University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Northern Arizona
Libaud And Dolan Knock Off No. 27 Duo In The Country In @RaginCajunsMT 4-0 Win Over NAU
2/16/2019 1:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Senior Arthur Libaud and junior Pearse Dolan took down the No. 27 doubles pair in the country in a dominating win for Louisiana
LAFAYETTE – Powered by senior Arthur Libaud and junior Pearse Dolan taking down the No. 27 doubles duo in the country, Louisiana Men's Tennis (11-3) ended the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational on a high note, dominating Northern Arizona (3-4) in a 4-0 win to finish the weekend at Cajun Courts 2-1.
Libaud and Dolan's win over Northern Arizona's Tim Handel and Ruben Montano got Louisiana started while wins in singles by junior Jamie Fraser, Libaud and a clinching win at No. 6 by freshman Kacper Dworak highlighted a solid performance by Louisiana.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Doubles): Libuad and Dolan, playing the No. 27 duo of Handel and Montano, controlled their match at No. 1 doubles, taking down the nationally ranked duo, 6-3, to get Louisiana off to a fast start. The freshmen duo of Jan Galka and Dworak locked up the doubles point for Louisiana at No. 2 with a 6-4 win over Thomas Fisher and Chris Steele to give Louisiana a 1-0 lead heading into singles.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Singles): Louisiana's dominance of Northern Arizona continued into singles with the Ragin' Cajuns taking the next three matches without dropping a set to win the match. Fraser got Louisiana its first win at No. 5 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Fisher to put Louisiana up 2-0.
The next win came from Libaud, who's solid day continued in singles, and the Louisiana senior took down Facundo Tumosa, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 4 to put Louisiana on the brink of victory. At No. 6, the clinching point would come from Dworak, who battled through a hotly contested first set to take down Montano, 7-5, 6-4, to finish off the 4-0 win for Louisiana.
UP NEXT FOR THE CAJUNS: Louisiana next hits the road as they head to the 53rd Annual HEB Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christi, Texas from Friday, Feb. 22 through Saturday, Feb. 23.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,4,6
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