BONITA SPRINGS, Fla.- The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles wrapped up their fall 2026 season in style this weekend, going 28-7 overall as a team at the Bonita Bay Open in Bonita Springs.
The Eagles had five players go a perfect 3-0 in singles action as
Jonathan Baron,
Stefan Correa,
Tanner Povey,
Brennon Chow, and
Gabriel Valdes combined for a 15-0 record to lead the way for FGCU.
Baron earned straight set wins over Alan Ton from Army and Phillip Weber from Boston College before grinding out a third set tiebreak over Yannic Nittmann of Memphis on Sunday to wrap up his perfect weekend.
Correa won a pair of three setters against Boston College on Friday and Saturday before capping his weekend with a dominating 6-0, 6-4 win over Sam Reeve of Memphis Sunday to close out his fall.
Povey didn't drop a set this weekend. He opened the tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Matias Feoli of Army and one day later rolled over Matthew Overvelde of Boston College 6-1, 6-0. Sunday he was pushed a little bit more, but still came away with a 6-3, 7-6 (1) win over Alfie King of Memphis to conclude the weekend.
Chow was unbeaten for the second straight weekend, picking up straight set victories against David McDonald of Army and Luke Levanat of Boston College before outlasting Theodor-Matei Ene of Memphis in a tiebreaker Sunday to wrap up a 3-0 tournament.
Valdes finished his first fall with the Eagles strong, earning a straight sets win Friday against Rudy Mazzola of Army before coming out on top of a third set tiebreak against Boston College Saturday to remain unbeaten. Sunday he closed things out with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Sean O'Nuallain of Memphis.
Mika Bunjes and
Harry Michalowski each earned a pair of wins as well for the Blue and Green in the tournament.
The Eagles were equally as strong in doubles play, going 6-1 in the two days as a team.
Correa and
Hugo Magnusson breezed to a pair of 6-1 wins over Army and Boston College while Baron and Povey earned 6-2 and 6-3 wins over the Black Knights and Eagles. Chow and Valdes put together a good showing for the second straight weekend together with 7-5 and 6-4 wins.
After coming home to Southwest Florida for the final two weekends of competition this fall, the Eagles went 61-10 overall on the court, including a 28-7 mark this weekend in Bonita.
FGCU now turns their attention to their Spring season where they will begin play on January 11
th when they host Troy at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
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