University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajun Men's Tennis Falls to Middle Tennessee
4/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr. 7, 2002
CAJUN MEN'S TENNIS FALLS TO #36 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun men's
tennis team fell to 4-13 on the season Sunday with a 5-2 loss to Sun Belt
Conference opponent 36th-ranked Middle Tennessee State at the Buck
Bouldin Tennis Center.
The match started when the Blue Raiders swept the
doubles competition.
At No. 1 doubles Michael Tarkowski and Johann van
der Westhuizen were defeated 8-6 by the 26th-ranked duo of Oliver
Foreman and Robert Gustafsson.
Jakub Ilowski and Bobby Hawkins fell 8-2 to Daniel
Klemetz and Kirk Jackson, ranked 46, at No. 2 doubles.
Doubles play concluded with Anthony Blache and Marc
Castellana falling 8-5 to Trevor Short and Michael Staniak at No. 3 doubles.
In singles Ilowski suffered a 7-5, 6-3 loss to 14th-ranked
Klemetz at No. 1 singles.
At No. 2 singles Blache earned a 6-2, 6-4 loss to
105th-ranked Gustafsson. This was Blache's first defeat from a
ranked player this season.
The Cajuns' two points of the match came from
Westhuizen and Castellana at No. 3 and 5 singles over Foreman and Short.
At No. 4 and 6 singles Tarkowksi and Hawkins both
suffered three-set losses to Stankiak and Rishan Kuruppu.
The Cajuns will return to action Monday when they
meet 58th-ranked Alabama-Birmingham at 2 p.m. in Birmingham, Ala.
#36 Middle Tennessee 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 2
Singles
No. 1 – #14 Daniel Klemetz (MTSU) def. Jakub Ilowski
(ULL) 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 – #105 Robert Gustafsson (MTSU) def. Anthony
Blache (ULL) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Johann van der Westhuizen (ULL) def. Oliver
Foreman (MTSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 – Michael Staniak (MTSU) def. Michael
Tarkowski (ULL) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 – Marc Castellana (ULL) def. Trevor Short
(MTSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Rishan Kuruppu (MTSU) def. Bobby Hawkins
(ULL) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 – #26 Foreman-Gustafsson (MTSU) def.
Tarkowski-Westhuizen (ULL) 8-6
No. 2 – #46 Klemetz-Jackson (MTSU) def.
Ilowski-Hawkins (ULL) 8-2
No. 3 – Short-Staniak (MTSU) def. Blache-Castellana
(ULL) 8-5
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