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2/15/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

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Feb. 15, 2002

CAJUNS CLAIM FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN OVER NEW MEXICO

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun men's tennis team claimed a 4-3 victory over the University of New Mexico Saturday at Cajun Courts. This was the Cajuns' fourth-straight win of the spring season.

The match started off hard for the Cajuns when New Mexico won the doubles point. Jason Pieters and Marc Castellan were able to earn an 8-6 win over New Mexico's Brent Salazar and Ryan Stotland at the No. 1 spot in the doubles lineup.

However, Johann van der Westhuizen and Michael Tarkowski suffered an 8-5 loss at the No. 2 spot to Bart Scott and Michael Polasek.

New Mexico was able to clinch the doubles point when Anthony Blache and Jakub Ilowski were defeated 8-6 at the No. 3 doubles spot.

In singles, Pieters picked up a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Divan Coetzee at the leading spot in the Cajuns' singles lineup.

Moving to the second place in the lineup, Ilowski was also able to score a point for the Cajuns with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over New Mexico's David Kowalski.

Westhuizen and Tarkowski each picked up straight-set wins at the No. 4 and 6 spots in the Cajun lineup.

Cajun newcomers Blache and Castellan both suffered losses to Scott and Kowalski.

The Cajuns will return to action Saturday, February 16 when they travel to Baylor for a 1 p.m. matchup

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