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Men's Tennis Defeats Florida State, 5-2

The 25th-ranked Georgia Tech men’s tennis team defeated Florida State, 5-2, Friday evening in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Yellow Jackets took four of six singles matches and swept doubles as they won for the 10th time in the last 11 matches and improved to 15-4 (5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) on the year.

Sophomore Roger Anderson led Tech with a win at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 , over Romain Jurd and an 8-5 win with sophomore David Wright at No. 1 doubles. Wright also picked up a singles win, defeating Bartosz Koldeg, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, at No. 3.

Sophomore Stephen Moros defeated Jarrod Owen, 7-5, 7-5 at No. 4 singles and freshman Joao Menano picked up a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles for the Yellow Jackets.

In doubles play, senior Romain Coirault and Menano teamed to defeat Herrera and Jeff Scarella, 8-4 at No. 2 and senior Sergio Aguirre and Moros defeated Butch and Rodrigo Laub, 8-4 at No. 3.

Georgia Tech returns home to host Wake Forest on Sunday at noon at Bill Moore Tennis Center.

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