WINTER PARK, Fla. – The University of New Orleans men's tennis team dropped its second dual in four days to a nationally-ranked squad, falling 7-2 to No. 6 Rollins on Tuesday afternoon.
The doubles' tandem of
Ricardo Campos and
Hossam Meligy posted one of the two wins on the day for UNO (8-6). For the third time in a week, the duo dispatched a nationally-ranked duo with an 8-5 win over No. 10 Lucas Invita and Jason Alabaster.
Campos and Meligy's victories earlier in the week included positive results against the No. 8 and No. 14 duos in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.
The other win for the Privateers over RC (14-6) came at the No. 4 singles' position where
Vinay Kamineni won a super-tiebreaker 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 over Ari Davis.
UNO nearly added another ranked win to their count when Meligy fell to No. 43 ranked Malte Christensen 7-5, 4-6, 10-2 at the No. 3 court.
The Privateer men's and women's teams will face Valdosta State on Wednesday at 2 p.m. VSU's men are ranked No. 5 in the most recent ITA ranking.
#6 Rollins 7, #31 University of New Orleans 2
Singles competition
1. #2 Lucas Jovita (RC) def.
Ricardo Campos (UNO) 6-1, 6-0
2. #6 Jeff Morris (RC) def.
Yoshikazu Ysa (UNO) 6-2, 6-1
3. #43 Malte Christesen (RC) def.
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 7-5, 4-6, 10-2
4.
Vinay Kamineni (UNO) def. Ari Davis (RC) 6-4, 5-7, 10-8
5. Constantin Sturdza (RC) def.
David Malmgren (UNO) 7-5, 6-3
6. Jason Alabaster (RC) def.
Daniel Populus (UNO) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1.
Ricardo Campos/
Hossam Meligy (UNO) def. #10 Lucas Jovita/Jason Alabaster (RC) 8-5
2. Malte Christesen/Constantin Sturdza (RC) def.
Dominik Kardell/
Daniel Populus (UNO) 8-5
3. Jeff Morris/Ari Davis (RC) def.
Vinay Kamineni/
David Malmgren (UNO) 8-4
