Score: VCU 4, Florida Atlantic 1
Location: Tampa, Fla. (USF Varsity Tennis Courts)
Records: VCU 14-6, FAU 8-12
The short story: VCU won four singles matches in straight sets to rally back from an early deficit and close out the weekend with a win over FAU.
FIRST SERVE
- Florida Atlantic captured the doubles point to kick off the day, but VCU's depth was on display Sunday. The Rams picked up victories on the No. 2, 3, 5 and 6 singles courts on the way to victory.
- Freshman Vitor Lima and junior Daryl Monfils teamed together for a doubles win and each earned a singles victory.
- On the No. 2 court, junior Catalin Fifea blitzed past Zandrix Acob 6-2, 6-1.
- At third position, Lima made short work of Anthony Schohn, 6-3, 6-3.
RESULTS
VCU 4, Florida Atlantic 1
Singles
1-Michal Voscek (VCU) vs. Joao Gauer, DNF
2-Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Zandrix Acob, 6-2, 6-1
3-Vitor Lima (VCU) def. Anthony Schohn, 6-3, 6-3
4-Arvid Noren (VCU) vs. Remi Chancerel, DNF
5-Daryl Monfils (VCU) def. Alexander Gitin, 6-3, 6-3
6-Louis Ishizaka (VCU) def. Gerald Nickerson, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
1-Lima/Monfils (VCU) def. Gauer/Chancerel, 6-4
2-Nickerson/Burnett (FAU) def. Noren/Ishizaka, 6-2
3-Schohn/Gitin (FAU) def. Voscek/Fifea, 6-3
UP NEXT
VCU will continue its five-match road swing when it meets Memphis on Saturday, April 2 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
