University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Justin McGrath Nets First Career Win as Ragin' Cajuns Coach
2/12/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Justin
McGrath Nets First Career Win as Ragin' Cajuns Coach
LAFAYETTE-Justin McGrath netted his first career win as the head coach of Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns with a 7-0 victory over Centenary College here Wednesday at Cajun Courts.
The Cajuns (1-1) posted their first 7-0 shutout since defeating Lamar on January 30, 2001, at Cajun Courts. UL Lafayette also defeated Centenary (0-6) 7-0 that same season.
"I felt we came out and did what we had to do," said McGrath. "We are looking forward to Saturday's match with SMU."
Jakub Ilowski defeated Centenary's Nathan Bridges 6-1, 6-0. The match was Ilowski's first since a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over the nation's No. 1 player, Baylor's Benedikt Dorsch, on Jan. 20.
UL Lafayette's Evghenii Corduneanu won his first career match as a collegiate with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Josh Pinto.
With the loss, the Gents drop to 0-36 in singles dual matches this season, while falling to 0-15 in doubles.
Louisiana-Lafayette's men's tennis team will travel to Dallas, Texas, on Saturday to face No. 38 Southern Methodist in a 12:00 p.m. dual match.
Match
Results
Louisiana-Lafayette 7, Centenary 0
SINGLES
#1 Jakub Ilowski (UL) def. Nathan Bridges
(CC) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Amanjot Singh (UL) def. Caleb Ashley (CC) 6-2, 6-0
#3 Michael Tarkowski (UL) def. Brian Roberts (CC) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Marc Castellana (UL) def. Charlie Matter (CC) 6-0, 6-0
#5 Evghenii Corduneanu (UL) def. Josh Pinto (CC) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Ivan Kovalev (UL) def. Arthur Okura (CC) 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
#1 Ilowski/Kovalev (UL) def. Bridges/Roberts (CC) 8-1
#2 Tarkowski/Castellana (UL) def. Pinto/Matter (CC) 8-2
#3 Singh/Corduneanu (UL) def. Ashley/Khoury (CC) 8-0
-Ragin' Cajuns-
