University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Bid Farewell to Castellana, Tarkowski on Senior Day, Dominate Southern Miss 6-1
4/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
UL Lafayette (9-9) snapped a two-match losing streak with the victory. The loss for Southern Miss (7-13) is their fourth in the last five matches.
Seniors Marc Castellana and Michael Tarkowski were honored during Senior Day festivities before the match began.
In doubles, Castellana and Corduneanu crushed David Canudas and Dylan Mezey 8-0 at the No. 1 spot. Ivan Kovalev and Amanjot Singh knocked off Thomas Funke and Juan Garzon 8-5. Robin Ley and Shaun Ellison did not finish their doubles match against Reid Bourgeois and Christopher Rea because the Cajuns had already clinched the doubles point.
In singles, No. 98-ranked Evghenii
Corduneanu needed just two sets to defeated No. 113
David Canudas 6-4, 6-4. Singh and Castellana eased
past Marc Lux and Garzon, respectively.
At the No. 4 spot, Ley needed a third-set tiebreak to
defeat Bourgeois 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Ellison handled Funke 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. The
only loss for the Cajuns came at the No. 6 spot, where
Dylan Mezey defeated senior Michael Tarkowski 6-4, 6-3
in his final home match of his career.
"It was an emotional day as a coach," UL Lafayette
second-year head coach Justin McGrath said. "The guys
came out played for Marc and Michael and the scores
reflect it."
"The guys (Marc and Michael) have given a lot to this
program."
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team will be
back in action Saturday, April 17 when they close out
the regular season against Sun Belt Conference rival
Arkansas-Little Rock in a 1 p.m. match in Little Rock,
Ark.
#54 Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Southern Mississippi 1
#2 Amanjot Singh (UL) d. Marc Lux (USM) 6-3, 6-0
#3 Marc Castellana (UL) d. Juan Garzon (USM) 6-2, 6-0
#4 Robin Ley (UL) d. Reid Bourgeois (USM) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
#5 Shaun Ellison (UL) d. Thomas Funke (USM) 6-0, 6-1
#6 Dylan Mezey (USM) d. Michael Tarkowski (UL) 6-4, 6-3
--LOUISIANA'S RAGIN' CAJUNS--
