CHARLOTTE — No. 55 Charlotte Men’s Tennis heads to Florida for its final road swing of the spring, playing two matches in three days.
The 49ers will face South Florida in Tampa on Friday at 11 a.m. before Sunday’s match against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, also at 11 a.m. The matches are part of a five-match stretch against American Conference opponents leading into the championships in Tulsa later this month.
Scouting the Weekend
Charlotte has struggled in past meetings with South Florida, entering Friday’s matchup.
The Bulls have won each of the last four meetings, including a 6-1 win at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex last season. The 49ers’ lone win in the series came on Feb. 25, 2001.
South Florida enters Friday’s tilt having lost seven of its last 10 matches as part of a 6-13 overall record this spring.
Florida Atlantic has fallen to Charlotte in two of the programs’ last three meetings but earned a 5-2 win over the 49ers last season, also at Halton-Wagner. Sunday’s matchup marks the Owls’ regular-season finale, as they look to extend their two-match win streak and improve on an 8-10 record ahead of the conference championships.
Last Time Out
Charlotte closed its seven-match homestand with a 4-1 win over UTSA, claiming the doubles point before Andres Medus helped seal the result. Medus and Massimo Pizzigoni rallied for a comeback tiebreak win at No. 3 doubles to clinch the point, and after strong singles wins from Vasco Prata and Moritz Muenster put the 49ers in control, Medus delivered the clincher at No. 3 with a straight-set victory.
The win marked Charlotte’s first over an American Conference opponent this season.