University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
South Alabama
Men Fall to South Alabama, 4-1
4/2/2010 8:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team lost its opening round game in the Sun Belt Shootout to South Alabama by the score of 4-1 on Friday morning in Troy, Ala.
The loss snaps a six-game win streak started by the Cajuns (9-10) after a loss to South Alabama in the HEB Invitational back in March.
South Alabama only dropped one match in their opening round fight against fifth-seeded Louisiana Friday morning. The Jaguars were able to clinch the match when Christian Kuehne won his match at number three over Louisiana's Tomasz Kryszkowki 6-4, 6-4.
Before the clinching match, the Jaguars used victories by Alexandre Bernard at number four, defeating Neil Schneider, and at number six where Dauw Kruger picked up a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Alexande Rupertsson.
UL picked up a victory at number three where Javier Pulgar battled back after losing the first set. He was able to come back and win the second and third sets 6-1, 6-1 to claim the victory.
The Jags captured the doubles point early with victories at number two and three, despite struggling at number one. The number two team of Christian Kuehne and Romain Bocaert made short work of the their opponents from Louisiana 8-2; while their teammates -- Dauw Kruger and Lucas Viel -- at number three took just a few minutes longer in dispatching of Robert Voss and Neil Schneider 8-4. The number one doubles match was halted with Louisiana winning 6-3.
Meanwhile, Louisiana falls to the consolation semifinals beginning at 8:30 am Saturday morning where they'll face Western Kentucky.
South Alabama 4, Louisiana 1
Singles competition
1. Bocaert, Romain (USA) vs. Murray, Carlin (UL) 2-6, 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
2. Pulgar, Javier (UL) def. Viel, Lucas (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
3. Kuehne, Christian (USA) def. Krzyszkowski, Tomasz (UL) 6-4, 6-4
4. Bernard, Alexandre (USA) def. Schneider, Neil (UL) 6-2, 6-1
5. Bartsch, Hanno (USA) vs. Voss, Robert (UL) 6-3, 6-7, 3-0, unfinished
6. Kruger, Dauw (USA) def. Rupertsson, Alexande (UL) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Bartsch, Hanno/Bernard, Alexandre (USA) vs. Pulgar, Javier/Krzyszkowski, Tomasz (UL) 4-6, unfinished
2. Bocaert, Romain/Kuehne, Christian (USA) def. Mandl, Yanick/Murray, Carlin (UL) 8-2
3. Kruger, Dauw/Viel, Lucas (USA) def. Schneider, Neil/Voss, Robert (UL) 8-4
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,6,2,3)]
#1 Doubles went unfinished - UL led South Alabama 6-3 when match was stopped
