LAKELAND, Fla. -- No. 8 Washburn fell behind early and couldn't mount a comeback falling 4-2 on the road against Florida Southern on Thursday morning. The Ichabods wrap up the trip to Florida taking on Flagler College for the second time in less than a month on Saturday at 1 p.m. CST.
The Mocs (6-3) took an early advantage in doubles play with a 6-3 win at No. 3 over Benjamin Fock and Pavlos Parson. The Ichabods (5-4) fell behind 1-0 in the match as Yuto Miyagawa and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji lost 6-3 at No. 2. No. 42 Tommy Cecchetti and Kilian Martinez trailed 4-5 on the top court when the first point was decided.
Florida Southern went up 2-0 after No. 15 Mario Garoz worked a two-set win over No. 31 Tommy Cecchetti on court one, winning 6-2 and 6-3. Playing at No. 6, Benjamin Fock went an extra game in his first set against No. 45 Mar Antonio Morales, before falling 7-5. After losing 6-3 in the second set the Mocs moved to match point.
No. 33 Yuto Miyagawa put Washburn on the board, winning a pair of 6-3 sets on court five over No. 53 Boski Boskovic. No. 23 Kilian Martinez followed closely behind, he won 7-5 in his first set at No. 3 before sweeping his second set 6-0. No. 11 Pavlos Parson fell behind after losing 4-6 in the first set but he bounced back to win 6-2 in the second on court two. The third set went like the first as he lost 6-2 to wrap up the match.
Zino Nahirniak led 2-1 in his third set at No. 4 after splitting the first two sets in the dual.
Doubles competition:
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1. George Russell/Onur Turgut (FSC) vs. #42 Cecchetti,Tommy/Martinez,Kilian (WU) 5-4, unfinished
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2. Bosko Boskovic/Gabriel Jornert (FSC) def. Miyagawa,Yuto/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) 6-3
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3. Mario Garoz/Edoardo Melindo (FSC) def. Fock,Benjamin/Parson,Pavlos (WU) 6-3
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Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles competition:
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1. #15 Mario Garoz (FSC) def. #31 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) 6-2, 6-3
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2. Matthew Hewitt (FSC) def. #11 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
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3. #23 Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Onur Turgut (FSC) 7-5, 6-0
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4. Marco Cinotti (FSC) vs. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) 5-7, 6-4, 1-2, unfinished
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5. #33 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. #53 Bosko Boskovic (FSC) 6-3, 6-3
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6. #45 Mar Antonio Morales (FSC) def. Fock,Benjamin (WU) 7-5, 6-3
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Order of finish: 1, 6, 5, 3, 2
