UNO-XULA Results
Team Statistics
NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans men's tennis team dropped their season opener on Friday evening, falling 6-3 to crosstown foe Xavier at City Park.
Nationally-ranked singles' and doubles' players made their mark throughout the lineup for XULA (1-1), accounting for five of the squad's six victories on the day for a Gold Rush program that produced its first-ever victory over UNO.
XULA started off play by claiming 2 of 3 doubles' matches against the three debuting UNO doubles tandems.
At the No. 1 position, No. 46 ranked Loic Didavi and Zach Taylor fended off UNO's
Yoshikazu Ysa and
Hossam Meligy 8-4. The No. 21 duo of Sean Richardson and Steffen Giles-Osborn held on for an 8-6 win over
Dominik Kardell and
Rohit Chivukula at No. 3.
The lone Privateer victory in doubles' play came at the No. 2 position where
Ricardo Campos and
David Malmgren downed unranked Viktor Svoboda and Corey Huggins 8-6.
Trailing 2-1 with six singles' matches slated, UNO got a win at the No. 3 position as Ysa claimed a 6-3, 6-0 result over Huggins to knot the team score at 2-all.
XULA broke the tie over the next few minutes with wins by a pair of top 15 NAIA singles' players. The No. 7 ranked Didavi bested Campos 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 1 court with No. 13 Giles-Osborn defeating Kardell 7-6 (4), 6-3 at No. 5.
UNO would have its chances to win the dual as the remaining three matches reached a third set.
The first three-set affair off the court went to the Gold Rush's Taylor at the No. 2 court and clinched the dual for the host institution. Taylor's win was the lone victory for a non-ranked XULA player on the day as he rallied from a set down for a 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 result over Meligy.
No. 47 ranked Rahbar was next to finish up for XULA, winning a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 match against UNO's
Daniel Populus. The final match of the day went the Privateers' way with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win by Malmgren over Svoboda.
The UNO men's tennis team will return to action on Sunday at the University Tennis Center for their home opener against West Florida. First serve is at 11 a.m.
Xavier (NO) 6, University of New Orleans 3
Feb. 3, 2012 at New Orleans, La. (City Park)
Singles competition
1. Loic Didavi (XAV) def.
Ricardo Campos (UNO) 6-2, 6-4
2. Zach Taylor (XAV) def.
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-2
3.
Yoshikazu Ysa (UNO) def. Corey Huggins (XAV) 6-3, 6-0
4.
David Malmgren (UNO) def. Viktor Svoboda (XAV) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
5. Steffen Giles-Osborn (XAV) def.
Dominik Kardell (UNO) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
6. Amir Rahbar (XAV) def.
Daniel Populus (UNO) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Loic Didavi/Zach Taylor (XAV) def.
Yoshikazu Ysa/
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 8-4
2.
Ricardo Campos/
David Malmgren (UNO) def. Viktor Svoboda/Corey Huggins (XAV) 8-6
3. Sean Richardson/Steffen Giles-Osborn (XAV) def.
Dominik Kardell/
Rohit Chivukula (UNO) 8-6
Match Notes
University of New Orleans 0-1
Xavier (NO) 1-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,5,2,6,4)
