TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State men’s tennis team is set to host No. 8 Texas A&M on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Indoor Tennis Courts.

Last season, the Seminoles handed the Aggies an upset loss, with Texas A&M entering the game ranked No. 9, marking the program’s first true top-10 road win since 2013. FSU came into the match having won eight of its opening 10 doubles points and earned a doubles court win in all doubles matches during that time of the season.

During his first season as a Seminole, Corey Craig was looking to find his way back into the second set after a confident 6-3 first frame. Craig stole a break point and knotted the second set at 6-6. The Florida native found new life, bursting into a 5-1 tiebreak lead before his opponent’s strike carried over the line on match point to seal the victory. Craig claimed his first-ever Court 1 victory as a Seminole.

Texas A&M comes into this season’s matchup against Florida State with a 5-0 overall record, with its latest 4-2 win coming from conference foe No. 18 Duke to punch their ticket to the ITA National Indoors Championship.

The newest ITA rankings were released on Wednesday. Erik Schiessl (No. 52) and Luis Felipe Miguel (No. 82) remained in the top 100, while Azariah Rusher checked in at No. 91. Miguel and Schiessl ascended into the top-20 as the No. 15 doubles team in the nation, while Rusher and Justin Lyons were ranked at No. 71.

Live stats will be available on Seminoles.com.

LAST TIME OUT:
The Florida State men’s tennis team (6-3) handed the No. 18 Florida Gators (3-1) its first loss of the season in rival fashion on Saturday in a tight 4-3 win on the road at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.

Florida State took the early 1-0 lead on a hard-fought doubles point. The new duo of Gabor Hornung and Oren Ezerzer defeated Andres Timini and Lorenzo Claverie at No. 3 doubles 6-4.  No. 43  Miguel and Schiessl earned their sixth win of the season with a 7-4 triumph over Henery Jefferson and Tanapatt Nirundorn to clinch the point.

In singles action, Mohammad Alkotop made short work of Nirundorn, winning in straights (6-2, 6-2) at the No. 5 court position. Following Alkotop, Miguel picked up his own 6-1, 6-3 straight set victory in the No. 2 spot, setting up Hornung for the deciding match. The newcomer wrapped up his grueling three-set battle on court six. The Hungarian native won the first set 6-1, before Timini found leverage in the second set (6-1). After reaching a 5-5 deadlock, Hornung won two straight games (7-5) to secure the final singles point for the Seminoles.

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