Flash Points:

• SFU Men's Tennis, the No. 2 seed, earned a 4-0 win over St. Francis Brooklyn, the No. 7 seed, on Friday in the NEC Quarterfinals.
• The Red Flash won the doubles point and three singles matches, while winning at least one set in the other three matches before they were stopped.
• Saint Francis improved to 14-4 overall and meets the No. 3 seed Wagner(14-7) in Saturday's NEC Semifinals.
• The NEC Championships are being played at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J.

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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The Saint Francis Men's Tennis team earned a 4-0 win over St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday to advance to Saturday's NEC Semifinals.  The Red Flash won the doubles point and three singles matches, while winning at least one set in the matches that were not finished. Saint Francis, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, improved to 14-4 overall, while St. Francis Brooklyn, the No. 7 seed, finished its season with a 5-12 record.
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Rob Castille, will meet the No. 3 seed Wagner in Saturday's Semifinals, which are scheduled to begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J.  Wagner is 14-7 after picking up a 4-0 win over the No. 6 seed Sacred Heart on Friday.  Saint Francis and Wagner did not meet in the regular season.

"This was a good match for us to kick things off," said Castille. "St. Francis Brooklyn is very much improved from where they've been the past several years. They competed and played well today. I felt like we were a little casual in some of the matches, so we'll need to fix that as we are playing a talented Wagner team tomorrow. We'll rest up and be ready for a battle tomorrow in the semis."
 
Junior Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and senior Rodrigo Tico (Guadalajara, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres) combined at the top doubles spot against St. Francis Brooklyn's Alejandro Ridruejo.  The Red Flash duo earned a 6-3 win to improve to 8-5 this season.
 
At No. 2, seniors Plamen Avuski (Plovdiv, Bulgaria /Math High School ) and Eli Cerdan (Bloomfield, N.J. /Saint Mary High School) matched up against the Terriers' Stefan Gmijovic and Zurab Tskhakaia.  The SFU pair dominated in a 6-0 victory to move to 10-2 this Spring.
 
In the match at No. 3, freshmen Arturo Dell'eva (Verona, Italy/Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy) and Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) competed against SFBK's Pablo Blasco-Torres and Javier Navarro.  The SFU duo was leading 5-4 when the match was stopped.
 
Dell'eva took on the Terriers' Navarro at the No. 3 singles position.  The Red Flash rookie claimed the first set, 6-2.  He completed the sweep by winning the next set, 6-1.  Dell'eva improved to 11-2 in dual matches.
 
Avuski faced St. Francis Brooklyn's Tskhakaia at No. 4.  The Saint Francis senior won the opening set, 6-2.  He earned a straight-set victory with a 6-1 win in the second set.  Avuski is now 13-3 this season.
 
At No. 5, Cerdan met SFBK's Blasco-Torres.  The SFU senior took the first set, 6-3.  He repeated that performance to also win the second set, 6-3.  Cerdan moved to 11-3 this Spring.
 
In the match at No. 1, Foo-Kune competed against St. Francis Brooklyn's Ridruejo.  The Saint Francis senior won the first set, 6-3.  He was tied 5-5 in the second set when the match was stopped.
 
Luna matched up against the Terriers' Artiz at No. 2.  After falling 6-1 in the first set, the Red Flash rookie won the second set, 6-1.  Luna was ahead, 5-4, in the deciding set when the match was halted.
 
At No. 6, sophomore Robin van der Heijden (Burgh Haamstede, Netherlands/Scheldmond College) took on SFBK's Gmijovic.  The SFU sophomore dropped the opening set, 6-1, but bounced back to win the next set, 6-4.  In the final set, van der Heijden was trailing 1-0 when the match was stopped.
 
Doubles:
1. Foo-Kune/Tico(SFU) def. Artiz/Ridruejo(SFBK), 6-3
2. Avuski/Cerdan(SFU) def. Gmijovic/Tskhakaia(SFBK), 6-0
3. Dell'eva/Luna(SFU) vs. Blasco-Torres/Navarro(SFBK), 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2,1
 
Singles:
1. Foo-Kune(SFU) vs. Ridruejo(SFBK), 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
2. Luna(SFU) vs. Artiz(SFBK), 1-6, 6-1, 5-4, unfinished
3. Dell'eva(SFU) def. Navarro(SFBK), 6-2, 6-1
4. Avuski(SFU) def. Tskhakaia(SFBK), 6-2, 6-1
5. Cerdan(SFU) def. Blasco-Torres(SFBK), 6-3, 6-3
6. van der Heijden (SFU) vs. Gmijovic(SFBK), 1-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
Order of Finish: 4,3,5