Seminoles Trip Men's Tennis, 4-0

Sunday, March 30

Chapel Hill

Noon

North Carolina

Florida State

Vladislav Melnic

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 30, 2025 | Men's Tennis

By: Matt Bowers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—No. 27 Florida State won a tightly contested doubles point and went on to defeat No. 55 North Carolina's men's tennis team, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Chewning Tennis Center.

Florida State won its fourth consecutive match and improved to 14-7 overall, 6-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Carolina's three-match winning streak came to an end, as it fell to 12-7, 6-4 ACC.

The Seminoles took the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Carolina's Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu started the day with Carolina's highest-ranked doubles win of the season, a 6-3 win over the sixth-ranked team of Alex Bulte and Youcef Rihane. The Noles responded with 6-4 wins at the No. 2 and 3 slots to take a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, FSU's 40th-ranked Jamie Connel blanked Constantinos Djakouris, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2, followed by a straight-set win by Joshua Dous-Karpenschif over Diego Jarry at No. 5 and a 6-2, 6-3 win by Youcef Rihane over Nick Mangiapane.

"Credit Florida State, they played very well today," UNC head coach Sam Paul said. "We learned some things today. The doubles point, we were right there. [If we win that] it's a different spot, a different match. We learned a lot from today and can use it to get better."

Up Next
• The Tar Heels will hit the road and visit new ACC members Stanford and Cal next weekend in the Bay Area of California.

FINAL SCORE: No. 27 Florida State 4, #55 North Carolina 0

Sunday, March 30, 2025
Chewning Tennis Center
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Vladislav Melnic/Chris Xu (UNC) def. #6 Alex Bulte/Youcef Rihane (FSU), 6-3
2. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Diego Jarry/Anthony Wright (UNC), 6-4
3. Azariah Rusher/Jan Sebesta (FSU) def. Constantinos Djakouris/Nick Mangiapane (UNC), 6-4
(Order of finish: 1, 2, 3)

Singles
1. Vladislav Melnic (UNC) vs. #14 Corey Craig (FSU), 7-5, 3-2 (unfinished)
2. #40 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Constantinos Djakouris (UNC), 6-0, 6-0
3. #114 Chris Xu (UNC) vs. Alex Bulte (FSU), 6-2, 3-5 (unfinished)
4. Erik Schiessl vs. Anthony Wright (UNC) 7-6 (2), 3-2 (unfinished)
5. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Diego Jarry (UNC), 6-3, 6-2
6. Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Nick Mangiapane (UNC), 6-2, 6-3
(Order of finish: 2, 5, 6)

Time of match: 2:09

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