Boston College’s men’s tennis team closed out its fall schedule at the Bonita Bay Collegiate Invitational, and Matthew Overvelde finished the weekend as the Eagles’ biggest bright spot with a 2-1 record in singles.
Overvelde opened with a win on Friday, knocking off Alfie King of Memphis 6-2, 3-6, 10-6. He then dropped his Saturday match against Tanner Povey of FGCU, 6-1, 6-0, before bouncing back Sunday with a tight 7-6(7-5), 6-7(5-7), 10-7 victory over Jackson Hinderberger of Army.
Boston College also picked up singles wins from Johan O. Christensen-Scheel, Carlos Braun Simo, Liam O’Leary and PJ Barry over the course of the event.
Christensen-Scheel beat Sean O’Nuallain of Memphis 6-4, 6-3 on Friday, while O’Leary topped Gustav Hasslegren of FGCU 5-7, 6-3, 10-5 on Saturday. Barry beat Davis McDonald of Army 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 on Sunday, and Braun Simo opened the weekend with a 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 12-10 win over Hugo Magnusson of FGCU.
The Eagles also had several other competitive singles matches across the three days. Braun Simo fell to Jackson Armistead of Army 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 on Sunday, and Philip Weber split his weekend, losing to Jonathan Baron of FGCU 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday before defeating Alan Ton of Army 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. Matvey Greschner took part in a string of close matches, including a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Lasse Rensing of Memphis on Friday and a 6-7 (7-4), 7-5, 12-10 defeat to Stefan Correa of FGCU on Saturday.
Luke Levanat, PJ Barry, and Lukas Rais also saw action in singles throughout the tournament, with Levanat falling to Benjamin Martin of Memphis 6-2, 6-1 on Friday, Barry losing to Sam Reeve of Memphis 6-2, 6-4 on Friday, and Rais dropping a 0-6, 6-2, 14-12 decision to Harry Michalowski of FGCU on Saturday. Liam O’Leary lost to Michalowski 6-1, 6-3 on Friday and to Preston Achter of Army 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday.
In doubles, Boston College earned wins on Friday from Matvey Greschner and Luke Levanat, who beat Lasse Rensing and Benjamin Martin of Memphis 6-4, and from Johan O. Christensen-Scheel and Matthew Overvelde, who defeated Sean O’Nuallain and Yannic Nittmann of Memphis 6-4. The Eagles also had Carlos Braun Simo and Liam O’Leary on the court against Memphis, though they fell 6-3.
Saturday’s doubles slate went to FGCU, with Boston College’s pairs of Liam O’Leary and Carlos Braun Simo, Matvey Greschner and Luke Levanat, and Matthew Overvelde and Johan O. Christensen-Scheel all coming up short.
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