TULSA, Okla. – The Florida men’s tennis team saw an impressive performance by ninth-ranked Alexandre Lacroix come to an end Saturday at the ITA/D’Novo All American Championships hosted by the University of Tulsa.
Lacroix, a senior from Paris, France, advanced to the quarterfinals of the national singles tournament for the second consecutive year before succumbing to Virginia’s Alex Domijan, 6-3, 6-4. The loss was Lacroix’s first of the fall season.
Lacroix and junior Nassim Slilam, ranked 20th as a double team, ended their first national event by dropping a 6-4, 6-3 decision to the No. 19 team of Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola of Ohio State.
The Gators are next in action Oct. 21-25 as they host the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships at the Linder Stadium/Ring Tennis Complex. That event is an individual tournament featuring participants from Division I schools in Florida and Georgia. It will feed into November’s USTA/ITA National Collegiate Individual Indoor Championships in Flushing, N.Y.
ITA/D’NOVO ALL AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tulsa, Okla./Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010
SINGLES
Quarterfinals
Alex Domijan (Virginia) def. (9) Alexandre Lacroix (Florida), 6-3, 6-4.
DOUBLES
Semifinals
(19) Chase Buchanan/Blaz Rola (Ohio State) def. (20) Alexandre Lacroix/Nassim Slilam (Florida), 6-4, 6-3.