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Appalachian State
@RaginCajunsMT Heads East For Sun Belt Carolina Swing
3/28/2019 1:05:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BOONE, N.C. – Louisiana Men's Tennis (19-6, 1-1 SBC) hits the road for its first pair of Sun Belt Conference road matches, starting with a visit to Appalachian State (4-14, 0-2 SBC) on Friday, March 29, before wrapping up the weekend at Coastal Carolina (11-6, 1-1 SBC) on Sunday, March 31.
Louisiana's match in the mountains at Appalachian State will start at 12 p.m. CT, while the match on the beach at Coastal Carolina has its first serve set for a 9 a.m. CT start.
SPLITTING THE START: Louisiana opened up its conference account with a pair of home matches against Georgia Southern (Mar. 22) and Georgia State (Mar. 24). The Ragin' Cajuns cruised through the Eagles of Georgia Southern, winning 5-2, to start the conference season off with a win.
Against Georgia State, Louisiana had a battle that went down to the final match. The Ragin' Cajuns came back from dropping the doubles point, to win three matches in singles, but lost the final and deciding singles match to drop the match by a score of 4-3.
IMPRESSIVE FRESHMAN: Playing both matches over the weekend at No. 1 singles, freshman Jan Galka was a strong force for Louisiana, winning both matches he played. Against Georgia Southern's Stefano Di Aloy, Galka battled through to tiebreakers to take that match in straight sets, 7-6(5), 7-6(2).
Galka's next match was again a testament of his fortitude, taking on Georgia State's Roberts Grinvalds, surviving a second set loss, Galka took care of business in a three-set battle, winning 6-1, 0-6, 6-4. Overall in singles Galka is 9-6 on the season, but at No. 1 he is an impressive 7-5.
LIBAUD IS ON A RUN: Senior Arthur Libaud brings a four-match winning streak into Louisiana's weekend on the east coast, and he is second on the team in singles wins, sitting at 15-4 in singles. Playing both of his matches over the weekend at No. 4, Libaud won against Georgia Southern's Murphy McCullough, 7-6(5), 6-4, before taking down Georgia State's Bailey Showers, 6-3, 6-4.
WHAT THE MOUNTAINEERS BRING: Louisiana and Appalachian State last met on April 20, 2018, during the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships, with the Mountaineers taking the match 4-2. It was the first ever matchup between the two sides, giving the Mountaineers a slight 1-0 advantage over Louisiana in the all-time series.
The Mountaineers enter the match against Louisiana having lost its past five matches, losing 4-2 against UNC Greensboro on March 26. Appalachian State's opening conference matches were a pair of matches at South Alabama (L, 0-7) and Troy (L, 1-6), over the weekend of Mar. 23-24.
WHAT THE CHANTICLEERS BRING: Coastal Carolina enters the weekend having split its conference opening weekend in Alabama, beating Troy (Mar. 23), 5-2, before falling to South Alabama (Mar. 24), 4-1. Coastal will host UT Arlington on Friday, March 29, before Louisiana visits Conway, S.C.
All-time this will be the first meeting between Louisiana and Coastal Carolina.
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