Men's Tennis Falls to New Orleans in Regular Season Finale

Monday, April 18

Southern Miss Tennis Complex

2 P.M.

Southern Miss

New Orleans

Men's Tennis Falls to New Orleans in Regular Season Finale

4/18/2022 8:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Although graduate student Dhruv Sunish picked up a win on a day where he was honored for his time as a Golden Eagle, the Southern Miss men's tennis team fell 4-3 to New Orleans on Monday afternoon.

"I am very proud of Dhruv [Sunish] for winning his final home match," said head coach Zubin Engineer. "Give credit to New Orleans, they are a great team and gave us a great match. We'll regroup and head to Virgina to start the postseason with one goal in mind."

The Golden Eagles (9-9, 0-3 C-USA) fell behind early as the Privateers (14-6, 2-1 Southland) took the doubles point with wins at the top two spots. Pasawee Reansuwong and Sunish were leading at the third position before it went unfinished.

Shamirul Shahril evened the match with a sweep against Espen Legarde on court two and notched his ninth win of the season. Olimjon Nabiev followed with a win on court three to also reach the nine-win mark and defeated David Tesic in straight sets. Sunish, the man of the hour, outlasted Max Heinzel in three sets to notch his final home win as a Golden Eagle. The Mumbai, India native easily won the first set and fell in a tiebreaker in set two, then won the third set in another tiebreaker.

Antoine Audrain and Christopher Cahour each lost in three sets. Reansuwong fell in straight sets on court six.

Southern Miss will now head to Norfolk, Va. for the Conference USA Championships. The tournament will start on Friday with an opponent yet to be named.

Singles
1. Dhruv Sunish (USM) def. Max Heinzel (UNO) 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-3)
2. Shamirul Shahril (USM) def. Espen Legarde (UNO) 7-5, 7-5
3. Olimjon Nabiev (USM) def. David Tesic (UNO) 6-4, 6-4
4. Luke Joujan (UNO) def. Antoine Audrain (USM) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Akos Kotorman (UNO) def. Christopher Cahour (USM) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
6. Matthew Armbruster (UNO) def. Pasawee Reansuwong (USM) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Akos Kotorman/Espen Legarde (UNO) def. Alexander Gima/Pawin Jirapoomdaje (USM) 6-4
2. Max Heinzel/Luke Joujan (UNO) def. Shamirul Shahril/Antoine Audrain (USM) 7-5
3. Dhruv Sunish/Pasawee Reansuwong (USM) vs. Matthew Armbruster/Mihajlo Drobnjakovic (UNO) 5-4, unfinished