Box Score Tallahassee, FL – The Florida State men’s tennis team completed a perfect day on the courts with a 4-0 win over Samford Friday evening. FSU defeated South Alabama earlier in the day to improve to 4-0 on the year having dropped just one point in four matches. “It was a good day overall,” said FSU Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist. “We got challenged by South Alabama this morning and came right back and picked up another win tonight.” The Seminoles made quick work in doubles versus Samford Friday evening taking the point 2-0. Youcef Rihane and Bryn Nahrung were off first at 6-0. Josh Dous-Karpenschif and Maks Silagy followed shortly behind with a 6-1 win to give FSU the 1-0 lead. “I thought we were good in doubles all day,” said Hultquist. “We won both doubles points and were in position to win all our doubles matches. I was pleased how we came out to start in both matches.” With two matches moving indoors due to weather (FSU vs Samford and USA versus Stetson) an
Samford sweeps SoCon doubleheader at VMI
Published Friday, May. 7, 2021, 9:06 pm
Join AFP s 100,000+ followers on Facebook
Purchase a subscription to AFP
Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify
News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com
Redshirt freshman Justin Starke had six hits on the day, but that was just about the only nice thing you could say for VMI as the Keydets were swept by Samford Friday, 25-1 and 11-5.
The Bulldogs (26-19/16-7 SoCon) hit eight home runs in the two games, including three from Max Pinto in the nightcap.
Game 1
Samford jumped out early with six runs in the top of the first inning of the opener. The Bulldogs followed with five in the fifth and 12 in the sixth and the game was called after seven due to the conference’s 10-run rule.
Gators soar past Ospreys behind monster night from Jud Fabian
The star CF, who was only batting .158 entering the night, hit a pair of home runs and brought in 4 RBIs as the Gators move back above .500
All-American Jud Fabian cranked out two home runs in a winning effort Tuesday
In Jud Fabian’s first 20 at-bats this season, he had three hits and a single RBI. His .150 batting average was eyebrow-raising for a top-10 prospect and unanimous preseason All-American.
His next plate two appearances were both massive home runs.
A solo shot in the third forced a car to stop along Hull Road after leaving the ballpark. Later,his three-run bomb in the fifth blew the game open, giving the Gators a 5-0 lead they would never relinquish en route to a 8-3 victory.