CHAPEL HILL, N.C. –  The Florida State men’s tennis team (14-7, 6-4 ACC) completed a dominant 4-0 sweep at North Carolina (12-7, 6-4 ACC) to extend its four-match winning streak and close out the final road trip of the regular season.

After North Carolina claimed the first doubles match on Court 1, Joshua Dous-Karpenschif and Erik Schiessl pulled away from a deadlock at 2-2 with two consecutive games to inch ahead and held serve to win 6-4. 

The opening point lay on the rackets of Azariah Rusher and Jan Sebesta on Court 3. The pairing broke the Tar Heel serve in the final game to clinch the doubles point. Rusher and Sebesta claimed their first-ever win as a team and became the eighth different Seminoles pairing to win a match this spring. 

FSU kept the momentum and rushed to strong leads in the opening set to rack up four first-set victories. Jamie Connel completed his first career double bagel as a Seminole, winning all 12 games with a 6-0, 6-0 scoreline and finishing the match in 60 minutes. Connel notched his 20th win of the season.

Joshua Dous-Karpenschif worked through the first frame 6-3, winning three consecutive games before using a four-match winning run in the following frame to complete the victory with a 6-2 second set. The senior won his fifth ACC match this season and 20th of his career.

Youcef Rihane powered through the first set 6-2 before winning three consecutive games and finishing the match for his first team clinch of the season. Rihane used four total breaks and served out the match, blanking his opponent in the final game.

Florida State will return home to host Notre Dame on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. before facing Louisville on Saturday at 1 p.m. Thursday’s match against Notre Dame will be streamed on ACC Network Extra beginning at 6 p.m. Live video and stats will be available on Seminoles.com

#27 Florida State 4, #55 North Carolina 0

Singles Competition: 

#14 Corey Craig (FSU) vs. Vladislav Melnic (UNC) 5-7, 2-3, unfinished

#40 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Constantinos Djakouris (UNC) 6-0, 6-0

Alex Bulte (FSU) vs. #114 Chris Xu (UNC) 2-6, 5-3, unfinished

Erik Schiessl (FSU) vs. Anthony Wright (UNC) 7-6 (2), 3-2, unfinished

Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Diego Jarry (UNC) 6-3, 6-2

Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Nicholas Mangiapane (UNC) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles Competition:

Vladislav Melnic/Chris Xu (UNC) def. #6 Youcef Rihane/Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-3

Joshua Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Diego Jarry/Anthony Wright (UNC) 6-4

Azariah Rusher/Jan Sebesta (FSU) def. Nick Mangiapane/Constantinos Djakouris (UNC) 6-4

Florida State (14-7, 6-4 ACC) | North Carolina (12-7, 6-4 ACC)

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

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