SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The New Orleans Privateers men's tennis team's run in the Southland Tournament came to and end on Friday evening as they fell 4-0 to the NJIT Highlanders at the McFarlin Tennis Center.
NJIT broke through early at flight one to hold a service break advantage. The duo of Wil Jenkins and Pablo Perez Ramos held through the remainder of the match to secure the first point of the night for the 2-seed. NJIT also came up with a 6-3 victory at flight two doubles.
In singles, German Lopez Andujar staved off break points and took the first set at flight six. He then got out to a quick start in set two and won 6-3, 6-2. The next win came at flight five as Oscar Callo von Platten took his first set 6-2 and earned a late service break in the second. After a service hold, von Platten notched a 6-4 decision in the second set.
The Highlanders got the clinching point from Perez Ramos. He and
Marcel Volz went back-and-forth throughout the second set that seemed destined for a tiebreak. Once it got there, it was Perez Ramos who narrowly won 7-5 to advance NJIT to the Southland men's final on Saturday.
The remaining three matches were hanging in the balance.
Luke Joujan and
Marc Mail were tied at a set apiece and both men won the first game of the third set.
Matthew Armbruster was down a set after falling on the short end of a tiebreak but he was on serve at 4-4 in the second set when the match was decided.
New Orleans finishes their season at 7-10 with a roster that featured Volz, who won Southland Player of the Year twice, Joujan who finishes a decorated four-year career with All-Southland accolades in singles and doubles, and two All-Southland doubles teams.
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