RAMS STORM BACK AFTER BEING DOWN 3-0 TO DEFEAT FGCU

Score: VCU 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3

Location: Fort Myers, Fla. (FGCU Tennis Complex)

Records: VCU 10-5, FGCU 3-6

The short story: After being down 3-0, VCU stormed back powered by strong singles play to defeat FGCU.

OPENING SERVE

Arvid Noren and Inigo Torre Martin teamed up in No. 2 doubles and took down FGCU's Juan Montes and Feliksas Sakalauskas to give VCU its only doubles victory of the match
Philip Mobius kept VCU's hopes alive when he took down Escobar in three sets which gave VCU its first point of the match
Martin kept the momentum swinging in the Rams' favor when he defeated Sakalauskas in three sets
In No. 1 singles, Noren tied the match at 3-3 when he took down Juan Montes in three sets
Inaki Rivero Crespo completed the comeback for the Rams when he defeated Javier Fernandez in three sets

THE RESULTS

VCU 4, FGCU 3

Doubles

1. Felipe Escobar/Mateo Ruiz (FGCU) def. Javier Amantegui/Rayane Stable (VCU) 6-3

2. Arvid Noren/Inigo Torre Martin (VCU) def. Feliksas Sakalauskas/Juan Montes (FGCU) 6-2

3. Marcelo Tebet/Felipe Ramirez (FGCU) def. Philip Mobius/Inaki Rivero Crespo (VCU) 6-3

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles

1. Arvid Noren (VCU) def. Juan Montes (FGCU) 4-6, 7-6, 6-3

2. Felipe Ramirez (FGCU) def. Rayane Stable (VCU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4

3. Philip Mobius (VCU) def. Felipe Escobar (FGCU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

4. Inigo Torre Martin (VCU) def. Feliksas Sakalauskas (FGCU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

5. Marcelo Tebit (FGCU) def. Timo Zgraggen (VCU) 6-0, 0-6, 7-5

6. Inaki Rivero Crespo (VCU) def. Javier Fernandez (FGCU) 7-6, 5-7, 6-1

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 5, 4, 1, 6

UP NEXT

VCU will return to action on Sunday, March 10 to face off against FAU in the last match of the four-match road stint at 11 a.m.