Georgia State Rallies Past Ragin' Cajuns, 6-1

LAFAYETTE — The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team claimed the doubles point as well as the opening set in three singles matches, but Georgia State rallied to defeat the Ragin' Cajuns 6-1 on Friday at Cajun Courts.

Louisiana (8-3), which has its eight-match win streak snapped, opened the day on a high note behind an energetic crowd. The senior duo of Eric Perez and Coleman Wahlborg improved to 2-1 at No. 1 doubles for the Cajuns, needing 21 minutes to earn a dominant 6-1 victory over Georgia State's Zackery Kennedy and Jannis Koeke.

The Ragin' Cajuns clinched the doubles point at No. 2 as the tandem of Jamie Fraser and Arthur Libaud earned their seventh straight victory with a 6-3 win over Georgia State's Sebastian Acuna and Andrei Andrukhou.

Louisiana claimed the opening set in singles matches at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4, but Georgia State (6-4) would get straight-set wins from Jack McFarlane (No. 6) and Andrukhou (No. 3) to take a 2-1 lead. Acuna notched a straight-set victory at No. 5 singles for GSU before Kennedy, ranked No. 85 in the country, rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Libaud at No. 1.

Georgia State, which defeated then-No. 27 Florida State last month, closed out the match as Koeke and Quentin Coulaud claimed three-set victories.

Louisiana will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 18) when it faces UTSA in an 11 a.m. match. Admission to Ragin' Cajuns tennis matches is free.

Georgia State 6, Louisiana 1
Feb 10, 2017 at Lafayette, La. (Cajun Courts)

Singles competition
1. #85 Zackery Kennedy (GSU) def. Arthur Libaud (LA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
2. Jannis Koeke (GSU) def. Pearse Dolan (LA) 6-7, 6-3, 10-2
3. Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) def. Vlad Kramarov (LA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Quentin Coulaud (GSU) def. Coleman Wahlborg (LA) 6-7, 6-3, 10-6
5. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) def. Elio Lago (LA) 6-2, 6-4
6. Jack MacFarlane (GSU) def. Eric Perez (LA) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Eric Perez/Coleman Wahlborg (LA) def. Zackery Kennedy/Jannis Koeke (GSU) 6-1
2. Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud (LA) def. Sebastian Acuna/Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) 6-3
3. Pearse Dolan/Vlad Kramarov (LA) vs. Quentin Coulaud/Felipe Jaworski (GSU) 3-4, unfinished

Match Notes
Georgia State 6-4
Louisiana 8-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2); Singles (6, 3, 5, 1, 2, 4)

Georgia State Rallies Past Ragin' Cajuns, 6-1

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Players Mentioned

Pearse Dolan

Jamie Fraser

Vlad Kramarov

Elio Lago

Arthur Libaud

Eric Perez

Coleman Wahlborg

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