Irish men's tennis falls on the road to No. 19 Florida State and No. 33 Miami
The Notre Dame men's tennis team traveled to Florida for two of their last three regular season matches of 2025. On their trip to the Sunshine State, the Irish went 0-2 with a 4-1 loss to No. 19 Florida State on Thursday and a 4-2 loss to No. 33 Miami two days later.
Florida State
On Thursday night at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center, the Seminoles rattled off their fifth consecutive ACC win over Notre Dame. The Irish started strong on the doubles courts, claiming the point after wins from the No. 1 pairing of junior Sebastian Dominko and sophomore Chase Thompson as well as the freshman pairing of Peter Nad and Luis Llorens at No. 3. The win marked the fifth straight for Dominko/Thompson and the ninth straight for Nad/Llorens, the two teams having paced a successful Irish doubles contingent all season. However, that would prove to be Notre Dame's only point, as the Seminoles roared back on the singles courts.
The comeback was sparked by five of six opening set victories on courts 2-6 for Florida State, as the No. 18-ranked Dominko was the only Irish player who took a first set. Thompson fell first to Erik Schiessl on court three before sophomore Kyran Magimay dropped his match at No. 6, surrendering eight consecutive games in the 7-5, 6-0 defeat. Within seconds, No. 52-ranked Jamie Connel extended Florida State's newfound lead on court two, downing senior Yu Zhang 6-2, 6-0. On court four, Llorens responded to a first-set loss with a 6-1 second, but ultimately lost the decider to Alex Bulte, ending the match at 4-1. As the match finished, Nad led 5-4 in the second set, looking to battle back after a first-set loss on court five. No. 15 Corey Craig took a set off Dominko to even the score, but the Slovenian lefty was up a break at 3-1 in the decider.
Miami
Notre Dame made their way to Miami two days later for a Saturday afternoon match with the Hurricanes in the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. They once again secured the doubles point, this time via wins on courts two and three from the senior pairing of Zhang and Jameson Corsillo and the rookie duo of Nad/Llorens, who made it 10 straight with their impressive 6-1 victory. Miami would quickly respond in singles play, taking the opening two matches on courts one and three. Dominko suffered his first loss since mid-February, falling 6-4, 6-0 to the No. 24-ranked Martin Katz. Nacho Serra Sanchez then put the Hurricanes in front with his 6-2, 6-2 win over Thompson. Magimay evened the score, however, earning a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 victory over Jules Garot in the No. 6 matchup. The next two wins for Miami required third sets, as Antonio Prat took down Zhang 6-3 in the decider on court two before Leonardo Dal Boni secured the win after outlasting Nad 7-5 in a third-set tiebreak on court five. After dropping the first set, the freshman Nad battled back to win the second set tiebreak 10-8. He could not survive his second consecutive set tiebreak, however, and his valiant attempt to keep Notre Dame in the match fell just short.
The two losses leave Notre Dame at an even 13-13 for the season, with a 1-11 conference mark. They play one final regular season match in Kentucky against Louisville on Saturday before turning their focus to the ACC Championships on April 16-20.
