FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU men's tennis team (4-6) claimed a 5-2 victory over George Washington (3-6) to cap off a well-balanced team effort Sunday afternoon at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

"This was a good weekend for us," head coach CJ Weber said. "Friday was a really tough loss, so I'm really proud of the guys to be able to move on from that. That is not easy to do both mentally and physically, but they woke up and were motivated at practice yesterday and then followed it up with a good win today. I feel blessed to work with this group that is always striving hard for the next thing."

The Eagles began the match by continuing to build off their recent success in doubles play. The duo of Juan Montes (Pereira, Colombia) and Pedro Maciel (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Goliath Academy) finished their doubles match first, earning a 6-2 victory on court No. 3. Feliksas Sakalauskas (Palanga, Lithuania/Virginia Tech) and Felipe Ramirez (Armenia, Colombia/Florida Virtual School) grabbed a 6-3 win at court No. 2 to secure the doubles point for the home team, giving them a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, four different Eagles earned points for FGCU. Marcelo Tebet (Londrina, Brazil/Colégio Anglo Americano) defeated his competitor in a straight-set victory 6-2, 6-0 at court No. 4. Montes dug out a 6-0, 6-4 win on court No. 1 to put the Eagles up 3-0.

The Colonials earned their first point of the day with a straight-set victory at court No. 6, to which Sakalauskas responded with a win of his own over at court No. 3. Ramirez scored the Eagles' final point with a 6-0, 7-6 triumph on court No. 2 that sealed the win for the Green and Blue. George Washington grabbed the last point of the day at court No. 5.

Results
Singles competition
1. MONTES, Juan (FGCU) def. Ryan Navarro (GW) 6-0, 6-4
2. RAMIREZ, Felipe (FGCU) def. Zicheng Zeng (GW) 6-0, 7-6
3. SAKALAUSKAS,Feliksas (FGCU) def. Ben Barnett (GW) 6-4, 6-2
4. TEBET, Marcelo (FGCU) def. Dennis Afanasev (GW) 6-2, 6-0
5. Lawrence Sciglitano (GW) def. FERNANDEZ, Javier (FGCU) 6-3, 7-5
6. Hanyu Liu (GW) def. MACIEL, Pedro (FGCU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Zicheng Zeng/Ben Barnett (GW) def. TEBET, Marcelo/RUIZ, Mateo (FGCU) 4-2, unfinished
2. SAKALAUSKAS,Feliksas/RAMIREZ, Felipe (FGCU) def. Hanyu Liu/Lawrence Sciglitano (GW) 6-3
3. MONTES, Juan/MACIEL, Pedro (FGCU) def. Dennis Afanasev/Ryan Navarro (GW) 6-2

Up Next 
FGCU will take on UNC Asheville and UNC Wilmington in back-to-back matches on Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 14. Wednesday's match is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and Thursday's is set for 5 p.m. under the lights.

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CJ WEBER
FGCU is led by CJ Weber who has coached 29 ASUN All-Conference selections since joining the Green and Blue in 2011. In his seventh year, Weber has compiled an 86-74 (.537 overall record and a 32-18 (.640) 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.