April 5, 2007

PENSACOLA, Fla. - West Florida's dream of a national championship three-peat ended last season in the national semifinals. Lynn University knocked off West Florida last season and the Fighting Knights are poised to duplicate their success this year. On Friday, top-ranked West Florida (19-2) will host sixth-ranked Lynn (13-2) at 1 p.m. CST at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.

West Florida is on a six-match winning streak. During the streak, West Florida has defeated second-ranked Drury, eighth-ranked Ouachita Baptist and ninth-ranked St. Edward's. West Florida's match against fifth-ranked Florida Southern was rained out on Sunday.

Fourth-ranked Diego Zorzi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is 12-0 in singles. Dante Bottini (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the ninth-ranked singles player, has played all but one singles match in the first position. He has posted a 10-3 record. The Argonauts fourth-ranked doubles team of Bottini and Nicolas Barrientos (Cali, Colombia) are 16-3 in first position doubles matches. Zorzi and Luis Arboleda (Medellin, Colombia) are 18-1 while playing primarily in the second doubles position.

Before facing the top-ranked team in Division II, Lynn will face NAIA number one Auburn Montgomery on Thursday. Lynn's only two previous losses of the season were against Florida Southern and third-ranked Armstrong Atlantic. Going into action on Thursday, Lorenzo Cava was the top-ranked singles player in Division II. He was 13-1 with 10 consecutive singles wins. Sixth-ranked Julien Carsuzaa has posted a 12-2 record.

A free cookout for those in attendance will be offered during the match.