Tulane Men’s Tennis Drops Match to Louisville in the ITA Kickoff

Monday, January 31

Orlando, Florida

9:00 a.m.

Tulane University

University of Louisville

Tulane Men’s Tennis Drops Match to Louisville in the ITA Kickoff

Jan 31, 2022 | Men's Tennis

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Tulane University men's tennis team fell in its second match at the ITA Kickoff to Louisville 4-0 on Monday. With the loss the Green Wave drop to 2-2 on the season.

"We had another pretty good doubles point today with match points but did not convert and unfortunately a similar thing happened where we were not competitive enough on a couple courts and gave up a big lead," head coach Mark Booras said. "It was nice to see our guys battling on the other courts and putting themselves in a position to be successful."

The pairing of Billy Suarez and Rafael de Alba delivered the Green Wave's only win of the day again as they defeated Josh Howard-Tripp and Tim Chen in a tiebreaker 7-6. Charlie Barry and Benji Jacobson nearly won the doubles point for Tulane as they went to a tiebreaker in their match as well before falling 7-6. The Cardinals picked up the first three wins in singles competition to win the match.

"It's a funny game with very small margins separating the winner and loser," Booras said. "If one or two points go the other way, this match could all of a sudden be in our favor. That's why we just need to keep on practicing with discipline and focus knowing that ability to stick to our game plan and execute our task at hand throughout the match is what will allow us to be successful."

Tulane will be back in New Orleans when it returns to action as it hosts LSU Saturday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. CT.

Louisville (3-3) defeated Tulane (2-2), 4-0
Jan. 31, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.
USTA National Campus
Doubles

Etienne Donnet/Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Charlie Barry/Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 7-6 (8-6)
Matthew Fung/Alex Wesbrooks (LOU) def. Fynn Kuenkler/Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane) 6-0
Billy Suarez/Rafael de Alba (Tulane) def. Josh Howard-Tripp/Tin Chen (LOU) 7-6 (7-2)

Order of Finish – 2,3 1*
*Clinched the doubles point

Singles

Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane) vs. Etienne Donnet (LOU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0, unfinished
Alex Bancila (Tulane) vs. Josh Howard-Tripp (LOU) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
Fynn Kuenkler (Tulane) vs. Tin Chen (LOU) 6-7 (5-7), 3-2, unfinished
Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Rafael de Alba (Tulane) 6-1, 6-1
Sergio Hernandez (LOU) def. Charlie Barry (Tulane) 6-1, 6-1
David Mizrahi (LOU) def. Luka Petrovic (Tulane) 6-3, 6-4

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

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