PENSACOLA, Fla. – #8 Saint Leo University men's tennis went 1-1 on the final weekend of the regular season. The Lions opened the weekend with a 4-2 win in a neutral site match in Pensacola against West Alabama before falling in the regular season finale to top-ranked West Florida, 4-0 on Sunday. The Lions head into next weekend's Sunshine State Conference tournament with an overall record of 18-7 as the number two seed.
 
In the first match of the weekend, the Lions claimed the doubles point over West Alabama with wins from the number one and number three doubles pairs. Luis Iriarte and Eduardo Cohen earned a 6-2 win at number one doubles. Jose David Segovia and Kodai Kato clinched the doubles point for Saint Leo with a 6-3 win at number three doubles.
 
Saint Leo earned singles wins at number one, four and five to clinch the match victory over West Alabama. Kato opened singles play winning 6-2 and 6-3 to give the Lions a win. Taiyo Hirano clinched a win for the Lions at number six singles winning 6-4 and 6-3. Segovia won the first set 6-3 before falling in the second set by the same score and earned the victory with a 6-2 final in the third set at number one singles.
 
West Florida got off to an early lead, claiming the doubles point by a 2-1 margin. All three doubles courts finished with a 6-3 final as the Lions claimed a win at number three doubles by Jose David Segovia and Kodai Kato.
 
The home team earned three straight wins at number four, three, and one to clinch the match victory in all in straight sets. Saint Leo earned first set wins on two of the three singles courts that went unfinished. Segovia earned 6-4 first set win before a 6-0 loss in the second set forced a third set which was 2-1 in Segovia's favor when play was abandoned. Eduardo Cohen won the tiebreaker, 7-5, in the first set and was leading 5-1 when play was abandoned at number six singles.
 
#8 Saint Leo 4, West Alabama 2
DOUBLES
1. Iriarte, Luis/Cohen, Eduardo (SLU) def. Tomas Almeida/Afonso Portugal (UWA) 6-2
2. Vincent Thiel/Dylan Andrianaly (SLU) vs. Eita Ishikawa/Francisco Oliveira (UWA) 4-5 UF
3. Jose David Segovia/Kodai Kato (SLU) def. Jacob Tapia/Federico Iturbe (UWA) 6-3
 
SINGLES
1.  Jose David Segovia (SLU) def. Francisco Oliveira (UWA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
2. Dylan Andrianaly (SLU) vs. Afonso Portugal (UWA) 7-6, 2-6, UF
3. Jacob Tapia (UWA) def. Luis Iriarte (SLU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Kodai Kato (SLU) def. Eita Ishikawa (UWA) 6-2, 6-3
5. Tomas Almeida (UWA) def. Eduardo Cohen (SLU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Taiyo Hirano (SLU) def. Federico Iturbe (UWA) 6-4, 6-3
 
#1 West Florida 4, #8 Saint Leo 0
DOUBLES
1. #2 Diego Duran/Sebastian Rondon (UWF) def. #4 Luis Iriarte/Eduardo Cohen (SLU) 6-3
2. #42 Sebastian Sotelo/Tomas Leston (UWF) def. Vincent Thiel/Dylan Andrianaly (SLU) 6-3
3. Jose David Segovia/Kodai Kato (SLU) def. Miguel Cabrera/Bernardo Costa (UWF) 6-3
 
SINGLES
1. #7 Miguel Cabrera (UWF) def. #12 Vincent Thiel (SLU) 6-4, 6-3
2.  Jose David Segovia (SLU) vs. #10 Sebastian Rondon (UWF) 6-4, 0-6, 2-1 UF
3. #35 Sebastian Sotelo (UWF) def. Dylan Andrianaly (SLU) 6-3, 6-1
4. #40 Diego Duran (UWF) def. Kodai Kato (SLU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Taiyo Hirano (SLU) vs. Albin Ekenros (UWF) 4-6, 6-6 UF
6. Eduardo Cohen (SLU) vs. Tomas Leston (UWF) 7-6(5), 5-1 UF
 
ORDER OF FINISH
DOUBLES: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES: 4, 3, 1
 
UP NEXT
Saint  Leo takes on the SSC tournament next week. The Lions earned the two-seed and a first round bye. The second round is sent for Saturday, April 26 in West Palm Beach at Palm Beach Atlantic.