCU will look to get back on the winning track on Thursday when the Eagles host NJIT for their first ASUN home match of the season at 5 p.m.
 
Doubles Results
 1)Manuel Castellanos/ Fermin Calvo Barcelo (KENN) def. Oliver Landert/Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) 4-6
2)Ezequiel Cerrini/Mateo Ruiz (FGCU) vs. Drew Lahey/ Bryan Triana (Kenn) 5-5 DNF
3)Lucas deTorres Curth/ Corey Smith (Kenn) def. Austin Bates/Felipe Ramirez (FGCU)
 Single Results
 1)Fermin Calvo Barcelo .Def. Felipe Ramirez (FGCU)
2)Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) def. Lucas de Torres Curth (Kenn)
3)Corey Smith (Kenn) def. Oliver Landert (FGCU) 4-6, 2-6
4)Bryan Triana (Kenn) def. Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) 3-6,7-6,10-6
5)Drew Lahey (Kenn) def. Javier Fernandez (FGCU) 4-6,4-6
6)Austin Bates (FGCU) def.  Harrison Wood (Kenn) 6-3, 7-5
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2), Singles  (1,2,3,5,6,4)
 
CJ WEBER
FGCU is led by CJ Weber who has coached 26 ASUN All-Conference selections since joining the Green and Blue in 2011. In his sixth year, Weber has compiled a 79-66 (.549) overall record and a 30-16 (.694) record in ASUN play. In 2014-15, Weber guided the Eagles to their first-ever ASUN Championship and first-ever ASUN Regular Season title after a program-best 17 wins. In his third season, Weber led Jordi Vives to a No. 35 national ranking, a nation-leading 14-match unbeaten streak and the round of 32 in the 2014 NCAA Tournament - the program's first appearance. The Eagles completed consecutive perfect ASUN seasons in 2016 and back-to-back conference titles as well as a second-straight Coach of the Year honor for Weber. FGCU again won the ASUN Championship in 2017, advancing to its second NCAA Tournament.
 
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