Men’s Tennis Splits Final Day of Regular Season

Gainesville Fla. – No. 21 South Carolina men’s tennis split results on the final day of the regular season, falling to No. 25 Florida 0-4 before beating FGCU by the same margin. The Gamecocks also learned their fate for the SEC tournament where they will be the No. 11 seed.

During South Carolina’s match versus Florida, the Gators claimed the doubles point with a pair of wins from the top two spots in the lineup.

Florida was then able to clinch the match with wins at the Nos. 2, 6, and 4 positions for the victory.

South Carolina then went on to play FGCU where the Gamecocks claimed the doubles point with a pair of 6-3 wins from the Nos. 1 and 2 positions.

In singles play, Toby Samuel, Jelani Sarr, and Lucas Andrade da Silva all claimed singles points for the Gamecocks to sweep the match.

With the conclusion of the regular season, the Gamecocks were tabbed as the No. 11 seed in the SEC Tournament. They will face sixth-seeded Alabama on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in Baton Rouge.

The Gamecocks came out on the better side of a 4-3 match against the Tide in Tuscaloosa during the regular season.

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(25) Florida 4, (21) South Carolina 0

Doubles (order of finish: 2, 1)

1. Nate Bonetto/Aidan Kim (UF) def. Toby Samuel/Casey Hoole (SC) 7-6 (7-2)
2. Adhithya Ganesan/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) def. James Story/Lucas da Silva (SC) 6-3
3. Jeremy Jin/Kevin Edengren (UF) vs. Sean Daryabeigi/Jelani Sarr (SC) 5-4, unfinished

Singles (order of finish: 2, 6, 4)

1. Jeremy Jin (UF) vs. Toby Samuel (SC) 6-4, 6-5, unfinished
2. Aidan Kim (UF) def. James Story (SC) 6-1, 6-1
3. Adhithya Ganesan (UF) vs. Sean Daryabeigi (SC) 6-2, 3-6, 0-3, unfinished
4. Nate Bonetto (UF) def. Jelani Sarr (SC) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
5. Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) vs. Lucas da Silva (SC) 4-6, 6-5, unfinished
6. Kevin Edengren (UF) def. Carter Morgan (SC) 6-1, 7-5

(21) South Carolina 4, FGCU 0

Doubles (order of finish: 2, 1)

1. Toby Samuel/Carter Morgan (SC) def. Pablo Paternostro/Hugo Magnusson (FGCU) 6-3
2. Lucas da Silva/James Story (SC) def. John Zakowski/Harry Michalowski (FGCU) 6-3
3. Sean Daryabeigi/Jelani Sarr (SC) vs. Mika Bunjes/Phillipp Bosse (FGCU) 4-4, unfinished

Singles (order of finish: 1, 4, 5)

1. Toby Samuel (SC) def. Phillipp Bosse (FGCU) 6-3, 6-0
2. James Story (SC) vs. Hugo Magnusson (FGCU) 3-6, 4-2, unfinished
3. Sean Daryabeigi (SC) vs. Pablo Paternostro (FGCU) 6-0, 3-6, unfinished
4. Jelani Sarr (SC) def. Mika Bunjes (FGCU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Lucas da Silva (SC) def. Harry Michalowski (FGCU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Carter Morgan (SC) vs. Ninad Raut (FGCU) 7-5, unfinished