University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Arkansas - Little Rock
Men?s Tennis Stays Alive With Win Over UALR
4/20/2007 5:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Due to the tight struggle and several injury timeouts the match took almost five hours to be completed.
UALR quickly captured the doubles point with wins at positions Nos. 2 and 3. UALR's All-Conference duo of Edson Abrao and Rain Roigas defeated Jorge Delgado and Janusz Conradi 8-4 at No.2. Dusan Tabak and Arlen Domoney fell to Marco Ballok and German Perez 9-8(6) at No. 3.
In singles action, the match evened when Shaun Ellison downed Abrao 6-3, 6-2 at No.3.
UALR took a 3-1 lead in the match after Ballok defeated Delgado 6-4, 6-2 No. 5 and Juan Carlos Nunez topped Domoney 0-6, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6.
The Cajuns captured the next two matches. Tabak downed Roigas 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2, and Piotrek Banas defeated Dinko Halachev 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 at No. 1.
Conradi, battling through wrist injuries, clinched the win for the Cajuns with a 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-3 victory over Perez at the No. 4 spot.
This was the third straight match between the two teams this season.
UL moves on to face top-seed
Singles:
1. Piotrek Banas (ULL) def. Dinko Halachev (UALR) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Dusan Tabak (ULL) def. Rain Roigas (UALR) 6-3, 6-4
3. Shaun Ellison (ULL) def. Edson Abrao (UALR) 6-3, 6-2
4. German Perez (UALR) def. Janusz Conradi (ULL) 5-7, 7-6 (9-0), 6-3
5. Marko Ballok (UALR) def. Jorge Delgado (ULL) 6-4, 6-2
6. Juan Carlos Nunez (UALR) def. Arlen Domoney (ULL) 0-6, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles:
1. Yoann Chartron/Dinko Halachev (UALR) vs. Piotrek Banas/Shaun Ellison (ULL) 8-8 (3-0), unfinished
2. Edson Abrao/Rain Roigas (UALR) def. Jorge Delgado/Janusz Conradi (ULL) 8-4
3. Marko Ballok/German Perez (UALR) def. Dusan Tabak/Arlen Domoney (ULL) 9-8 (6-0)
Match Notes:
Match delayed due to injury time outs-
Order of finish - Doubles- 2,3,1
Singles, 3,5,6,2,1,4
