LORMAN, Miss. – The New Orleans Privateers men's and women's tennis teams enjoyed a successful day in Mississippi as both squads swept a doubleheader against Alcorn State on Friday. The men won 7-0 and 4-0 while the women won 7-0 and 6-1.
MEN'S RESULTS
Every Privateer on the roster was involved in making the day a clean sweep for the Privateers. It started early with New Orleans dominating in doubles.
Akos Kotorman and
Max Heinzel won 6-3 at flight one while
Matthew Armbruster and
Mihajlo Drobnjakovic won by the same score at flight three in the first match of the day.
As the first match broke to singles, the Privateers got some big performances at the top two flights.
Marcel Volz rallied from down a set to win his match at flight one while Heinzel did the same at flight two.
It was more of the same for the Privateers in the second match of the day. Kotorman this time paired with
Espen Lagarde for a doubles victory at flight one.
David Tesic and
Dhruv Tangri scored a win at flight three in doubles.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
The women's team got a pair of three-set wins in the first match of the day to vault the club to a clean sweep and their first of two wins on the day.
Ank Vullings topped Andrea Quiroz 6-2 in the third set to score a win at flight two.
Estelle Vanthier was the first to 10 in a third set tiebreak against her opponent at flight three to secure one of the seven points for the Privateers.
In doubles,
Lina Hohnhold and
Marthe Degeorges went 2-0 at flight one. They won 7-5 in the first match of the day and 6-3 in the nightcap. Hohnhold also went 2-0 in singles with both matches taking place at flight one.
Mar Gendra only lost five games in four sets on her way to two singles victories on the day, both at flight five.
Salma Abdelrahim won in straight sets in the first match of the day at flight six and got another win by default because Alcorn State did not have enough players to compete in the second match.
NEXT UP
The men's team will face Prairie View A&M on Monday, Jan. 31 at the University Tennis Center. The women will travel to Southern Miss on Feb. 3.
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