Men's Tennis Slated for Rematch Against No. 43 FAU at C-USA Championships

Friday, April 22

Norfolk, Va.

9 a.m.

Southern Miss

No. 2 FAU

Men's Tennis Slated for Rematch Against No. 43 FAU at C-USA Championships

4/21/2022 3:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss men's tennis team is set to take on No. 43 Florida Atlantic (17-5, 2-0 C-USA) in the opening round of the Conference USA Championships on Friday morning in Norfolk, Va. as the No. 7 seed. First serve from the Old Dominion campus is scheduled for 9 a.m. CST.

"We have a chance to do something special this weekend and I hope our guys sense that," said head coach Zubin Engineer. "We're going up against a very talented team and I think we've prepared to play them at our best."

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The Golden Eagles (9-9, 0-3 C-USA) are coming off a nail-biting loss to New Orleans on Monday afternoon where Dhruv Sunish was honored as the lone Southern Miss senior. Sunish came out victorious in a three-match thriller to give the Golden Eagles some life in Hattiesburg. The Privateers took advantage of claiming the doubles point and won three matches to secure the 4-3 win in the regular season finale for both teams.

Shamirul Shahril and Olimjon Nabiev each claimed their team-leading ninth win of the season in Monday's loss, while Sunish grabbed his sixth win. Pasawee Reansuwong and Sunish were looking to extend their winning streak in doubles to five-straight but went unfinished on court three while trying to close out the sixth set.

Scouting the Owls
- FAU comes into the C-USA Championships as the No. 2 seed behind No. 1 Middle Tennessee
- The Owls shutout Southern Miss in the lone meeting this season back on April 2 in Boca Raton, Fla.
- FAU has five players with double-digit wins
- Finn Stodder, Kevin Huempfner and Alvaro Ferndandez Horta all have a team-high 14 wins
- Southern Miss is 2-2 all-time against FAU

Season Record Recap
Singles
Antoine Audrain: 7-6
Christopher Cahour: 7-7
Alexander Gima: 2-8
Pawin Jirapoomdaje: 3-1
Olimjon Nabiev: 9-3
Pasawee Reansuwong: 0-1
Alan Sanson: 3-5
Shamirul Shahril: 9-5
Dhruv Sunish: 6-6
Doubles
Pasawee Reansuwong/Dhruv Sunish: 5-3
Shamirul Shahril/Dhruv Sunish: 3-4
Shamirul Shahril/Antoine Audrain: 3-3
Alan Sanson/Alexander Gima: 2-6
Pawin Jirapoomdaje/Alexander Gima: 1-2
Christopher Cahour/Antoine Audrain: 1-1

The winner of Friday's contest will move on to battle the winner of No. 3 Charlotte and No. 6 Rice at 11 a.m. CST on Saturday.

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