JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0North Florida Men’s Tennis battled to a 4-3 home win against Flagler on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Flagler Men’s Tennis program came was ranked third in the latest Division II ITA Tennis Rankings.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Jean Deloziere<\/a> and sophomore Jean Deloziere<\/a> picked up a 6-1 win on court three to begin doubles action. Freshman Aron Major<\/a> and graduate student Breno Marques<\/a> would clinch the doubles point and give the Ospreys an early 1-0 advantage with a victory on court two, 7-5. For Major, it marked his first collegiate doubles win.<\/p>\n After falling behind early, sophomore Youssef Labbene<\/a> and junior Enrique Pena<\/a> battled back for a 7-6(2) tiebreaker win on court one to close out doubles play.<\/p>\n Major picked up the Ospreys’ first singles victory, 6-3, 6-4, on court five to give the Ospreys a 2-1 lead. Flagler responded with a singles win on court one before Joao Portugal<\/a> earned a win on court four, 6-1, 6-3, to put UNF back out front 3-2. With the victory, Portugal moved to 5-1 this season in singles play.\u00a0<\/p>\n After dropping his first set, Labbene battled back to win his next two sets and clinch the match for the Ospreys with a 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-5 win.<\/p>\n North Florida will welcome The College of Charleston to the UNF Tennis Complex Saturday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m.\u00a0 Singles
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\nNorth Florida 4, Flagler 3
\nDoubles
\nYoussef Labbene<\/a>\/Enrique Pena<\/a> (UNF) def. Simon Malis\/Annis Rafiq (FLG) 7-6(2)
\nAron Major<\/a>\/Breno Marques<\/a> (UNF) def. Ilian Borlee\/Filip Kana (FLG) 7-5*
\nJean Deloziere<\/a>\/Joao Portugal<\/a> (UNF) def. Aly El Rafie\/Oliver Hradilek (FLG) 6-1
\n(Order of finish \u2013 3,2,1)
\n*Clincher<\/p>\n
\nAnnis Rafiq (FLG) def. Breno Marques<\/a> (UNF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
\nYoussef Labbene<\/a> (UNF) def. Simon Malis (FLG) 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-5*
\nKyle Piqueras<\/a> (UNF) def. Ilian Borlee (FLG) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
\nJoao Portugal<\/a> (UNF) def. Aly El Rafie (FLG) 6-1, 6-3
\nAron Major<\/a> (UNF) def. Filip Kana (FLG) 6-3, 6-4
\nRaphael Rousson (FLG) def. Jean Deloziere<\/a> (UNF) 6-3, 6-2
\n(Order of finish \u2013 6,5,1,4,2,3)
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