Tulane Men’s Tennis Rolls Past Rice, 6-1

Saturday, February 19

NEW ORLEANS

1:00 P.M.

Tulane University

Rice

Feb 19, 2022 | Men's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University men's tennis team returned to the win column as it defeated the Rice Owls 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center. The Green Wave took advantage of comeback victories in doubles competition to grab the momentum and earn its third home win of the year.

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— Tulane Men's Tennis (@GreenWaveMTenn) February 19, 2022

During doubles play the duos of Fynn Kuenkler and Luc Hoeijmans and Billy Suarez and Rafael de Alba erased early deficits to each win their match 6-4 and claim the doubles point for Tulane.

Kuenkler set the tone in singles competition winning in two sets 6-1, 6-0. His doubles partner joined the singles win column shortly after as Hoeijmans won in two set 6-3, 7-5 on court one. Suarez clinched the match for the Green Wave with a hard-fought three-set victory on court three 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Tulane added a fifth point on a tiebreak win in the second set by de Alba before Luka Petrovic closed the day with a three-set victory of his own.

The Green Wave will be back in action on Tuesday, February 22, as it hosts in-state rival LSU at the City Park Tennis Center. The match between Tulane and the Tigers is set to begin at 1 p.m. CT.

Tulane (3-3) defeated Rice (5-4), 6-1
Feb. 19, 2022, in New Orleans, La.
City Park Tennis Center

Doubles

Charlie Barry/Benji Jacobson (Tulane) vs. Sumit Sarkar/Haoyuan Huang (Rice) 5-5
Fynn Kuenkler/Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane) def. AJ Valenty/Trinity Grear (Rice) 6-4
Billy Suarez/Rafael de Alba (Tulane) def. Wes Barnett/Campbell Salmon (Rice) 6-4

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

Singles

Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane) def. Sumit Sarkar (Rice) 6-3, 7-5
Haoyuan Huang (Rice) def. Alex Bancila (Tulane) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
Billy Suarez (Tulane) def. Emir Sendogan (Rice) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Fynn Kuenkler (Tulane) def. Adam Oscislawski (Rice) 6-1, 6-0
Luka Petrovic (Tulane) def. Trinity Grear (Rice) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Rafael de Alba (Tulane) def. Campbell Salmon (Rice) 6-2, 7-6 (10-8)

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

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