HOUSTON – The 2023 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championship opened its first round on Friday with (3) Florida Atlantic winning the first match 4-0 against (6) Charlotte and (5) UAB advancing with a 4-3 win over (4) Rice. The semifinals take place Saturday at 12 p.m. CT with (1) Middle Tennessee and (5) UAB and (2) UTSA against (3) Florida Atlantic.
 
C-USA Men’s Tennis Championship Central  

First Round Matches – Friday, April 21  (5) UAB 4, (4) Rice 3  
Box Score (PDF) 
 
Doubles  
Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear (Rice) def. Michal Lusovsky/Noah Malige (UAB) 6-1
Santiago Navarro/Campbell Salmon (Rice) vs. Roman Postolka/Nikola Puric (UAB) 5-5, unfinished
Dylan Heap/Kabeer Kapasi (Rice) def. Carlos Gimenez-Perez/Thanos Spyropoulos (UAB) 6-4
 
Singles  
Michal Lusovsky (UAB) def. Trinity Grear (Rice) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Roman Postolka (UAB) def. Emir Sendogan (Rice) 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 7-5
Vojtech Podzemny (UAB) def. Wes Barnett (Rice) 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
Santiago Navarro (Rice) def. Noah Malige (UAB) 6-2, 6-4
Carlos Gimenez-Perez (UAB) def. Campbell Salmon (Rice) 7-6 (8-6), 5-4
Kabeer Kapasi (Rice) def. Georgios Nouchakis (UAB) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
 
Match Notes:  
5-seed UAB 21-6
4-seed Rice 12-10; National ranking No. 62
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,6,1,5,3,2)
Time – 4:04
 

(3) Florida Atlantic 4, (6) Charlotte 0  Box Score (PDF) 
 
Doubles  
Matias Iturbe/Coy Simon (CLT) def. No. 83 Nicolas Acevedo/Kevin Huempfner (FAU) 6-4
Joao Graca/Filip Krolo (FAU) def. Aditya Narayanan/Abhi Vannemreddy (CLT) 7-6 (7-2)
Hunter Robbins/Alberto Colas (FAU) def. Ivan Dreycopp/Brett Gloria (CLT) 6-2
 
Singles  
Alberto Colas (FAU) def. Coy Simon (CLT) 6-1, 6-3
Kevin Huempfner (FAU) vs. Abhi Vannemreddy (CLT) 6-2, 5-5, unfinished
Nicolas Acevedo (FAU) def. Ivan Dreycopp (CLT) 6-4, 6-4
Joao Graca (FAU) vs. Matias Iturbe (CLT) 7-5, 4-6, unfinished
Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Aditya Narayanan (CLT) 6-4, 6-1
Hunter Robbins (FAU) vs. Brett Gloria (CLT) 6-2, 3-4, unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
6-seed Charlotte 9-14  
3-seed Florida Atlantic 13-10; National ranking No. 59
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,3,5)
Time – 2:16