Flash Points:
- SFU Men's Tennis hosts its final two home matches of the season this weekend.
- The Red Flash meets Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday for a 5:30 p.m. match at the Greensburg Racquet Club on Senior Day.
- SFU takes on Duquesne on Sunday for a 1 p.m. match at the Alpha Tennis and Fitness Club in Pittsburgh.
- The Red Flash is 11-3 overall, its best start in program history, and 3-0 in the NEC.
- SFU is currently riding a five-match win streak.
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Men's Tennis Team wraps up its home schedule with two matches this weekend. The Red Flash takes on NEC foe Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Greensburg Racquet Club. On Sunday, Saint Francis meets Duquesne for a 1 p.m. match at the Alpha Tennis and Fitness Club in Pittsburgh.
Saint Francis will celebrated Senior Day during Saturday's match as it recognizes the careers of
Plamen Avuski (Plovdiv, Bulgaria /Math High School ),
Eli Cerdan (Bloomfield, N.J. /Saint Mary High School) and
Rodrigo Tico (Guadalajara, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres). The group has helped the Red Flash to 43 wins over the last four years, the most in any four-year span in program history. SFU is 43-29 over the last four years, including 11-1 in NEC matches. The group has helped SFU to an NEC Championship appearance and three NEC Semifinals appearances.
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach
Rob Castille, is 11-3 overall and 3-0 in NEC play this season. Saint Francis is currently riding a five-match win streak and is off to its best start in program history. SFU earned a 6-1 win at Sacred Heart last Friday.
Freshman
Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) and sophomore
Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) share the team-lead with 11 wins this Spring. Luna is 11-2, while playing all of his matches at No. 2. Suntar owns an 11-1 mark, while playing matches at No. 4, 5 and 6.
Avuski and junior
Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) each have 10 dual-match wins. Avuski is 10-2, playing at the No. 3, 4 and 5 positions, while Foo-Kune is 10-4 at No. 1. Freshman
Arturo Dell'eva (Verona, Italy/Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy) is 8-2, playing at No. 2, 3 and 4, while Cerdan is 7-3, playing at No. 5 and 6. Tico has six wins, with three each coming at the No. 3 and 4 positions.
Foo-Kune and Tico have combined for a 7-4 record at No. 1, while Dell'eva and Suntar are 5-2 at No. 2. Avuski and Cerdan are 8-0 at No. 3.
Fairleigh Dickinson is 3-8 overall and makes its NEC debut this weekend. The Knights own wins over NYIT (5-0), Hofstra (4-3) and Colgate (5-2). FDU is looking to snap a six-match skid.
Duquesne is 6-9 overall, with wins against Carnegie Mellon (5-2), Saint Joseph's (5-2), Mercyhurst (7-0), Bucknell (7-0), Norfolk State (7-0) and St. Bonaventure (4-3). Last weekend, the Dukes fell 4-3 at James Madison. Duquesne meets Louisville on Friday before taking on SFU on Sunday.
