Tallahassee, FL – Fresh off a new Top 25 ranking and playing without their top line player, the 24th-ranked FSU men’s tennis team pulled out a 4-3 win over Troy Friday night. The Seminoles won the doubles point for the 10th time in 11 tries and Andy Petrovic clinched the match for FSU, which improved to 9-2. “Troy played a great match,” said FSU Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist. “When non-ACC schools come in to play us we know we are going to get their best effort. We held out Loris today due to injury and we got the chance to play some younger guys.” Alex Bulte and Youcef Rihane got the Seminoles off to a fast start in doubles on court one with a 6-2 victory. With Loris Pourroy out for the match, Sebastian Arcila didn’t miss a beat on line one partnering with Petrovic. With doubles tied 1-1, the pair secured the 1-0 lead for the Seminoles with a 6-3 victory. Rihane staked FSU to a 2-0 lead as singles got underway. The first-year Seminole won 6-2, 6-1 on line four. Troy trimmed the lead to 2-1 with a win on line five and then evened things up with a win on court one. FSU jumped back out in front thanks to Richard Thongoana and his three set win on court three taking the match 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. Petrovic secured the fourth point and the win for the Seminoles as he won a three set match on court six. After falling 6-7 (0-7) in set one, the junior stormed back taking sets two and three 6-3, 6-3 to put the Noles in front 4-2. “I was particularly impressed with Youcef today,” said Hultquist. “He had a dominant performance. I love how he controlled the match and got off quick. This was Rich’s best match. He came back strong after losing a close first set and dominated the second and third. Andy as well. He had a set point in the first and didn’t get down not converting that. He came back and won by two breaks in the third. I thought he handled himself really well. “We got an opportunity to play a full complement of guys, which was great. Our guys need that experience. I am glad we came out with a win and we will look forward to ACC play starting next week.” The Seminoles open ACC play Friday hosting No. 16 NC State and then No. 8 Wake Forest Sunday. For more information on the Seminole Men’s Tennis program, please follow us on social at FSUMTennis (IG) and @FSU_MTennis (TW) and log on to Seminoles.com.