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Men's Tennis Drops First Spring Match
2/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HATTIESBURG, Miss. â€" The Southern Miss Men's Tennis team dropped its first spring match of the season 6-1 to South Alabama Saturday afternoon.
Despite early leads in both No. 1 and 2 in doubles, the Golden Eagles couldn't hold the lead in either match. With Daniel Merker and Jorman Reyes's loss at No. 1, Rakshit Rishi and Mikhail Esipov forced a deciding third match between the No. 2 doubles team after a 7-5 win.
The Jags would come back and get the 7-5 win over Wen-Po Tseng and Chao-Yu Huang despite their early 3-0 lead.
Jorman Reyes would steal the Golden Eagle's only point by defeating Gingras in sraights sets, 6-3, 6-3. Huang and Tseng came close again in singles action but couldn't take another one from the Jags. Tseng came close in a 6-0, 6-7(5), 11-9 loss. The Jags improve to 3-2.
The Golden Eagles are now 3-1 and travel to New Orleans Feb. 11 for their first road match of the season.
Doubles: (In Order of Finish)
Loic Cloes/ Juan Cruz (USA) def. Daniel Merker/Jorman Reyes (USM) 7-5
Mikhail Esipov/Rakshit Rishi (USM) def. Pierre Noyon/Clement Marzol (USA) 6-4
Olivier Gingras/ Tuki Jacobs (USA) def. Chao Yu-Huang/Wen-Po Tseng (USM) 7-5
Singles: (In Order of Finish)
Loic Cloes (USA) def. Teeradon Tortrakul (USM) 6-3, 6-0
Jorman Reyes (USM) def. Olivier Gingras (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Juan Cruz Soria (USA) def. Daniel Merker (USM) 6-3, 6-3
Pierre Noyan (USA) def. Rakshit Rishi (USM) 6-4, 6-3
Clement Marzol (USA) def. Chao-Yu Huang (USM) 7-5, 6-3
Tuki Jacobs (USA) def. Wen-Po Tseng (USM) 6-0, 6-7(5-7), 11-9
