Men’s Tennis Keeps Winning, Improves to 10-2

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Men's Tennis steamrolled its way through a Valentine's Day doubleheader to earn two more wins, improving their record to 10-2 on the year. The Ragin' Cajuns took down Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-0, and Northern Arizona, 4-0.

Match 1
Louisiana found no trouble against the Islanders as they took both doubles matches. First to win for the Ragin' Cajuns was Pierce Gilheany and Ivailo Keremedchiev who took down Pascal Lorieul and Thomas Rodrigues. Notching the doubles point for Louisiana was the team of Jan Galka and Kacper Dworak, beating Ryuya Ata and William Mottet by a final of 6-1.

In singles competition, Gilheany won his match in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, giving Louisiana a 2-0 lead. For the third point, Karlo Kajin won 6-4, 6-4. Clinching the match for the Ragin' Cajuns was Galka, taking down Moffett 6-4, 7-5.

Match 2
Louisiana started the second match winning the doubles point to grab a 1-0 lead over Northern Arizona. Kajin and Jamie Fraser won 6-1 over Daniel Dillon and Joachim Schaefer. To get the doubles point and their second win of the day, Galka and Dworak teamed up to take down NAU's Eban Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa.

The Ragin' Cajuns carried the momentum into singles, winning three straight to seal another victory. Stefan Gazo took care of business by defeating Dillon by a score of 6-1, 6-2. Next to win and to earn a 3-0 lead was Fraser, who took down Chris Steele, 6-2, 6-0. To clinch the Louisiana win, Keremedchiev knocked off Tumosa, 6-3, 6-2.

Louisiana Men's Tennis will play their next match in Boise, Id. when they travel to face Boise State on Saturday, Feb. 22. The match start time has yet to be announced.

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Final Results
Singles
Jan Galka(LA) def. William Mottet(AMCC), 6-4, 7-5
Ivailo Kermedchiev(LA) vs. Thomas Rodrigues(AMCC), 6-7, 7-5, unfinished
Kacper Dworak(LA) vs. Ryuya Ata(AMCC), 7-5, 1-6, 0-1, unfinished
Jamie Fraser(LA) vs. Kyohei Yamanaka(AMCC), 5-7, 4-3, unfinished
Karlo Kajin(LA) def. Pascal Lorieul(AMCC), 6-4, 6-4
Pierce Gilheany(LA) def. Guillermo Castaneda(AMCC), 6-0, 6-0

Jan Galka(LA) vs. Eban Straker-Meads(NAU), 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
Ivailo Keremedchiev(LA) def. Facundo Tumosa(NAU), 6-3, 6-2
Kacper Dworak(LA) vs. Alex Groves(NAU), 6-0, 3-4, unfinished
Jamie Fraser(LA) def. Chris Steele(NAU), 6-2, 6-0
Karlo Kajin(LA) vs. David Nguyen(NAU), 6-7, 3-0, unfinished
Stefan Gazo(LA) def. Daniel Dillon(NAU), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Jan Galka/Kacper Dworak(LA) def. Ryuya Ata/William Mottet(AMCC), 6-0
Pierce Gilheany/Ivailo Keremedchiev(LA) def. Pascal Lorieul/Thomas Rodrigues(AMCC), 6-1
Karlo Kajin/Jamie Fraser(LA) vs. Carlos Berna Ruiz/Kyohei Yamanaka(AMCC), 2-3, unfinished

Jan Galka/Kacper Dworak def. Eban Straker-Meads/Facundo Tumosa(NAU), 6-3
Pierce Gilheany/Ivailo Keremedchiev(LA) vs. Chris Steele/Alex Groves(NAU), 5-4, unfinished
Karlo Kajin/Jamie Fraser(LA) def. Daniel Dillon/Joachim Schaefer(NAU), 6-1

Men’s Tennis Keeps Winning, Improves to 10-2

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Kacper Dworak

Jamie Fraser

Jan Galka

Stefan Gazo

Pierce Gilheany

Karlo Kajin

Ivailo Keremedchiev