Box Score | Melbourne, Fla. - (3/10/2017) – A challenging spring trip came to a close today, Friday, March 10, for the Chestnut Hill College men's tennis team, who visited #42 Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) for a late-morning match. The Panthers won the first two points of the match and stayed a step ahead of the Griffins in singles play for an eventual 5-4 win as senior Jonathan Ducretot (Antibes, France) and junior Pedro Festugato Regalin (Caxias do Sul, Brazil) won respective post-clinching points  at number five, 6-4, 6-3, and number six, 6-3, 6-3, singles.
 
FIT (10-3) jumped out to a 2-0 lead with wins at number two doubles, 8-1, and number one doubles, 8-6. Then, freshman Antoine Gautier (Eysines, France) and sophomore Felix Andre (Berlin, Germany) got Chestnut Hill College (3-4) on the scoreboard with their dramatic 9-8 (6) triumph at number three doubles, 2-1.
 
The Panthers extended their position with a 6-3, 6-2, win at number one singles (3-1), a point that was quickly matched with Andre's 6-2, 6-1, win at number three singles (3-2). The give and take awarded FIT the next point, as they secured number two singles by a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, final (4-2). The following point clinched the match for the Panthers, it came in the fourth individual flight where senior Wade Ball (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) beat Gautier in matching 7-5, 7-5, sets (5-2). Ducretot and Regalin endured for wins in their remaining individual competitions; the former won the fifth flight, 6-4, 6-3, (5-3) and the latter won the sixth, 6-3, 6-3, (5-4).
 
The Chestnut Hill College men's tennis team returns home to prepare for a 12:00 p.m. match at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) on Friday, March 17.