FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU men's tennis team made it back-to-back ASUN victories with a 6-1 win over USC Upstate Saturday. The Eagles (8-10, 3-2 ASUN) claimed the first six points, never putting the match in doubt in the team's third-straight victory over the Spartans (5-17, 0-4).

"This was our most complete weekend of the season," said head coach CJ Weber. "We still have some work to do but I feel like we're getting closer to playing our best tennis. I was really happy with how we played all weekend now we need to continue to get better."

A competitive doubles section went the way of the Eagles. FGCU started strong yet again thanks to the top-pairing of Oliver Landert (Naples, Fla./Florida Virtual School/Florida) and Marcelo Tebet (Londrina, Brazil/Colégio Anglo Americano). The duo defeated Igancio Garrido and Lucas Percy 6-2.

After Felipe Escobar (Pereira, Colombia/Liceo Frances de Pereira/TCU) and Austin Bates (Marietta, Ga./Pope HS) dropped a 6-4 decision to Luka Eble and Felix Ewers, Felipe Ramirez (Armenia, Colombia/Florida Virtual School) and Ezequiel Cerrini (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla./Homeschool) overturned a late deficit to lead 6-5. After Francisco Neto and Fernando Bernardes forced a tiebreaker, the Eagle duo secured the doubles point with a 7-6 (7-3) victory.

Landert's impressive play continued, putting his match out of reach with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ankush Arora at No. 3. The senior is now 4-1 in ASUN play. Shortly after, Javier Fernandez (Ibiza, Spain/IES CTEIB) finished off Eble 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5.

Cerrini then bounced back from a difficult loss Thursday, taking down Neto with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles to clinch the match.

As the match progressed, Tebet overturned a 6-4 loss in his first set, to win his second set 6-3. Tebet then grinded out his third set, claiming it 10-8.

Shortly after Bates, who won his first set 6-4, came back from 3-5 down to force a tiebreaker before claiming that 9-7.

Still in front 6-0, Ramirez fell in three sets at No. 1 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 for the final 6-1 tally.

UP NEXT
FGCU concludes the regular season Saturday against Stetson at 5 p.m.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
Doubles Results
1) Oliver Landert/Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) def. Ignacio Percy (UPST) 6-2
2) Felipe Ramirez/Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) def. Francisco Neto/Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 7-6
3) Luka Eble/Felix Bernardes (UPST) def. Felipe Escobar/Austin Bates (FGCU) 6-4
Singles Results
1) Felix Ewers (UPST) def. Felipe Ramirez (FGCU) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
2) Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) def. Francisco Neto (UPST) 6-0, 6-3
3) Oliver Landert (FGCU) def. Ankush Arora (UPST) 6-1, 6-1
4) Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) def. Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
5) Javier Fernandez (FGCU) def. Luka Eble (UPST) 6-2, 6-1
6) Austin Bates (FGCU) def. Lucas Percy (UPST) 6-4, 7-6
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2), Singles (3,5,2,4,6,1)

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 80-66 (.549) overall record and a 31-16 (.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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