University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Men' Tennis Team Loses Second Straight
1/29/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Men?s Tennis Team Loses Second Straight
The Southern Miss men?s tennis team lost to No. 14-ranked Mississippi State, 6-1, this afternoon at Starkville, Miss.
The Bulldogs won the doubles point and Luiz Carvalho (MSU) defeated David Canduas 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 5 spot to clinch the match.
David Jansson scored the only point for the Eagles, defeating Jerome Le Belicard in the No. 2 spot by a score of 6-4, 6-3.
The next match for the Golden Eagles will be at home on Feb. 16, vs. Southern University.
No. 14 Mississippi State vs. Southern Mississippi
Doubles
1. Ambert/Combette (MSU) def. Kangas/Canduas (USM) 8-1
2. Fomine/Belicard (MSU) def. Carteret/Gneiting (USM) 8-4
3. Carvalho/Henou (MSU) def. Martin/Jansson (USM) 9-8(2)
Mississippi State wins doubles point
Singles
1. No. 15 Romain Ambert (MSU) def. Miikka Kangas (USM) 6-0, 6-3
2. David Jansson (USM) def. Jerome Le Belicard (MSU) 6-4, 6-3
3. David Ruiz (MSU) def. Nicolas Carteret (USM) 6-4, 6-1
4. No. 59 Rene-Charles Combette (MSU) def. Juantco Martin (USM) 6-4, 6-2
5. Luiz Carvalho (MSU) def. David Canudas (USM) 6-3, 6-3*
6. Max Fomine (MSU) def. Uwe Gneiting (USM) 6-1, 6-4
* clinched match
Mississippi State-6 USM-1
