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Gamecocks Defeat Florida, Break Regular Season SEC Record
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Gamecocks Defeat Florida, Break Regular Season SEC Record

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 15 South Carolina men’s tennis team closed out the regular season with a 4-1 win over No. 29 Florida on Saturday evening, finishing SEC play with an 11-3 standing which breaks the previous conference play record of 10-3 set in 2022. The Gamecocks rallied back after dropping the doubles point to deliver a dominant win on senior day.

Max Stenzer & Sean Daryabeigi struck first, swiftly defeating their opponents 6-1 to earn their third win as a pair during the dual season. The Gamecocks would ultimately drop the doubles point when No. 39 Atakan Karahan & Jelani Sarr fell 6-2, shortly followed by a 6-2 loss from No. 4 Lucas da Silva & Connor Thomson’s to No. 21 Tanapatt Nirundorn & Henry Jefferson.

South Carolina swung the momentum its way with five first set wins in singles play from Daryabeigi (6-1), Sarr (6-1), da Silva (6-4), Thomson (6-4), and Karahan (7-6). Karahan’s win was in comeback fashion as he won four straight games after a 5-2 deficit to force a tie break set where he walked away with a 7-6(2) victory.

Daryabeigi got the Gamecocks on the scoreboard first with his 15th singles victory of the dual match season, winning 6-1, 6-4 to tie the match at 1 apiece. The next point came from da Silva who defeated No. 73 Jeremy Jin 6-4, 6-3 for his third ranked win of the season, giving the Gamecocks their first lead of the day. Karahan then put South Carolina one point away from clinching with a 7-6, 6-4 win over Henry Johnson.

For the second consecutive match it was Thomson who pulled through with the clincher from the top of the lineup, taking his second set in a tightly contested tie break to win 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).

South Carolina remains home for post season this week, hosting the SEC Tournament from April 16-20. The bracket will be released tomorrow, Sun. April 13.

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(15) South Carolina 4, (29) Florida 1

Doubles order of finish (3,2,1)

  1. #21 Tanapatt Nirundorn/Henry Jefferson (UF) def. #4 Lucas da Silva/Connor Thomson (SC) 6-2
  2. Adithya Ganesan/Jeremy Jin (UF) def #39 Atakan Karahan/Jelani Sarr (SC) 6-2
  3. Max Stenzer/Sean Daryabeigi (SC) def. Kevin Edengren/Ben Weintraub (UF) 6-1

Singles order of finish (3,2,4,1)

  1. #27 Connor Thomson (SC) def. #43 Adithya Ganesan (UF) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
  2. Lucas da Silva (SC) def. #73 Jeremy Jin (UF) 6-4, 6-3
  3. #106 Sean Daryabeigi (SC) def. #122 Magnus Johnson (UF) 6-1, 6-4
  4. Atakan Karahan (SC) def. Henry Jefferson (UF) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
  5. Kevin Edengren (UF) led #118 Jelani Sarr (SC) 6-1, 2-6,
  6. Rafael Segado Esteve (UF) led. Gabe Avram (SC) 6-2, 4-6, 2-0

Records

South Carolina: 16-6 (overall), 11-3 (SEC)

Florida: 13-10 (overall), 8-5 (SEC)

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