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MTEN SF Loss
5
Winner Barry BARRY-M (20-2)
2
Saint Leo SLM (21-1)
Winner
Barry BARRY-M
(20-2)
5
Final
2
Saint Leo SLM
(21-1)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

#1 Men’s Tennis Upset in SSC Championship Finals

BRADENTON, Fla. – No. 1 Saint Leo was handed its first loss of the season on Saturday in the 2018 Men's Tennis Sunshine State Conference Championship Final. The second-seed Barry Buccaneers handed the first-seed Saint Leo Lions a 5-2 loss, earning the Buc's 14th SSC Tournament title. Saint Leo enters NCAA South Regional play with a 21-1 season record, while Barry's record moves to 20-2 on the season.
 
Saint Leo headed into singles play down 2-1. First doubles team, No. 2 Thomas Grinberg and Vincent Suillerot took the Lions lone doubles win, 8-3.
 
Barry added its third team match point at fifth singles; 6-0, 6-0. Second singles finished next as No. 13 Vincent Suillerot defeated No. 14 Carlos Gomez; 6-1, 6-2.
 
Barry took sixth singles 6-2, 6-4 and third singles 6-4, 6-2 as No. 37 Jaime Bueno surrendered his first loss of the season.
 
First singles, No. 1 Thomas Grinberg's match was left unfinished against No. 9 Pierre Montrieul; up 7-6. Bruno Babic also left his match unfinished against No. 72 Matias Larregina, leading 7-5, 5-3.
 
The Saint Leo Lions will wait for the official details of the NCAA South Regionals, scheduled to begin on Monday, April 30.
 
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