Men's Tennis adds two singles championships on final day of Gator Ranked +1; Win five titles overall

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Men's Tennis adds two singles championships on final day of Gator Ranked +1; Win five titles overall

Sunday, September 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap

By: Kelly Shipp

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team capped off a successful first weekend of the 2017-18 season with two more championships on Sunday. The Gators picked up both singles titles to go along with Saturdays doubles crowns.

Gator Ranked +1
Championship Sunday was in full force as the Gators went for the trophy sweep in their lone home tournament of the fall season. Duarte Vale and Johannes Ingildsen held the torches for the Gators on Sunday in singles action.

Vale faced off with Mississippi State's Giovanni Oradini in the championship match. Vale won the opening set 6-4. In the second set he scored the first wo points of the set and eventually lead 5-4 but was unable to close the door on Oradini. After regrouping between sets, Vale regained his form and took the final set 6-1 to win his second trophy of the weekend, and first collegiate singles title of his career.

.@DuarteMVale's hot start continued with his 1st career singles tournament title at the Gator Ranked +1!@FloridaGators #GoGators pic.twitter.com/sWYmFCJqwE
— Gators Men's Tennis (@GatorsMTN) September 24, 2017

Ingildsen was in a battle from the start and after trailing in set one, battled back to tie the set a six all. In the tiebreak Ingildsen took a quick 5-1 advantage before top-seeded Constantin Schmitz made it 5-4. Ingildsen dug deep winning the longes volley of the match to make it 6-4 before winning the crucial first set 7-6. Schmitz was able to take set two but Ingildsen proved to be too much, taking the final set 6-2 for his first singles tournament title of the 2017-18 season.

.@ingildsen2 started the 2017-18 season with a singles title in the Gator Ranked +1 tournament! @FloridaGators #GoGators pic.twitter.com/aWMeFAJi47
— Gators Men's Tennis (@GatorsMTN) September 24, 2017

Singles
Orange Draw
Finals
Vale def. Oradini – 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
Consolation
McClain Kessler def. Chris Morin-Kougoucheff (Louisville) - 4-6, 7-6,5-2
Alfredo Perez def. Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest) 6-3, 6-4

Blue Draw
Finals
Ingildsen def. Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) – 7-6, 5-7, 6-2
Consolation
Chase Perez-Blanco def. Lasse Muscheites (North Florida) - 6-4, 7-5

Coach Shelton on Day One of the Gator Ranked +1
"Want to thank Tanner Stump and Kate Harte and our entire support staff for putting on such a great event. I also want to give a shout out to all the coaches and participants that came and competed. We had a first class field here and I really appreciate those that came to support our event. I hope that they got as much out of it as we did."

"For our team to win all four titles, two in doubles and two in singles was pretty special. I thought we did a nice job of controlling the things that we can control this weekend and keeping our energy high and competing at a high-level. Lots of positives to take away and things that we can work on to get better."

"I'm encouraged that this group is looking for ways to continue to get better. In sports we always talk about finishing, and our team finished today. Special congrats to Duarte and Joe for winning the singles titles today just a gritty gutsy performance from both of them."

Ivy-Plus Invitational
Just like at the Gator Ranked +1, the Ivy-Plus Invite also saw a Gator win their first career singles title. Andy Andrade earned his first career collegiate trophy after defeating Lucas Koelle of Harvard by way of retirement in the second set.

?? Ivy-Plus Update ??@AndyA_98 won his first collegiate tournament in singles!

Also, Jordan Belga finished runner-up in doubles & singles pic.twitter.com/bERJ75yQqo
— Gators Men's Tennis (@GatorsMTN) September 24, 2017

Jordan Belga had a great tournament and reached the finals in both singles and doubles. He came up just shy of two trophies on Sunday, narrowly falling in doubles 8-7, and singles 7-5, 6-2.

Singles
Nassau Draw
Finals
Jordan Belga lost to Christian Lakoseljac (Penn State) - 7-5, 6-2

Lenz Draw
Finals
Andy Andrade def. Lucas Koelle (Harvard) – by retired 6-7 (6-8), 2-2

Doubles
Pagoda Draw
Finals
Belga/Patten (UNC Asheville) lost to Rolski / Matheson (Columbia) 8-7

Orange Draw
Consolation
Andrade/Madonia lost to Mingjie Lin / Tang (Columbia) 8-4

Coach Perelman on Day One of the Ivy-Plus Invite
"Andy Andrade won his first tournament today as a Gator and Jordan Belga was runner up in his division in both singles and doubles. Overall we competed Hard and learned a lot and are looking forward to going back to work next week. It is important that we take what we learned from this tournament and continue to improve."

Up Next
The Gators will be in Tulsa, Okla. Next weekend when they compete in the ITA All-American Tournament that runs from Sept. 30 through Oct. 9. Pre-qualifying will begin on Sept. 30 and conclude on Oct. 1. Qualifying will begin on Oct. 2 and end on Oct. 3 and the Main Draw will begin on Oct. 5 and conclude on Oct. 9.