The seventh-ranked UNC men’s tennis picked up one of its signature victories so far this season on Friday, defeating the No. 11 Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee by a score of 4-1.
It snapped a 14-match home win streak for the Seminoles (25-3, 9-2 ACC), which entered the day tied with UNC (19-4, 10-1 ACC) in the conference standings.
The Tar Heels took the doubles point with relative ease, but then Florida State tied things up with the opening singles victory–a 6-2, 6-2 win by Alex Knaff over Blaine Boyden, the first loss Boyden has suffered all spring in singles play.
From there, however, it was all UNC.
William Blumberg, Mac Kiger and Benjamin Sigouin each won their matches in straight sets to clinch the victory for head coach Sam Paul’s squad.
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UNC will stay in the Sunshine State for its regular season finale on Sunday against Miami, which is scheduled for a 9 a.m. start due to inclement weather in the forecast.
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