Ragin' Cajuns Fall In First Round Of SBC Championships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 20, 2018
Contact: David Collins (908) 334-5547; david.collins@louisiana.edu

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – Despite their best efforts, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Tennis, seeded second, couldn't pull off the comeback in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships, losing 4-2 to the seventh seeded Appalachian State Mountaineers.

Louisiana finishes the season 18-10, which is still the best record they've had since the 2014 season. Sophomore Pearse Dolan got a win at No. 5, to finish with a team best 18-4 record in singles while fellow sophomore Jamie Fraser won at No. 6 (12-10) for the Cajuns two lone wins in singles.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Doubles): The Cajuns took the first match in doubles when duo of junior Arthur Libaud and Fraser took down the App State pair of Brea and Stone, 6-0. But the Cajuns would lose the next two matches to drop the doubles point.

At No. 2 Ben Webster and Pavkovich beat Louisiana's pairing of Dolan and freshman Pierce Gilheany, 6-1. Following that App State locked up the doubles point with a win at No. 1, with the pairing of Scott Webster and Bargeron beating sophomore Elio Lago and senior Vlad Kramarov, 6-2, to take a 1-0 lead into singles.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Singles): Fraser got the Cajuns their first win of the match with a win at No. 6 when he took down Alex Brea, 6-1, 6-2. Fraser came storming back in the second set, winning three straight games after dropping the first game. He rode that momentum to a straight set win to tie the score up at 1-1.

Louisiana then took the lead when at No. 5, Dolan got a straight set win, 6-4, 6-2, over Campbell Stone, to get his 18th win of the season. The win put the Cajuns ahead 2-1, but it was a lead they would relinquish over the next few matches.

App State tied the match up 2-2, when at No. 1 Scott Webster beat Lago in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. The Mountaineers then took the lead with a win at No. 2 when Sojka lost to Milo Bargeron, in a three-set battle, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

At No. 3 App State locked up the win when Ben Webster's three-set win over Libaud finished 0-6, 6-1, 6-4. The loss finished the season, but it was a successful season nonetheless for the Cajuns, finishing the season 18-10, which is the best record they've had since 2014.

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Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships First Round
Appalachian State 4, Louisiana 2
Apr. 20, 2018 at Peachtree City, Ga.
(Peachtree City Tennis Courts)
Doubles:
1.) Webster S./Bargeron (APP) def. Lago/Kramarov (LA) 6-2
2.) Pavkovich/Webster B. (APP) def. Dolan/Gilheany (LA) 6-1
3.) Libaud/Fraser (LA) def. Brea/Stone (APP) 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*

Singles:
1.) Scott Webster (APP) def. Elio Lago (LA) 6-3, 6-4
2.) Milo Bargeron (APP) def. Nico Sojka (LA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
3.) Ben Webster (APP) def. Arthur Libaud (LA) 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
4.) Vlad Kramarov (LA) vs. Alex Pavkovich (APP) DNF
5.) Pearse Dolan (LA) def. Campbell Stone (APP) 6-4, 6-2
6.) Jamie Fraser (LA) def. Alex Brea (APP) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 1, 2, 3*

Records:
Louisiana: 18-10
Appalachian State: 12-10

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Ragin' Cajuns Fall In First Round Of SBC Championships

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