Men’s Tennis Sweeps Singles in Spring Opener over Furman

Friday, January 20

NEW ORLEANS

1:00 P.M.

Tulane University

Furman

Men’s Tennis Sweeps Singles in Spring Opener over Furman

Jan 20, 2023 | Men's Tennis

FINAL STATS

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane men's tennis team dropped the doubles point, but blanked the singles action to dismiss visiting Furman 6-1 Friday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

The match was the first of the semester for the Green Wave, while the Paladins dropped to 0-3.

Luka Petrovic, Luc Hoeijmans, Alex Bancila, Rafael de Alba and Charlie Barry all racked up straight-set victories at Singles Nos. 2-6. Tulane's Fynn Kuenkler battled back from a third-set deficit at No. 1 to outlast Jerry Barton (1-6, 6-2, 7-5).

Barry and Kuenkler dropped the No. 1 doubles match to Cole Burnam and Thomas Kennedy 6-3, while Hoeijmans and Sam Scherer were downed 6-4 at No. 2 by Barton and Elijah Poritzky.

The Green Wave's Benji Jacobson and Petrovic led in an unfinished match at No. 3, 6-5.

Tulane is back in action Friday, February 3 when it travels to Mississippi State for a 3 p.m. contest.

Quotes from Head Coach Mark Booras

It was a good start for us. Furman brought a really good group of guys. I know they were a couple of guys short with injuries. They competed really well.

I was pleased with how our guys responded. We put a solid team in this first match because we really want to be pushed from the beginning (of the season). We saw that today where we were challenged at every position. In doubles, they took it to us and were sharper than we were. They were a little smarter, a little bigger and we watched a little bit. They were going after their shots and trusting what they were doing so we learned a little bit about our doubles there.

In singles, we responded well. That's one of the things we've talked about with this group of guys: you might win or lose a doubles point, but how are you going to respond after each situation? It's the same thing with every point we play. You have to reset and recover. I was very pleased with how the guys carried themselves on the court today in the middle of a nice battle.