January 21, 2007

THIBODAUX, La. - Both the men's and women's tennis teams picked up wins this past Saturday against Oral Roberts to start off the 2007 campaign in the right direction under new head coach Jim Hunter. The men defeated the Golden Eagles 4-to-3, and the women defeated the defeated the Lady Eagles 4-to-1.

"I thought that it was great for players to get that win," said Hunter. "They played with a lot of heart and never gave up."

Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis both fell Sunday to Arkansas-Little Rock with the men losing 7-to-0 and the women were shut out as well by the score of 4-to-0.

Scores for the weekend are as follows.

Saturday January 20, 2007 vs. Oral Roberts:

Men's action: Nicholls 4 Oral Roberts 3

Doubles competition

Hill/Kaehler (ORU) def. Popa/Fisher (NICH), 5-4 unfinished

Farquharson/Dargel (ORU) def. Matong/Mouline (NICH), 8-3

Guilliod/Geercken (ORU) def. Silav/Van Bolderick (NICH), 8-2

Singles competition

Popa (NICH) def. Hill (ORU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Fisher (NICH) def. Dargel (ORU) 7-5, 6-3

Kaehler (ORU) def. Matong (NICH) 6-3, 6-3

Farquharson (ORU) def. Mouline (NICH) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

Silav (NICH) def. Geercken (ORU) 7-6 (2), 6-2

Van Bolderick (NICH) def. Guilliod (ORU) 6-1, 6-0

Women's action: Nicholls 4 Oral Roberts 1

Doubles competition

Arkel/Pippin (ORU) def. Stenger/Stanojcic (NICH) 7-5

Rush/McKinney (ORU) def. Vallet/Hanesch (NICH) 9-8 (5)

September/Sissingh (NICH) def. Souza/Langston (ORU) 8-3

Singles competition

Arkel (ORU) def. Stenger (NICH) 6-3, 3-1 not finished

Hanesch (NICH) def. McKinney (ORU) 6-3, 6-3

Stanojcic (NICH) def. Pippin (ORU) 7-6 (5), 2-0 not finished

Vallet (NICH) def. Rush (ORU) 6-3, 6-3

Sissingh (NICH) def. Souza (ORU) 6-2, 6-2

September (NICH) def. Skinstad (ORU) 6-3, 6-3

Sunday January 21, 2007 at Arkansas-Little Rock:

Men's Scores: UALR 7, Nicholls State 0

Singles competition 1. Dinko Halachev (UALR) def. Vlad-Lucian Popa (NSU) 6-2, 6-4 2. Rain Roigas (UALR) def. Eric Fisher (NSU) 6-4, 6-1 3. Edson Abrao (UALR) def. Sami Mouline (NSU) 6-0, 6-1 4. German Perez (UALR) def. Phenyo Matong (NSU) 6-4, 6-1 5. Marko Ballok (UALR) def. Alexandru GascaSilav (NSU) 6-2, 7-6 6. Juan Carlos Nunez (UALR) def. Ricardo VanBolderick (NSU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition 1. Dinko Halachev/German Perez (UALR) def. Vlad-Lucian Popa/Eric Fisher (NSU) 8-4 2. Edson Abrao/Rain Roigas (UALR) def. Sami Mouline/Alexandru GascaSilav (NSU) 8-3 3. Juan Carlos Nunez/Yoann Chartron (UALR) def. Phenyo Matong/Ricardo VanBolderick (NSU) 8-3

Women's scores: UALR 4, Nicholls State 0

Singles competition 1. Jenna Hirdle (UALR) vs. Celine Stenger (NSU) 6-7, 4-2, unfinished 2. Outi Jarvinen (UALR) def. Sada Hanesch (NSU) 6-2, 7-6 3. Laetitia Bourgeon (UALR) def. Sanja Stanojcic (NSU) 6-3, 6-2 4. AleksandraZakrzynska (UALR) def. Adeline Vallet (NSU) 6-2, 6-1 5. Patricia Cortes (UALR) vs. Karlijn Sissingh (NSU) 2-2, unfinished 6. Nichole September (NSU) vs. Rosario Negrete (UALR) no result

Doubles competition 1. Jenna Hirdle/Laetitia Bourgeon (UALR) def. Celine Stenger/Sanja Stanojcic (NSU) 8-1 2. Rosario Negrete/Hollie Robinson (UALR) def. Adeline Vallet/Sada Hanesch (NSU) 8-5 3. Patricia Cortes/Outi Jarvinen (UALR) def. Karlijn Sissingh/Nichole September (NSU) 8-2

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