TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Yellow Jackets suffered their second loss of their weekend road trip, falling 4-2 to Florida State in Tallahassee. The loss moves Tech to 12-6 overall and 5-3 in ACC play.
Tech took a quick 1-0 lead in the match following two doubles wins, with the first coming from the Nate Bonetto and Gianluca Carlini, who cruised to a 6-1 win over the No. 6 ranked team of Alex Bulte and Youcef Rihane.
Gabriele Brancatelli and Robert Bauer closed out doubles action with a 6-2 win from the number three spot, defeating Florida State’s Azariah Rusher and Corey Craig to put Tech up 1-0.
Florida State evened the match at 1-1 following a win from the number six spot, where Tech’s Richard Biagiotti fell 1-6, 2-6 to FSU’s Rusher.
The home squad took a 2-1 lead over Tech with a win from the number five singles spot, with J. Dous-Karpenschif defeating Carlini 6-3, 6-3.
The Seminoles extended their lead to 3-1 with a win from singles court two, where No. 40 Jamie Connell got a straight set win over No. 109 Bonetto, winning 6-4, 6-1.
Christophe Clement put the match at 3-2 with a straight set win over Bulte, downing the Seminole 6-4, 7-5.
Florida State clinched the win following a win from court four, where Erik Schiessl defeated Tech’s Krish Arora 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3.
Tech returns to The Flats for the final homestand of the season, welcoming in NC State on Friday and Wake Forest on Sunday.
#38 Georgia Tech 2, #37 Florida State 4
Singles
- #14 Corey Craig (FSU) vs. Gabriele Brancatelli (GT) 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 4-1, unfinished
- #40 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #109 Nate Bonetto (GT) 6-4, 6-1
- Christophe Clement (GT) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
- Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Krish Arora (GT) 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3
- J. Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Gianluca Carlini (GT) 6-3, 6-3
- Azariah Rusher (FSU) def. Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
- #20 Nate Bonetto/Gianluca Carlini (GT) def. #6 Alex Bulte/Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-1
- J. Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) vs. #59 Krish Arora/Christophe Clement (GT) 4-3, unfinished
- Gabriele Brancatelli/Robert Bauer (GT) def. Azariah Rusher/Corey Craig (FSU) 6-2
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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