Florida Tech’s Fieldsend, Leskovar Named to All-SSC
By Florida Tech // May 3, 2014
Florida Tech’s Fieldsend, Leskovar Named to All-SSC
MENS TENNIS — The Sunshine State Conference announced the All-SSC teams on Friday morning and No. 49 Florida Tech’s Beau Fieldsend and Matic Leskovar were named to the All-SSC Second Team in doubles.
Primarily in doubles No. 2, the duo went 10-5 in the spring and 13-6 overall.
In their last 10 matches, Fieldsend and Leskovar went 8-2.
Fieldsend finished the season 13-7 overall in doubles with 10 of those wins coming in the spring.
Fieldsend and Leskovar won the ‘A’ Draw Doubles Championship at the Panther Invitational in Sept.
“Beau and Matic had some good wins and were consistent for most of the season,” said head coach Bill Macom. “Their results were well earned.”
The duo won five consecutive doubles matches from March 2-17 and after a loss to No. 3 Nicolas Auruccio and Jamie Salvador, won three straight from March 19-April 4.
Fieldsend led the team with 11 singles wins and closed out the 2013-14 season with 44 career doubles wins, fifth most in FIT history.
Kristina Huba Caps Off Historic Career with All-SSC Second Team Honors
TENNIS — The Sunshine State Conference released its 2014 Women’s Tennis All-SSC Teams on Friday morning and No. 49 Florida Tech senior Kristina Huba appeared on the All-SSC Second Team in singles.
No. 9 Huba finished 13-4 in singles action this season and despite an injury, she concluded her career with 80 singles wins, the most in school history. The Ascona, Switzerland native earned all-conference honors all four years at FIT and ends her career as a two-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American.
This season, she went 9-3 in the spring, earning five consecutive victories before her injury. Huba went 2-2 against nationally-ranked opponents and 3-2 against regionally-ranked opponents.
On Feb. 15, Huba earned a straight-set win in singles No. 1 versus Flagler College. The win was her 75th of the season, surpassing Natalia Ramos for most wins by a women’s tennis student-athlete.
“It was unfortunate that Kristina sustained a mid-season injury that hampered her final results,” said head coach Bill Macom. “Nonetheless, she had a great career at FIT and we are very proud of her accomplishments. She leaves Melbourne, Florida with the most singles wins in school history and fourth all-time with 79 doubles wins.”
For her career, Huba won 82 percent of her singles matches and never lost more than five matches in a season.
Beginning the season ranked No. 15 nationally, the general chemistry major moved up six spots to No. 9 in the latest ITA Poll, released on Wednesday, April 30.
She is also ranked No. 25 nationally in doubles with Natasa Vukovic and No. 4 in the South Region in singles.
