University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Friday, April 21
New Orleans, La.
3 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
2
vs
4
Georgia State
Cajuns Drop Hard Fought Contest To Top-Seeded Panthers In SBC Tournament
4/21/2017 6:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Libaud finishes with team-high 16 wins in singles play for Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – Arthur Libaud earned a three-set 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Zackery Kennedy at No. 1 singles while the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team claimed the doubles point, but top-seeded and No. 37-ranked Georgia State claimed four singles matches and claimed a 4-2 victory at the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships on Friday at City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.
The freshman tandem of Pearse Dolan and Elio Lago clinched the doubles point for Louisiana (13-13) at No. 3 doubles with a 7-6 (7-4) win over Quentin Coulaud and Felipe Jaworski. Libaud, who was named a second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection on Thursday, played his second three-set match this season against Kennedy, ranked No. 84 in the country in the ITA Rankings.
Libaud and Jamie Fraser forced a deciding match in doubles after defeating Georgia State's Sebastian Acuna and Jack MacFarlane at No. 2, 6-3. GSU (17-6) opened doubles play with a win at No. 1 as Kennedy and Andrei Andrukhou earned a 6-4 victory over the tandem of Eric Perez and Coleman Wahlborg.
Sebastian Acuna gave GSU a 2-0 lead as he defeated Wahlborg at No. 5, 6-3, 6-1, before Andrukhou earned a 7-5, 6-2 win over Dolan at No. 2. Jannis Koeke increased the GSU lead to 3-1 after he claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win over Vlad Kramarov at No. 3 before Coulaud clinched the match for the Panthers with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Fraser at No. 4.
Fraser and Libaud capped off a successful first season as a doubles tandem for Louisiana with an overall 18-5 record and 16-4 mark in dual matches. Libaud posted a team-best 16-9 record in singles play for the Ragin' Cajuns with a 14-7 record during the spring.
#37 Georgia State 4, Louisiana 2
Apr 21, 2017 at New Orleans, La. (City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Arthur Libaud (LA) def. #84 Zackery Kennedy (GSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) def. Pearse Dolan (LA) 7-5, 6-2
3. Jannis Koeke (GSU) def. Vlad Kramarov (LA) 6-2, 6-2
4. Quentin Coulaud (GSU) def. Jamie Fraser (LA) 7-5, 7-5
5. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) def. Coleman Wahlborg (LA) 6-3, 6-1
6. Felipe Jaworski (GSU) vs. Elio Lago (LA) 4-6, 6-6, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Andrei Andrukhou/Zackery Kennedy (GSU) def. Eric Perez/Coleman Wahlborg (LA) 6-4
2. Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud (LA) def. Sebastian Acuna/Jack MacFarlane (GSU) 6-3
3. Pearse Dolan/Elio Lago (LA) def. Quentin Coulaud/Felipe Jaworski (GSU) 7-6 (7-4)
Match Notes
Louisiana 13-13
Georgia State 17-6; National ranking #37
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,2,3,1,4)
The freshman tandem of Pearse Dolan and Elio Lago clinched the doubles point for Louisiana (13-13) at No. 3 doubles with a 7-6 (7-4) win over Quentin Coulaud and Felipe Jaworski. Libaud, who was named a second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection on Thursday, played his second three-set match this season against Kennedy, ranked No. 84 in the country in the ITA Rankings.
Libaud and Jamie Fraser forced a deciding match in doubles after defeating Georgia State's Sebastian Acuna and Jack MacFarlane at No. 2, 6-3. GSU (17-6) opened doubles play with a win at No. 1 as Kennedy and Andrei Andrukhou earned a 6-4 victory over the tandem of Eric Perez and Coleman Wahlborg.
Sebastian Acuna gave GSU a 2-0 lead as he defeated Wahlborg at No. 5, 6-3, 6-1, before Andrukhou earned a 7-5, 6-2 win over Dolan at No. 2. Jannis Koeke increased the GSU lead to 3-1 after he claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win over Vlad Kramarov at No. 3 before Coulaud clinched the match for the Panthers with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Fraser at No. 4.
Fraser and Libaud capped off a successful first season as a doubles tandem for Louisiana with an overall 18-5 record and 16-4 mark in dual matches. Libaud posted a team-best 16-9 record in singles play for the Ragin' Cajuns with a 14-7 record during the spring.
#37 Georgia State 4, Louisiana 2
Apr 21, 2017 at New Orleans, La. (City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Arthur Libaud (LA) def. #84 Zackery Kennedy (GSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Andrei Andrukhou (GSU) def. Pearse Dolan (LA) 7-5, 6-2
3. Jannis Koeke (GSU) def. Vlad Kramarov (LA) 6-2, 6-2
4. Quentin Coulaud (GSU) def. Jamie Fraser (LA) 7-5, 7-5
5. Sebastian Acuna (GSU) def. Coleman Wahlborg (LA) 6-3, 6-1
6. Felipe Jaworski (GSU) vs. Elio Lago (LA) 4-6, 6-6, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Andrei Andrukhou/Zackery Kennedy (GSU) def. Eric Perez/Coleman Wahlborg (LA) 6-4
2. Jamie Fraser/Arthur Libaud (LA) def. Sebastian Acuna/Jack MacFarlane (GSU) 6-3
3. Pearse Dolan/Elio Lago (LA) def. Quentin Coulaud/Felipe Jaworski (GSU) 7-6 (7-4)
Match Notes
Louisiana 13-13
Georgia State 17-6; National ranking #37
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,2,3,1,4)
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