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THIBODAUX, La. – The University of New Orleans men's tennis team (7-6, 2-2 Southland) rallied back from dropping the doubles point to defeat the Nicholls Colonels (3-13, 1-4) on Friday at the Renaissance Family Fitness Center.
Nicholls started off by winning the first point of the day, winning both outer courts in doubles. Sam Meessen and Oleksander Podgursky took a hard fought 6-4 victory at No. 1 doubles and Bernard Wezeman and Max Sinn won 6-2 at No. 3 to give the Colonels the first point.
That was all for the Colonels though as UNO controlled the action in singles play. That included a pair of three-set victories at No. 1 and No. 3 singles. The first two matches that went in the books went the Privateers' way.
Nicolas Kramer and
Karim Shokeir both pulled straight set victories to put the Privateers ahead 2-1.
Giacomo Adoncecchi then won 6-3, 6-3 over Evan Karatzas to put UNO on the brink of victory. The clinching point was earned when
Jeffrey Hsu bounced back from losing a tiebreak in the first set to defeat Podgursky 7-6, 6-2 over the next two sets.
Gonzalo Garcia earned a victory in the last match to finish after also rallying from losing the first set.
The men will next face Louisiana-Lafayette at home on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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