TALLAHASSEE – The 16th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team resumes action on Saturday when it travels to play UCF at 3 p.m. with the match being held at USTA National Campus.
The Seminoles have played ranked opponents in three out of their previous four matches. Florida State’s record stands at 6-3 for the season.
Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 2 singles player in the nation, the highest ranking of any FSU men’s tennis player in school history. Cornut-Chauvinc enters Saturday’s match with an 8-0 record with five of those wins coming against ranked opponents.
Cornut-Chauvinc has won three weekly honors after winning ACC’s co-Player of the Week on January 31, his third weekly honor after earning Player of the Week and Doubles Pair of the Week on January 17.
Youcef Rihane, ranked 89th nationally, has been dominant in singles play for the Noles. Rihane is 8-1 and has beaten two nationally ranked players so far thi
The Arkansas Men’s Tennis team (9-4) split its doubleheader with UCF and Oral Roberts on Sunday, falling to UCF, 4-1, and taking down ORU, 7-0. Arkansas is now 8-1 at home, earning a 7-0 sweep in four of them.