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