SMU Tennis Defeats Florida Gulf Coast

FORT MYERS, Fla. (SMU) – The SMU Mustangs got their first win of the spring season in dominating fashion against Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday evening.

No. 83 Arturs Kazijevs, Pablo Perez-Esnaola, Mischa Nowicki, Nate Lammons and Eduardo Razzeto all took singles victories. For Razzeto, it was his first career match win. Kazijevs topped FGCU’s Jordi Vives 7-6 (7-5); 6-4. Vives is in his first season at FGCU after transferring from USC, where he was a part of the 2011-12 national championship team.

The Mustangs also took two of three doubles matches, including a convincing 8-1 win by Kazijevs and Nowicki over FGCU duo Tianyu Bao and Dylan Gunning.

SMU vs Florida Gulf Coast

Feb 02, 2013 at Fort Myers, Fla.

SMU 6, Florida Gulf Coast 1

Singles competition

1. #83 Arturs Kazijevs (SMU) def. Jordi Vives (FGCU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

2. Tianyu Bao (FGCU) def. Alex Sanders (SMU) 6-4, 6-4

3. Pablo Perez-Esnaola (SMU) def. Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 6-2, 6-5

4. Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. Dylan Gunning (FGCU) 6-4, 6-2

5. Nate Lammons (SMU) def. Lance Lvovsky (FGCU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1

6. Eduardo Razzeto (SMU) def. Michael Beiler (FGCU) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Arturs Kazijevs/Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. Tianyu Bao/Dylan Gunning (FGCU) 8-1

2. Jordi Vives/Jackson Moore (FGCU) def. Alex Sanders/Ross Peets (SMU) 8-2

3. Nate Lammons/Pablo Perez-Esnaola (SMU) def. Lance Lvovsky/Dean Tsamas (FGCU) 8-7 (7-4)