Southern Miss
Delta State
Wilkins and Golden Eagles Earn Win
2/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HATTIESBURG, Miss. â€" Chris Wilkins of the Southern Miss Men's Tennis team competed and won his first match in Sunday's 7-0 win against Delta State.
The doubles teams got the first point on courts 1 and 2. Wen-Po Tseng and Rakshit Rishi played together for the first time this season at No. 2 and won 6-2. Jorman Reyes and Daniel Merker picked up their fifth win at No. 1 in a 6-4 victory.
Wilkins, Hattiesburg native, competed for the first time as a Golden Eagle at No. 6. Wilkins won his first set 6-2 but was forced to a third after a 6-2 loss in the second. In the final set, Wilkins defeated Timo Schmitz 10-6 for his first career win.
Tseng was also forced to three sets after falling behind early in a 6-1 set loss. Tseng won 7-6, 10-6 to pick up the third point of the match. Chao-Yu Huang and Teeradon Tortrakul also picked up wins in straight sets to help the Golden Eagles win 7-0.
The Golden Eagles are set to host Mississippi College on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Doubles Results:
Merker/Reyes (USM) def. Schmitz/Vice (DS) 6-4
Tseng/Rishi (USM) def. Mass/Yamacita (DS) 6-2
Huang/Totrakul (USM) vs. Azzaoui/Noblecourt (DS) DNF
Singles Results:
Wen-Po Tseng (USM) def. Jeoffrey Noblecourt (DS) 1-6, 7-6, 10-7
Daniel Merker (USM) def. Mason Vice (DS) 6-2, 6-3
Chao-Yu Huang (USM) def. Hicham Azzaoui (DS) 6-2, 6-0
Teeradon Tortrakul (USM) def. Julian Massa (DS) 6-3, 6-0
Rakshit Rishi (USM) def. Andrew Hildenbrand (DS) 7-6, 7-6
Chris Wilkins (USM) def. Timo Schmitz (DS) 6-2, 2-6, 10-6
