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Tennis FSU men's tennis hosts regional for first time since 2018

Bob Ferrante

Ultimate Seminole Insider
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May 10, 2022
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The No. 9 Florida State men’s tennis team will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship held from May 3-4 at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. The Seminoles qualified as the No. 10 seed and will host in the postseason for the first time since 2018.

The Tallahassee regional will include Florida State, Florida, UCF and North Florida beginning on Friday. No. 25 Florida and No. 36 UCF will play at 1 p.m., while Florida State will face No. 70 North Florida at 4 p.m. Winners of the Friday matches meet on Saturday at 4 p.m. to advance to the super regionals. FSU swept Florida 4-0 earlier in the season, defeated UCF in 2019 in their lone postseason matchup, and holds a 13-match winning streak over North Florida.

This marks the fifth time in program history that FSU will host a regional. 2024 ACC Coach of the Year Dwayne Hultquist has led the Seminoles to their 20th appearance in the last 21 tournaments. Last season, FSU swept Baylor in the first round to record a fifth-straight second round appearance when qualifying for the championship.

The Seminoles claimed their first-ever ACC Championship this season with four victories in four days, defeating No. 65 Virginia Tech, No. 11 NC State, No. 7 Wake Forest, and No. 2 Virginia to become the lowest seed to win the championship. FSU finished the regular season 21-7 with 15 victories away from home and 10 wins against ranked opponents.

Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc is coming off one of the best comebacks in collegiate tennis, winning five straight games down 5-2 in the third set to win the ACC Championship and knock off No. 2 Virginia. He was named the 2024 ACC Player of the Year, earned his second straight All-ACC Singles First Team honor, and claimed the No. 3 seed in the 2024 NCAA Singles Championship.

Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif were named to the All-ACC Doubles Second Team and qualified for the 2024 NCAA Doubles Championship for a second straight season. Jamie Connel was named to the All-ACC Third Team off a 20-win season and won all four of his matches at the ACC Championship.

Tickets and match day information is available under the Regional Central tab on Seminoles.com. Live stats and video from the championship will also be available on Seminoles.com
 
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