Tulane Men’s Tennis Takes Down Cal, 4-3

Monday, January 17

NEW ORLEANS

1:00 P.M.

Tulane University

University of California

Jan 17, 2022 | Men's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2021-22 schedule on Monday at the City Park Tennis Center with a hard fought 4-3 win over the Cal Golden Bears.

The Green Wave clinched the win thanks to Rafael De Alba's three-set win over Cal's Derrick Chen, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2. Tulane also picked up singles wins from Luc Hoeijmans and Fynn Kuenkler.

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"I felt like the guys really stepped up to the challenge," head coach Mark Booras said. "We brought a great PAC-12 team in here. These guys (Cal) have seen and done everything and we thought, let's start the season different this year. They are a tough squad."

The Green Wave opened the match on a high note, as they collected the doubles point thanks to wins from the duos of Hoeijmans and Kuenkler and De Alba and Billy Suarez.

"We are still trying to find our identity," Booras said. "We have such a young team. We started four sophomores and two freshman today. The guys really put their blinders on today and just battled."

Tulane returns to action on Thursday, as it plays host to Alcorn State.

Tulane (1-0) defeated California (1-1), 4-3
Jan. 17, 2022, in New Orleans, La.
City Park Tennis Center

Doubles
1. Yuta Kikuchi/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) vs. Benji Jacobson/Charlie Barrie (Tulane), 5-4 Unfinished
2. Luc Hoeijmans/Fynn Kuenkler (Tulane) def. Derrick Chen/Phillip Hjorth (Cal), 6-3
3. Rafael De Alba/Billy Suarez (Tulane) def. Sean Hill/Michael Wright (Cal), 6-4*

Order of Finish – 2, 3*
*Clinched the doubles point

Singles
1. Yuta Kikuchi (Cal) def. Billy Suarez (Tulane), 6-1, 6-1
2. Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane) def. Phillip Hjorth (Cal), 6-3, 6-2
3. Fynn Kuenkler (Tulane) def. Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal), 6-1, 7-6
4. Sean Hill (Cal) def. Alex Bancila (Tulane), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Rafael De Alba (Tulane) def. Derrick Chen (Cal), 6-7, 7-6, 6-2^
6. Lucas Magnaudet (Cal) def. Luka Petrovic (Tulane), 6-4, 6-4

Order of Finish – 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5^
^Clinched the overall match

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