THIBODAUX, La. – The New Orleans Privateers men's tennis team debuted this weekend with four newcomers and all nine making strong impressions during the Battle Down the Bayou hosted by Nicholls.
Two singles flights were secured by the Privateers and the doubles teams combined for a 9-2 mark over the weekend.
The Privateers went 14-4 in singles matches and were unblemished in doubles on the first day of competition.
Two of the four singles flights featured all-Privateer finals. In the Gumbo Bracket,
Matthew Armbruster beat Remus Hebhang-Balan (Loyola) 6-4, 6-4 and Leon Nickel (Lamar) 7-6 (7), 6-1 to get to the final.
Marc Mail had a dominant match against Charlie Burdell of Tulane, conceding only one game in his opening round victory. Mail was unstoppable again in his semifinal as he cruised past Hippolyte de Preville 6-0, 6-1.
Mail then won the final 6-1, 6-2 over his teammate.
In the Jambalaya bracket,
David Tesic and
Julian Franzmann both made it to the final. Tesic swept his first set and cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win against Spencer Matz of Loyola. He then rallied from a set down to defeat Stefano Chappuis of Lamar 2-6, 7-6 (9), 7-5.
Franzmann, in his Privateer debut, had a bye in round one. He then set the tone early in his semifinal as he won the first set by a double break. Franzmann played a strong tiebreak to finish off a 6-2, 7-6 (2) win over Guy Dagan of Lamar.
Tesic and Franzmann did not play out the final.
Sep de Visser also made the final in the Red Beans Bracket. He defeated Fernando Piestun 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round. Then, de Visser got by his teammate,
Marius Gyllerup. The two played a 10-point super tiebreak after splitting the first two sets. It was a spirited battle that de Visser won 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.
In the final, de Visser took the second set to a tiebreak but was defeated 6-2, 7-6 (3) by Felipe Spagnuolo of Nicholls.
The four doubles teams all won their morning matches on the first day.
Jay Temming and
Joseph Townes put up a 6-3 win against Dagan and Haruki Omori-Cowie of Lamar. Franmzann and de Visser beat Chappuis and Jonah Smith of Lamar 6-2.
Tesic and
Mark Armbruster beat Piestun and Diego Rodriguez-Tobar of Loyola 6-2.
Matthew Armbruster and Mail beat Colin Tavares and Max Linstedt of Nicholls 6-2.
Two doubles tandems went a perfect 3-0 on the weekend. Franzmann and de Visser won two more doubles matches on the second day. Temming and Townes also accomplished that feat on the weekend.
NEXT UP
The men's team is next scheduled to participate in the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge starting on Oct. 16.
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