Southern Miss concludes play at Samford Invitational
10/15/2018 12:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Golden Eagle men's tennis team closed out a strong first fall weekend, as it took on the likes of Auburn, South Alabama, Samford, UAB and North Alabama.
Jorman Reyes and Ronit Bisht defeated their South Alabama foes 6-2, closing out a three-match weekend sweep. Teeradon Tortrakul and Miezsko Kwasniewski also rallied from falling in Day One to grab 6-1 and 6-2 wins on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The singles side saw Southern Miss go 4-0, with Reyes, Tortrakul, Tom Cecchetto and Panji Setiawan coming out victorious. Cecchetto, Reyes and Tortrakul each went 3-0 in those matches for the week.
Next up for the team is a trip to the ITA Regionals in Tuscaloosa, Ala., which will begin Wednesday and run through Sunday.
MODICA/SERRANO (SAM) DEF. CECCHETTO/TSAI (S.MISS) 7-5
LAPRAILLE/DI LORETO (USA) LOST TO. REYES/BISHT (S.MISS) 6-2
FRUH/BLISSARD (USA) LOST TO. TORTRAKUL/KWASNIEWSKI (S.MISS) 6-2
Singles
LYTTLE (SAM) LOST TO. SETIAWAN (S.MISS) 6-2 6-3
EL SAFADI (UAB) LOST TO. REYES (S.MISS) 6-4 6-0
VARGAS (UAB) LOST TO. CECCHETTO (S.MISS) 6-3 3-6 6-1
AKHTAR (UAB) LOST TO. TORTRAKUL (S.MISS) 6-1 6-0
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