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#10 Men's Tennis Falls at #1 Georgia, 5-2
Sunday, April 7, 2002 | Men's Tennis
The match began in fine fashion for Florida as the team swept all three doubles matches. The sweep included a pair of ranked wins as the Gators’ Chris McDonald and Hamid Mirzadeh knocked off 18th ranked Matias Boeker and Bo Hodge, 8-5 at No. 1 while Olivier Levant and Eleazar Magallan took care of 33rd ranked Brandon Wagner and Adam Seri, 8-6, at No. 2. The third leg of the sweep came from Matt Behrmann and Troy Hahn’s 8-4 win at No. 3. Of Florida’s 13 doubles point wins this year, it is only the second time UF would go on to lose the match, joining a 4-3 loss at No. 7 Kentucky on March 15.
The wins did not come as freely in singles play where Georgia won at every position except for No. 5 to take the match. UGA used wins from four of the nation’s top 69 players to produce wins at the No. 1 through No. 4 positions. The Gators got their lone victory when Behrmann posted a straight sets win, 7-5, 6-3, over Nicolas Boeker at No. 5. The win is Behrmann's seventh in a row and improves his record to 22-9 on the year and 12-3 in dual matches.
Florida returns home next weekend to wrap up the regular season. The Gators host No. 13 Duke on Friday, April 12 at 4:00 pm and No. 24 South Carolina on Sunday, April 14 at 1:00 pm. The SEC Championships will be played the following weekend, from April 18-21, at Tennessee.
Doubles
1) #29 Chris McDonald/Hamid Mirzadeh (UF) d. #18 Matias Boeker/Bo Hodge (UGA), 8-5
2) Olivier Levant/Eleazar Magallan (UF) d. #33 Brandon Wagner/Adam Seri (UGA), 8-6
3) Matt Behrmann/Troy Hahn (UF), d. Lesley Joseph/Nicolas Boeker (UGA), 8-4
Singles
1) #5 Matias Boeker (UGA) d. #122 Hamid Mirzadeh (UF), 6-2, 6-0
2) #51 Lesley Joseph (UGA) d. #74 Eleazar Magallan (UF), 6-3, 6-0
3) #69 Bo Hodge (UGA) d. Olivier Levant (UF), 6-1, 6-4
4) #21 Brandon Wagner (UGA) d. Troy Hahn (UF), 7-6 (3), 7-5
5) Matt Behrmann(UF) d. Nicolas Boeker (UGA), 7-5, 6-3
6) Adam Seri (UGA) d. Trey Johnson (UF), 6-2, 6-3
