BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 29 ranked LSU men's tennis team defeated the University of New Orleans 6-1 on Sunday night at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.
The win was the second on the day for a LSU (6-2) team which defeated No. 12 Texas A&M 4-3 earlier in the afternoon.
Playing their first match since a Feb. 8 victory against Alcorn State, UNO (1-2) was swept in all three doubles' matches.
The Tigers' greatest difficulty came at the No. 2 position where Roger Anderson and Chris Simpson rallied from behind to defeat
Yoshikazu Ysa and
David Malmgren 8-7.
The other notable win for LSU in doubles' action came at the No. 3 court where David Roberts and Matt Zachary dispatched the Privateers'
Dominik Kardell and
Vinay Kamineni 8-2. The action was the first for Kamineni since Apr. 10, 2011 as injuries have held the UNO junior out of play this season.
The Tigers' clinched the dual with a win on the No. 4 court where Anderson defeated Malmgren 6-4, 6-3.
LSU won the remaining matches in straight sets, including Skupski's 6-2, 6-1 victory over
Ricardo Campos at No. 1, Simpson defeating
Hossam Meligy 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2. and Tom Knights 6-1, 6-0 win over Ysa at No. 4. The other win came from David Roberts by a 6-2, 6-3 score over Kardell at No. 5.
The lone win for UNO came at No. 6 where
Daniel Populus defeated John Michaelis 6-4, 7-5.
UNO will have a few days off before returning to play on Mar. 1 at West Alabama. The dual against UWA starts a string of four straight conference matches over five days, capped by a return home on Mar. 5 against Christian Brothers.
#29 LSU 6, University of New Orleans 0
Feb 26, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La. (W.T. Dub Robinson Stadium)
Singles competition
1. Neal Skupski (LSU) def.
Ricardo Campos (UNO) 6-1, 6-2
2. Chris Simpson (LSU) def.
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 6-2, 6-2
3. Tom Knights (LSU) def.
Yoshikazu Ysa (UNO) 6-1, 6-0
4. Roger Anderson (LSU) def.
David Malmgren (UNO) 6-4, 6-3
5. David Roberts (LSU) def.
Dominik Kardell (UNO) 6-2, 6-3
6. John Michaelis (LSU) vs.
Daniel Populus (UNO) 4-6, 3-3, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Tom Knights/Neal Skupski (LSU) def.
Hossam Meligy/
Ricardo Campos (UNO) 8-3
2. Roger Anderson/Chris Simpson (LSU) def.
Yoshikazu Ysa/
David Malmgren (UNO) 8-7
3. Matt Zachary/David Roberts (LSU) def.
Dominik Kardell/
Vinay Kamineni (UNO) 8-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,2,4,1,5,6)
