FGCU MTEN @ Stetson Preview

The FGCU men's tennis team (7-8, 2-0 ASUN) will hit the road to take on Stetson (9-8, 1-1 ASUN) for a conference matchup on Saturday, March 30. The match between the Hatters and Eagles is set for 2 p.m. at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center and marks the first of a three-match conference road slate for the Green and Blue.

"We accomplished what we wanted as a team against Brown, and now it's time to continue that for the remainder of our conference season," head coach CJ Weber said. "We're looking forward to the matchup against Stetson and I expect a good match."

Last Time Out
The Eagles closed out the non-conference portion of their season with a 4-3 win over Brown on Thursday night at the FGCU Tennis Complex. The duo of juniors Feliksas Sakalauskas and Felipe Ramirez earned a 6-3 victory on court No. 2, putting the team in position to win the doubles point.

Seniors Felipe Escobar and Mateo Ruiz sealed the doubles point with a 7-5 win over No. 78 Roger Chau / Charles Tan.

Senior Javier Fernandez extended his current winning streak to four matches with a 6-1, 7-5 triumph at the fifth flight.

After the Bears claimed two singles matches, junior Marcelo Tebet tied things up between the teams at 3-3 with a straight-set victory at the sixth court.

Sakalauskas clinched the match for the Green and Blue with a decisive 6-1 win in the third set at the fourth flight.

Scouting the Hatters:
This will be the 16th meeting in the series between the two teams, which Stetson currently leads 10-5.

The Hatters won the first eight matches in the series before FGCU rattled off a five-match win streak of its own from 2014-17. Stetson snapped the streak in the regular season last year and also defeated the Eagles in the 2018 A-SUN tournament semifinals. FGCU has won two of the last three at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.

Stetson suffered a 5-2 conference loss at UNF last weekend. The Hatters' only points of the day were at courts three and six in singles play.

Freshmen Tim Gennes and Christian Mills both own 8-2 records in their last 10 decisions. Gennes plays primarily in the middle of the lineup, while Mills competes at the fifth and sixth positions. Gennes and fellow freshman Josh Laka have posted a 3-5 record at No. 1 singles.

Stetson's roster shows that the team is very young this season. The Hatters have six freshmen and just four upperclassmen, meaning that it could be a team to watch for in the next few seasons of A-SUN play.