"This is our last non-conference match on the year and it's a great opportunity for us to host an Ivy League school," head coach CJ Weber said. "Brown has had a good year so far, so we are anticipating another battle."
Last Time Out:
The Green and Blue earned its second A-SUN win of the season with a clean, 7-0 sweep over NJIT last Saturday at the FGCU Tennis Complex. A strong showing in doubles play handed the Eagles an early 1-0 edge. Sophomore Juan Montes and junior Marcelo Tebet defeated their NJIT competitors 6-2 on court two. Juniors Felipe Ramirez and Feliksas Sakalauskas sealed the point with a victory by the same margin at the third flight.
Senior Javier Fernandez extended his current winning streak to three with a straight-set triumph on court six. Sakalauskas followed up immediately with a straight-set victory of his own at the fifth flight. Ramirez clinched the match for the Eagles with a 6-2, 6-1 win at court two, snapping his NJIT competitor's three-match winning streak.
Tebet and Montes each claimed straight-set victories at courts four and one, respectively. Senior Felipe Escobar sealed the sweep for the Green and Blue with a tiebreak victory in his second set at the third flight.
Scouting the Bears:
This will be the second meeting between the two programs. The teams first met at the FGCU Tennis Complex in 2011, a 6-1 victory for the Bears.
Brown is currently on a two-match skid after dropping decisions at Loyola Marymount (4-3) and at the Eagles' A-SUN foe UNF (5-2). The Bears are undefeated on their home courts, but have a 1-2 record on the road.
The duo of senior Charles Tan and freshman Roger Chau is currently ranked No. 78 in the ITA doubles rankings and owns a 5-4 record this spring. Brown has posted three shutout victories this season. The Bears blanked St. John's (4-0), Binghamton (7-0) and William & Mary (4-0). The team has been on the opposite end of a shutout just once, a 4-0 loss at Virginia Tech.
Up Next:
The Eagles will get in to the heart of their conference season with a three-match road swing, starting at Stetson (9-8, 1-1 A-SUN) on Saturday, March 30. The meeting with the Hatters is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. Stetson currently holds a 10-5 advantage in the history between the two schools.
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