University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Ragin' Cajuns Notch Huge Victory over Southern Miss
2/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Ragin'
Cajuns Notch Huge Victory over Southern Miss
HATTIESBURG, Miss.-Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team swept Conference USA foe Southern Mississippi 7-0 Sunday here at the Hattiesburg Country Club.
The Cajuns have now won two consecutive matches, including sweeping three of their last four opponents. UL Lafayette improves to 3-2, while the Golden Eagles drop to 2-4.
In doubles, Marc Lux and Nicolas Carteret of Southern Miss downed UL Lafayette's Ivan Kovalev and Jakub Ilowski 8-6. The Cajuns won the remaining two doubles matches to receive the doubles point.
In singles, Ilowski (5-1) extended his winning streak to five matches with 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 victory over David Canudas.
Junior and Berlin, Germany, native Michael Tarkowski also improved to 5-1 on the season with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 victory over Uwe Gneiting.
"Today, as a team, we learned how to finish," said UL Lafayette head coach Justin McGrath. "I have never been more proud of a group of guys than I have today."
Freshmen Amanjot Singh, Evghenii Corduneanu and Ivan Kovalev all notched victories for the Cajuns in singles play. Singh defeated J.J. Martin 7-5, 6-3, while Kovalev won 6-3, 6-3 over Nicolas Carteret. Corduneanu downed Marc Lux 6-2, 6-1.
"We had quite a few close matches and we learned how to finish. That is difficult to do in dual matches in order to win."
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team returns home on Friday, Feb. 28, to face Texas-Arlington in a 1:30 p.m. dual match at Cajun Courts.
Match
Results
Louisiana-Lafayette 7,
Southern Miss 0
SINGLES
#1 Jakub Ilowski (UL) def. David Canudas (USM) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
#2 Michael Tarkowski (UL) def. Uwe Gneiting (USM) 6-4, 2-6,
6-0
#3 Amanjot Singh (UL) def. J.J. Martin (USM) 7-5, 6-3
#4 Ivan Kovalev (UL) def. Nicolas Carteret (USM) 6-3, 6-3
#5 Marc Castellana (UL) def. Reid Bourgeois (USM) 6-1, 3-6,
6-0
#6
Evghenii Corduneanu (UL) def. Marc Lux (USM) 6-2, 6-1
DOUBLES
#1 Ilowski/Kovalev (UL) l. to Carteret/Lux (USM) 8-6
#2 Tarkowski/Castellana (UL) def. Martin/Bourgeois (USM) 8-5
#3 Singh/Corduneanu (UL) def. Gneiting/Canudas (USM) 8-6
-Ragin' Cajuns-
