University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Rice
Ragin’ Cajuns Cruise Past Owls, Win 6-1
2/7/2020 5:59:00 PM | Men's Tennis
HOUSTON - The Louisiana Men's Tennis team traveled to Houston and convincingly beat Rice, 6-1, on Friday afternoon to improve to 8-1 on the season.
Louisiana took the doubles point with the pairings of Jan Galka and Kacper Dworak and Pierce Gilheany and Karlo Kajin each winning 6-3.
Ivailo Keremedchiev was the first to exit the court in singles play, beating Campbell Salmon, 7-5, 6-0. Keremedchiev improved to 5-0 in singles matches on the year.
Galka also picked up a singles victory by beating Karol Paluch in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6.
Dworak was the third Ragin' Cajun to exit the court, picking up his first win in the No. 3 singles spot by beating Jacob Eskeland, 7-5, 6-1, while Gilheany and Fraser also added singles victories to help the Ragin' Cajuns claim the win.
Final Results
Doubles
Galka/Dworak (UL) def. Sarkar/Rutledge (Rice), 6-3
Salmon/Russell (Rice) def. Keremedchiev/Fraser (UL), 6-0
Gilheany/Kajin (UL) def. Barnett/Paluch (Rice), 6-3
Singles
Keremedchiev (UL) def. Salmon (Rice) 7-5, 6-0
Galka (UL) def. Paluch (Rice) 6-1, 7-6
Dworak (UL) def. Eskeland (Rice) 7-5, 6-1
Fraser (UL) def. Rutledge (Rice) 6-3, 7-5, 10-6
Russell (Rice) def. Kajin (UL) 3-6, 7-6, 11-9
Gilheany (UL) def. Oscislawski (Rice) 6-2, 6-7, 10-6
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3,6,4,5
