NCF Men's Tennis picked up a huge victory Monday in Lakeland, defeating No. 15 ranked Oakland City 6-1 in a neutral-site contest. The NCF Women fell 6-1 to Oakland City's No. 24 ranked women's team.
The RV Mighty Banyan men are now 2-4 on the season while the women fell to 1-5.
Men's Recap
The NCF men dominated their way to an upset win as it earned the doubles point by winning two out of three doubles matches, as in the No. 1 spot,
Konstantin Kukaras and
Pedro Lemos earned a 6-3 victory and in the No. 3 spot,
Timothy Phung and
Carlos Quinones earned a 6-4 victory to give NCF the 1-0 edge.
In singles play, NCF went 5-1 as Phung in the No. 1 spot, Quinones in the No. 2 spot,
Hugo Fidler in the No. 3 spot, Lemos in the No. 5 spot and
Patrick Janikian in the No. 6 spot all earned victories.
Janikian's three-set victory over Louki Nivarlet served as the clinching point.
Women's Recap
The Mighty Banyans earned a win in doubles play.
Madeleine Chellas and
Emilia Schulte picked up a victory in the No. 1 doubles match, but
Alexandra Sibrikova and
Gia Rizzo fell in the No. 2 doubles match, while the short-handed Banyans were forced to forfeit the third doubles match, giving Oakland City the point.
In singles play, NCF earned its lone point as Schulte picked up a win in the No. 2 spot taking down Berta Ladaga Auge in straight sets but Chellas in the No. 1 spot, Sibrikova in the No. 3 spot and Rizzo in the No. 4 spot all lost while the Mighty Banyans had to forfeit in the No. 5 and 6 spots allowing the Mighty Oaks to take five singles points and earn a 6-1 overall victory.
Up Next: Both the Mighty Banyan Men and Women will take on Midland University on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. EST in Lake Nona.
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