No. 23 Florida State Sweeps Florida at College MatchDay

Orlando – The No. 23 Florida State men's tennis team swept Florida in front of a capacity crowd at the USTA National Campus for College MatchDay. This marks Florida State's first sweep over Florida under head coach Dwayne Hultquist and FSU's first victory in the series since 2018..

"We've talked about getting nine really good efforts and today we got nine good efforts," said Coach Hultquist. "It's an unbelievable atmosphere here and our guys love playing in this type of environment, it's a win for college tennis for the exposure and performance."

The doubles round came down to the wire before Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif took their fourth win of the season with a 6-4 scoreline. Alex Bulte and Azariah Rusher dropped their match 6-3 and the stage was set on Court 5.

Loris Pourroy and Youcef Rihane were deadlocked at 6-6 but pulled away quickly with a 7-2 score in the tiebreaker to defeat the nation's No. 38 doubles pair and earn the Seminoles' first point of the night.

Cornut-Chauvinc continued his dominant start to the season to the tune of another resounding singles victory with identical 6-2 set wins for his sixth win of the season. Five of the six first sets were won by Seminole players.

Bulte wreaked some havoc of his own with his fifth singles win on the year and did so with 6-3 identical sets to clinch the third point on the night.

Pourroy fought hard with a tough 7-5 first-set win and was on the doorstep of clinching the match. Pourroy buckled down and brought the complex to their feet with the fourth and final point to clinch the win and sweep their rivals.

Rihane, Connel, and Dous-Karpenschif's matches were abandoned after the conclusion of the Pourroy victory.

"It was very important to get the first point in doubles and we brought that energy into singles from one to six," said Pourroy after the victory. "Not only did we clinch but all of us are playing unbelievable so excited for the next chance."

Florida State heads back home at 5-2 and now set to host Oklahoma for the first match at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center this season. The match will begin Sunday, February 11 at 1 p.m.

#23 Florida State 4, Florida 0
Singles Competition:
1.   Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #57 Aidan Kim (UF) 6-2, 6-2
2.   Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Adhithya Ganesan (UF) 7-5, 6-3
3.   Youcef Rihane (FSU) vs. #75 Jeremy Jin (UF) 6-0, 2-6, 0-4
4.   #97 Jamie Connel (FSU) vs. Nate Bonetto (UF) 4-6, 5-4
5.   Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) 6-2, 4-6, 0-0
6.   Alex Bulte (FSU) def. Kevin Edengren (UF) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles Competition:
1.   Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Adhithya Ganesan/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) 6-4
2.   #52 Loris Pourroy/Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. #38 Nate Bonetto/Aidan Kim (UF) 7-6 (2)
3.   Henry Jefferson/Jeremy Jin (UF) def. Alex Bulte/Azariah Rusher (FSU) 3-6

Order of Finish: Singles (1, 6, 2) Doubles (3, 1, 2)

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No. 23 Florida State Sweeps Florida at College MatchDay

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Players Mentioned

Alex Bulte

Jamie Connel

Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc

Joshua Dous-Karpenschif

Loris Pourroy

Youcef Rihane

Azariah Rusher

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