Box Score INDIANAPOLIS – The third-ranked Saint Leo men's tennis made the trip to Indianapolis to compete in the 2024 ITA Men's National Championship to defend its crown from a year ago. The Lions earned the third seed and drew the sixth-seed West Florida Argonauts. The three-day event is designed for each team to play three matches across the three days. Saint Leo improved to 5-0 on the season with a 4-3 victory over UWF. The match came down to the final court with 

The Lions battled back to earn the doubles point after UWF opened the match with a 6-1 vicotry at number two doubles. Saint Leo won both doubles number one and number two to clinch the doubles point.

Singles wins by Martin Soukal and Dylan Andrianaly put the Lions up 3-0 in the match. West Florida made it a complete battle as the Argonauts took three straight wins at number three, four and five singles to tie the match at 3-3. #36 Vincent Thiel played over two hours to decide the match. He won the first set in the tie breaker and used a 6-4 victory in the second set to clinch the match and back-to-back semifinal appearances. 

#3 Saint Leo 4, West Florida 3
Doubles

1. Martin Soukal/ Luis Iriarte (SLU) vs. Sebastian Sotelo/ Sebastian Rondon (UWF), 6-1
2. Diego Duran/Albin Ekenros (UWF) def. Ghali Mensour/Nicolas Bacella (SLU). 6-1
3. Vincent Thiel/Eduardo Cohen (SLU) def. Bernardo Costa/Joaquin Hewitt (UWF), 6-3

Singles 

1.  Martin Soukal (SLU) def. Bernardo Costa (UWF), 6-1, 6-1
2. Vincent Thiel  (SLU) def.  Sebastian Sotelo (UWF), 7-6(4), 6-4,
3. Sebastian Rondon (UWF) def. Ghali Mensour (SLU), 6-4, 7-5
4. Mateo Martinez (UWF) def. Nicolas Bacella (SLU), 7-5, 6-4
5. Diego Duran (UWF) def. Luis Iriarte (SLU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
6. Dylan Andrianaly (SLU) def. Albin Ekenros (UWF), 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 1,6,3,4,5,2
 
Saint Leo will take on the seventh-seed Flagler Saints in the semifinal round of the 2024 ITA Division II Indoor National Championships looking to repeat as champions. The Lions and the Saints are set for an 11 a.m. match on Saturday, Feb. 17. 

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