Privateers Fall to NAIA Power Xavier

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The New Orleans Privateers men's tennis team fell 5-4 at Xavier University on Thursday afternoon.

The Privateers (6-9) managed to only win one doubles match with the duo of Blake Gregor and Luis Albuquerque winning 8-5 at No. 2 over Tushar Mandlekar and Kevin Chaouat.  The Gold Rush (9-9) capitalized on the other two to have the advantage going into singles play.

In singles action, Albuquerque was the first to find a win for the Privateers, knocking off Adam Albrecht 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6.  Christoffer Appelgren followed suit with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Chaouat at No. 5, but the match had already been decided with five matches in favor of the Gold Rush.

Although the match was decided, Rui Silva and Jordan Harrell battled it out at No. 3 with Silva taking the 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 victory to close the match.

Official scores from the match are below.

Tennis Match Results
New Orleans Privateers vs Xavier
April 17, 2014 at New Orleans, La.
(XU Tennis Center)

#10 Xavier 5, New Orleans Privateers 4

Singles competition
1. #16 Kyle Montrel (XU) def. Timo Kranz (UNOM) 6-4, 6-1
2. #29 Nikita Soifer (XU) def. Gonzalo Garcia (UNOM) 6-2, 6-4
3. Rui Silva (UNOM) def. Jordan Harrell (XU) 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 1-0 (10-2)
4. Tushar Mandlekar (XU) def. Blake Gregor (UNOM) 6-4, 6-1
5. Chris Appelgren (UNOM) def. Kevin Chaouat (XU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Luis Albuquerque (UNOM) def. Adam Albrecht (XU) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #20 Kyle Montrel/Nikita Soifer (XU) def. Timo Kranz/Rui Silva (UNOM) 8-5
2. Blake Gregor/Luis Albuquerque (UNOM) def. Tushar Mandlekar/Kevin Chaouat (XU) 8-5
3. Viktor Svoboda/Adam Albrecht (XU) def. Gonzalo Garcia/Chris Appelgren (UNOM) 8-5

Match Notes:
New Orleans Privateers 6-9
Xavier 9-9; National ranking #10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,1,2,6,5,3)