ORLANDO, FLA—The Defending 2026 MEAC Men's Tennis Champions South Carolina State Bulldogs close out the season on the road in an 4-0 loss to #15 Central Florida in the first round of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships inside the USTA National Campus Friday (May. 1).
South Carolina State close out the season with an 13-8 overall record and their 6
th straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship and 21
st in school history.
Head coach
Hardeep Judge since his arrival has built a dynasty on both the men's and women's side with 36 league crowns and over 700+ career wins.
Tennis Match Results
South Carolina State vs UCF
5/1/2026 at Orlando, Fla.
(USTA National Campus)
#15 UCF 4, South Carolina State 0
Singles competition
1. #86 Yassine Dlimi (UCF) vs.
Mikalai Bankou (SCST) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
2. Wissam Abderrahman (UCF) def.
Novak Novakovic (SCST) 7-6 (7-5), 4-0, retired
3. Pedro Rodrigues (UCF) vs.
Iliyas Muratuly (SCST) 7-6 (7-1), 2-0, unfinished
4. Paul Colin (UCF) vs.
Andrii Borodatiuk (SCST) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
5. Nicolas Oliveira (UCF) def.
Bastian Zamora (SCST) 6-2, 6-2
6. Clement Lemire (UCF) def.
Vanja Petrov (SCST) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Paul Colin/Yassine Dlimi (UCF) def.
Mikalai Bankou/
Novak Novakovic (SCST) 6-3
2. Wissam Abderrahman/Mehdi Benchakroun (UCF) vs.
Iliyas Muratuly/
Andrii Borodatiuk (SCST) 3-4, unfinished
3. Luca Hotze/Nicolas Oliveira (UCF) def.
Julius Augunas/
Bastian Zamora (SCST) 6-1
Match Notes:
South Carolina State 13-8
UCF 21-6; National ranking #15
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (5,6,2)
