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Loic Danze
Jordan Allison
2
West Alabama UWA (10-11)
4
Winner West Florida UWF-M22 (19-6)
West Alabama UWA
(10-11)
2
Final
4
West Florida UWF-M22
(19-6)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men’s Tennis Season Ends Against UWF in GSC Semifinals

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – West Alabama men's tennis lost a hard-fought match in the Gulf South Conference Semifinals 4-2 at Lagoon Park against 11th ranked West Florida. 
 
The Tigers finish the season with a 10-10 record while the Argos move to 19-6 and will play for a chance to win the GSC Tournament Championship on Saturday. 
 
"This team has made a ton of progress this season and we pushed a one seed to the limit and now we need to take something from this match and take it a step farther next season," head tennis coach Jeff Beaman said. 
 
The Tigers struck early winning the doubles point at courts one and three. 
 
Loic Danze improved to 15-2 in singles play with a win at court five against Salvador Bandeira 6-4, 6-2. 
 
The Tigers held a 2-0 lead before UWF won four straight singles courts to claim the victory 4-2. 
 
UWF 4, UWA 2 

Doubles
 
1. Hornung/Hammond (UWA) def. Bermejo/Desarrega (UWF) 5-2 UF 
2. Dehodiuk/Vesanen (UWA) def. Bandeira/Miro (UWF) 6-2 
3. Danze/Jokinen (UWA) def. Cordeiro/Costa (UWF) 6-3 
 
Finish: 2, 3, 1 
 
Singles
 
1. Juan Cabrera (UWF) def. Ilari Vesanen (UWA) 4-6, 6-2, 5-5 UF 
2. Facundo Bernejo (UWF) def. Marcel Hornung (UWA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 
3. Tomas Descarrege (UWF) def. Illia Dehodiuk (UWA) 6-4, 6-4 
4. Bernardo Costa (UWF) def. Nuutti Jokinen (UWA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 
5. Loic Danze (UWA) def. Salvador Bandeira (UWF) 6-4, 6-2 
6. Pedro Cordeiro (UWF) def. Lucas Hammond (UWA) 6-4, 6-2 
 
Finish: 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1

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