LAKE NONA, Fla. – Warner University Tennis kicked off their 2020 spring season in a powerful matchup with (RV) Southeastern.

Warner faced a tough matchup in the NAIA (RV) Southeastern Fire. They were able to take a #1 doubles win and #1 singles win but fell short of the Fire dropping 1-6 in the season opener.


Royals head coach Jose Martinez said, "It was a difficult way to start the season against a tough conference opponent. We did not have the desired result, but were able to identify key areas we can improve on immediately."

Men's Tennis: Warner 1, Southeastern 6

DOUBLES
#1 Doubles: WU's Bruno Pessoa and Filipe Gil defeated SEU's D'aboville and Martinez (6-3).
#2 Doubles: SEU's Ortega and Barbosa defeated WU's Julian Cuartas and Vitor Wagner (6-2).
#3 Doubles: SEU's Haas and Lichter defeated WU's Bruno Carvalho and Jake Edwards (6-2).
Southeastern earned the overall point for the doubles matchup by winning two of three doubles.
 
SINGLES
 #1 Singles: WU's Bruno Pessoa defeated SEU's D'aboville (6-0, 6-2)
#2 Singles: SEU's Haas defeated WU's Julian Cuartas (6-2, 6-4)
#3 Singles: SEU's Barbosa defeated WU's Filipe Gil (6-1, 7-5)
#4 Singles: SEU's Martinez defeated WU's Vitor Wagner (6-4, 6-0)
#5 Singles: SEU's Fiorenzato received a point by default.
#6 Singles: SEU's Licther received a point by default.
 
The Royals matchup against the College of Coastal Georgia on Saturday January 25^th in another Sun Conference event.