University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Xavier (La.)
@RaginCajunsMT Returns To Cajun Courts For Doubleheader Against Xavier (La.)
3/12/2019 2:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Men's Tennis (16-5), after nearly a month on the road, returns to Cajun Courts on Wednesday, March 13, for a doubleheader against Xavier [La.] (6-2) with the first match starting at 5 p.m. and the second set to begin shortly after at 6:30 p.m.
TOP RECRUITING CLASS: Louisiana head coach Mark Jeffrey and associate head coach Luc Godin have been busy during the most recent recruiting period, signing two recruits to National Letters of Intent who are among some of the top ranked in the nation giving the Ragin' Cajuns the No. 26 ranked recruiting class of 2019 in the nation as ranked by the Tennis Recruiting Network and Mizuno in its Top-25 Men's Tennis Recruiting Classes.
Louisiana's two signees, both from Europe, come in as highly touted recruits. Hailing from Sofia, Bulgaria, Ivailo Keremedchiev, is a six-foot-one right-hander, who has a large amount of experience playing in high leveled competitions. And Stefan Gazo, is a native of Belgrade, Serbia, and he was signed more recently to the program.
FRASER/LIBAUD RACK UP WINS: Louisiana junior Jamie Fraser and senior Arthur Libaud have each been rolling through their 2019 campaigns, with both Fraser and Libaud racking up double-digit wins in singles.
Fraser has gone 14-2, playing primarily No. 4-6, and the Louisiana junior has won two straight matches and is 5-2 over his last 10 matches. As for Libaud, he's ripped off an 11-4 record, playing the majority of his tennis at No. 3-4 and he is 6-3 over his past 10 matches.Â
FRESHMAN DUO: Louisiana freshmen Jan Galka and Kacper Dworak have led Louisiana in doubles win, pairing together to go 10-3, 7-3 at No. 2 doubles, to sit as the best doubles pairing for Louisiana in terms of total wins. Overall, Galka has 12 wins in doubles and Dworak has 11 and over the past 10 matches together they are 8-2.Â
WHAT THE GOLD RUSH BRING: Xavier (La.) enters the match on a three-match winning streak and they currently sit at 6-2 for the year. The Gold Rush's last two wins have been conference wins, taking down Gulf Coast Athletic Conference foes Texas A&M-Texarkana and Rust by a combined score of 15-0.
Xavier (La.) enters the match ranked third in the latest NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 poll, having been in that slot since the preseason poll came out. This will the eighth straight season that Louisiana and Xavier (La.) have met on the courts, with Louisiana holding an 11-0 advantage during that stretch.
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