NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers men's and women's tennis teams had an overall successful day in two dual matches against the Nicholls Colonels on a mostly sunny Friday at the Privateer Tennis Center.
The men swept singles in the morning and afternoon sessions. The women won five out of six doubles matches between both sessions.
NOTABLES
The Privateer men dropped only one set in the morning session of singles. Five of the seven singles matches contested were decided with just four or fewer games conceded.
Diane Bredberg Canizares and
Raluca Puscas went 2-0 in their doubles matches on the day at flight three. Puscas also scored a singles win against Carla Bouygues by winning a third set tiebreak 11-9.
Espen Lagarde only lost four games between two singles matches on the day. He defeated Griffin Babineaux 6-1, 6-0 and moved up a flight to beat Quentin Lamothe 6-2, 6-1.
It was the first look at a Southland opponent for the men's team this fall in their second tournament of the fall season.
Tristanne Dechoux, making her first appearance at home since April 2021 went 2-0 in doubles. Dechoux was a part of two doubles wins at flight two in the morning and flight one in the afternoon.
Max Heinzel was pushed to the limit before his opponent, Omar Morsy had to retire due to injury in a third set 10-point tiebreak. Heinzel won 6-1, 6-1 in singles during the morning session.
MORNING RESULTS
MEN
Doubles
1-UNO
Marcel Volz/
Max Heinzel def. Antonio Sasso/Quentin Lamothe 6-4
2-NICH Omar Morsy/Harry Collins def.
Karim Al-Amin/
Matthew Armbruster 7-6
3-UNO
Lilian Dubois/
Espen Lagarde def. Vladislav Gorbatenko/Jacob Krefting 6-4
Singles
1-UNO
Marcel Volz def. Vladislav Gorbatenko 6-2, 6-2
2-UNO
Max Heinzel def. Frederick McRae 6-1, 6-1
3-UNO
Karim Al-Amin def. Prasanna Bagade 6-0, 3-6, 10-6
4-UNO
Espen Lagarde def. Griffin Babineaux 6-1, 6-0
5-UNO
Matthew Armbruster def. Wout Doumen 6-0, 6-0
6-UNO
Lilian Dubois def. Ricardo Machado 6-1, 7-6 (14-12)
7-UNO
Luke Joujan def. Gerhard Venter 6-2, 6-0
WOMEN
Doubles
1-UNO
Laurie Barendse/
Anastassia Kouchnareva def. Dareen Hassan/Laura Lopez 6-4
2-UNO
Tristanne Dechoux/
Ksenia Reznitskaya def. Constanza Cruz/Carla Bouygues 6-2
3-UNO
Diane Bredberg Canizares/
Raluca Puscas def. Simona Maksimovic/Sophia Safarova 6-4
Singles
1-NICH Dareen Hassan def.
Anastassia Kouchnareva 7-5, 6-3
2-UNO
Diane Bredberg Canizares def. Sophia Safarova 6-0, 6-3
3-UNO
Laurie Barendse def. Simona Maksimovic 6-0, 6-2
4-NICH Constanza Cruz def.
Tristanne Dechoux 4-6, 6-1, 10-3
5-UNO
Raluca Puscas def. Carla Bouygues 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
6-NICH Laura Lopez def.
Audelia Morin Kougoucheff 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
AFTERNOON RESULTS
MEN
Doubles
1-UNO
Marcel Volz/
Max Heinzel def. Omar Morsy/Harry Collins 7-6 (1)
2-NICH Antonio Sasso/Quentin Lamothe def.
Matthew Armbruster/
Karim Al-Amin 6-3
3-UNO
Espen Lagarde/
Luke Joujan def. Prasanna Bagade/Ricardo Machado 6-2
Singles
1-UNO
Max Heinzel def. Omar Morsy 6-4, 5-7, 5-2 (ret.)
2-UNO
Marcel Volz def. Harry Collins 6-3, 7-5
3-UNO
Espen Lagarde def. Quentin Lamothe 6-2, 6-1
4-UNO
Karim Al-Amin def. Jacob Krefting 6-3, 6-4
5-UNO
Matthew Armbruster def. Prasanna Bagade 6-3, 6-0
6-UNO
Luke Joujan def. Griffin Babineaux 6-2, 6-2
WOMEN
Doubles
1-UNO
Tristanne Dechoux/
Ksenia Reznitskaya def. Laura Lopez/Noemie Piquet 6-4
2-NICH Simona Maksimovic/Constanza Cruz def.
Laurie Barendse/
Audelia Morin Kougoucheff 6-2
3-UNO
Diane Bredberg Canizares/
Raluca Puscas def. Carla Bouguyes/Sophia Safarova 6-2
Singles
1-NICH Simona Maksimovic def.
Anastassia Kouchnareva 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
2-UNO
Laurie Barendse def. Noemie Piquet 6-3, 6-0
3-NICH Laura Lopez def.
Tristanne Dechoux 6-1, 7-5
4-UNO
Diane Bredberg Canizares def. Constanza Cruz 6-1, 6-2
5-NICH Carla Bouguyes def.
Kateryna Kalistratova 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
6-UNO
Audelia Morin Kougoucheff def. Sarah Hamley 6-0, 6-0
NEXT UP
Both teams will travel to the ITA Regionals next week. The men will be in Tuscaloosa while the women will head to Baton Rouge.
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