No. 22 Florida State Handles Oklahoma – Florida State University

The doubles round came down to the wire as Azariah Rusher and Alex Bulte dropped their match 6-1 before the newly named top-40 pair of Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif handled the nation’s 40th-ranked doubles duo with a 6-3 win.

All hopes lied on Court 2 with Loris Pourroy and Youcef Rihane who were down early but rattled off a few games to tie the score at 4-4. Two dominant games followed and for the third straight match, the doubles point belonged to the Seminoles.

Rihane suffered an injury during the first set in singles and continued his match but dropped the match in two sets. Pourroy used his strong momentum to efficiently work through his match with a straight-sets victory 7-5, 6-3 but then came the weather.

The rain came midway through the second set and delayed the match an hour before the teams moved to the FSU Indoor Tennis Courts and resumed.

Jamie Connel lost the first set 6-4 but quickly strung together an impressive second set and swept the final frame indoors with ease. The 90th-ranked player pulled off another come-from-behind victory to put Florida State within clinching distance.

Bulte had suffered a crushing tiebreaker loss in the second set but stormed back with a vengeance and claimed the winning point in the fiery 6-1 set for his fourth straight victory.

Cornut-Chaunvinc continued his incredible start to the season as he split the first two sets but, like the rest of the team, executed precise play in the third set. The No. 8 player in the nation took the final frame 6-1 and claimed his seventh win of the season. Dous-Karpenschif dropped his third set for the final margin.

“Out of the rain break I asked the guys to win the first 10 minutes, instead we dominated the first 10 minutes and that was the biggest part of the match,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said.

Florida State improved to 6-2 this season and will hit the road for two matches this week, taking on Holy Cross and Boston College. The match against Holy Cross will begin Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. before the Seminoles begin conference play against Boston College on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Weymouth Club in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

#22 Florida State 5, Oklahoma 2
Singles Competition: 
1.    #8 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #99 Alex Martinez (OU) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
2.    Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Jordan Hasson (OU) 7-5, 6-3
3.    #85 Kholo Montsi (OU) def. Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-0, 6-2
4.    #90 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Justin Schlageter (OU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
5.    #109 Luis Alvarez (UO) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
6.    Alex Bulte (FSU) def. Mark Mandlik (OU) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1

Doubles Competition:
1.    #39 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #40 Alex Martinez/Kholo Montsi (OU) 6-3 
2.    #43 Loris Pourroy/Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Mark Mandlik/Nathan Han (OU) 6-4
3.     Jordan Hasson/Luis Alvarez (OU) def. Alex Bulte/Azariah Rusher (FSU) 6-1

Order of Finish: Singles (3, 2, 4, 6, 1, 5) Doubles (3, 1, 2)

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