FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU men’s tennis team makes its second trip to Tallahassee this weekend as the Eagles will compete in the Bedford Cup, hosted by Florida State. The competition gets started on Friday with one round of doubles and two rounds of singles and will run through Sunday.
Six Eagles will be on the courts in singles led by redshirt-junior Magnus Johnson (Naples, Fla./Homeschool/UCF) who enters the draw as the No. 4 seed in the bracket. He will get a bye in the first round before facing the winner of Maks Silagy (FSU) and Joao Graca (FAU) on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Guglielmo Stefanacci (Prato, Italy), Max Damm (Bradenton, Fla.), Marcelo Sepulveda (Monterrey, Mexico), Eric Oncins (Orlando, Fla.), and Randy Wilson (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) will all get started on Friday morning at 10:30 a.m.
The duos of Damm/Johnson, Stefanacci/Oncins, and Wilson/Sepulveda will also be in the court in doubles action Friday at 9 a.m.
Damm leads the Eagles this fall with five singles wins which included going 3-0 at ITA Southeast Regionals in Tallahassee a couple of weeks ago. In doubles, Damm and Johnson have gone 4-1 and have a title under their belt this fall, winning the UCF Fall Sizzler doubles event.
Friday, November 4 Schedule
Singles
Max Damm (FGCU) vs. Francisco Erramuspe (Troy), 10:30 am
Guglielmo Stefanacci (FGCU) vs. Ervin Harris Eminefendic (Stetson), 10:30 am
Marcelo Sepulveda (FGCU) vs. John Bernard (FSU), 10:30 am
Eric Oncins (FGCU) vs. Javier Llinares (Troy), 10:30 am
Randy Wilson (FGCU) vs. Juan Jose Rodriguez (Stetson), 10:30 am
#123 Magnus Johnson (FGCU) vs. Maks Silagy (FSU)/Joao Graca (FAU), 2:30 pm
Doubles
Oncins/Stefanacci (FGCU) vs. Ozzor/Eminefendic (Stetson), 9 am
Johnson/Damm (FGCU) vs. Andres/Llinares (Troy), 9 am
Wilson/Sepulveda (FGCU) vs. Tudorico/Frizelle (USF), 9 am
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