Men's Tennis Loses Conference Finale to Abilene Christian

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HOUSTON, Texas – The University of New Orleans men's tennis team (7-8, 2-3 Southland) entered the day trailing 1-0 and fell 6-1 to the Abilene Christian Wildcats (19-8 3-2) on Saturday afternoon to close out their conference slate.
 
UNO entered the day trailing after losing the doubles point when the team originally met in New Orleans in mid-March. Abilene Christian picked up victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to earn the opening point of the match.
 
Jeffrey Hsu earned a victory at No. 1 singles to account for the only Privateers point. Hsu won the first set 6-4, but lost the second set 6-3 to Josh Sheehy. That forced a third set tiebreak, which Hsu prevailed in by a 10-7 score.
 
There was one other match that went to three sets, and it took place at No. 5 singles. Abilene Christian's Henry Adams lost the first set to Nicolas Kramer 6-4. Adams then ripped off a 6-2 win in the second set and a 6-3 victory in the third to clinch the match.
 
The Wildcats won three matches in straight sets, and also picked up a singles win at No.2 singles by virtue of a walkover. UNO will be the three seed in the conference tournament, which was already sealed before the day started.
 
UNO will close the regular season next Tuesday with Senior Day against Xavier. The match is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
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