NCF Men's and Women's Tennis completed a busy weekend of Sun Conference Tennis that saw the Mighty Banyans travel to Keiser Friday and St. Thomas Saturday.
The NCF Men went 1-1, falling at Keiser and defeating St. Thomas to win its first Sun Conference match in program history, moving to 4-5 on the season, while the NCF Women went 0-2, dropping to 2-7 on the campaign.
NCF Men's vs. No. 3 Keiser Recap
No. 3 Keiser proved too much for the Mighty Banyans Friday as the Seahaks earned a 4-0 victory on its home court.
The Seahawks earned the doubles point as
Hugo Fidler and
Patrick Janikian fell in the No. 2 spot 6-1 and
Timothy Phung and
Carlos Quinones lost 6-2 in the No. 3 spot.
Keiser then quickly claimed three singles victories to allow the other three to go unfinished as Phung lost in straight sets in the No. 1 spot,
Pedro Lemos fell in straight sets in the No. 5 spot and Janikian fell in straight sets in the No. 6 spot.
NCF Men's vs. No. 21 St. Thomas Recap
The Mighty Banyan men bounced back Saturday in Miami Gardens, knocking off No. 21 St. Thomas 5-2 to earn its second top 25 win of the season.
After St. Thomas took the doubles point, the Mighty Banyans went 5-1 in singles play to secure the victory.
Quinones won in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) in the No. 2 spot, Fidler won in three sets (6-3, 6-7, 6-3) in the No. 3 spot,
Konstantin Kukaras won in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) in the No. 4 spot, Lemos won in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the No. 5 spot and Janikian won in three sets (6-4, 5-7, 6-4) in the No. 6 spot
NCF Women's vs. No. 1 Keiser Recap
No. 1 ranked Keiser flexed its muscles Friday, taking down the Mighty Banyans 4-0.
The Seahawks earned the doubles point with
Itza Rogel and
Emilia Schulte falling 6-1 in the No. 1 spot and
Alexandra Sibrikova and
Gia Rizzo losing in the No. 3 spot 6-0.
In singles play,
Madeleine Chellas fell in straight sets at No. 1, Sibrikova fell at No. 5 in straight sets, and Rizzo at No. 6 after retiring, leaving all other matches unfinished.
NCF Women's vs. No. 15 St. Thomas Recap
No. 15 St. Thomas was able to blank the Mighty Banyans on the women's side as the Bobcats took the doubles point with Chellas and
Camila Cardona-Carballosa falling at the No. 2 spot and Sibrikova and Rizzo losing at the No. 3 spot.
The Bobcats closed out the match with three straight singles points as Rogel fell at the No. 4 spot, Sibrikova lost in the No. 5 spot and Rizzo fell in the No. 6 spot.
Up Next: The Mighty Banyans will welcome Florida National to IMG Academy Friday for a 5 p.m. EST matchup that will kickoff a full weekend of tennis.
