Men’s Tennis: Men’s Tennis Sweeps Alcorn State

Contact: Jeff Schneider
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s tennis team swept Alcorn State 7-0 in a dual match on Tuesday afternoon at Cajun Courts to move to 5-3 on the year.
 
UL jumped out to a 1-0 advantage after sweeping doubles competition. At No.1 doubles, Carlin Murray and Brandon Farine defeated Ernesto Santillan and Winfried Weinbeer 8-3, while Ted Nilsson and Damian Farinola won at No.2 doubles by a score of 8-1.
 
Elliot Minvielle and Daniel Alban closed out doubles play with an 8-4 win at No.3 doubles.
 
The Cajuns won five of the six singles matches in straight sets. Carlin Murray would be forced to close out his match in a super tiebreaker defeating Santillan 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3).
 
The men’s team returns to action tomorrow at 2 p.m. as the Cajuns host No.9 Kentucky at Cajun Courts.
 
Louisiana 7, Alcorn State 0
 
 Singles competition
1. Murray, Carlin (UL) def. Santillan, Ernesto (ALCN) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
2. Nilsson, Ted (UL) def. Weinbeer, Winfried (ALCN) 6-1, 6-1
3. Minvielle, Elliot (UL) def. Vasileuski, Vitali (ALCN) 6-1, 6-2
4. Farine, Brandon (UL) def. Lidzar, Alexander (ALCN) 6-2, 6-1
5. Alban, Daniel (UL) def. Amor Singh, Garry (ALCN) 6-2, 6-0
6. Alberton, Carl (UL) def. Tkachenko, Maxim (ALCN) 6-2, 6-3
 
 Doubles competition
1. Murray, Carlin/Farine, Brandon (UL) def. Santillan, Ernesto/Weinbeer, Winfried (ALCN) 8-3
2. Nilsson, Ted/Farinola, Damian (UL) def. Vasileuski, Vitali/Amor Singh, Garry (ALCN) 8-1
3. Minvielle, Elliot/Alban, Daniel (UL) def. Lidzar, Alexander/Tkachenko, Maxim (ALCN) 8-4
 
Match Notes:
Alcorn State 3-3
Louisiana 5-3

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