February 5, 2007

LAFAYETTE, La. - The Colonels surprised the Cajuns on Sunday by beating Louisiana-Lafayette in doubles, but could not string together enough wins in singles competition to pull out the win against the in-state power.

"We are improving every time we get on the court," said head coach Jim Hunter. "Our team knows that if they want respect they are going to have to earn it."

Despite winning the doubles matches, Nicholls went on to lose to Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1.

The Colonels men's tennis team won't be back in action again until February 22 when they travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Sunday's Scores: Louisiana-Lafayette 6 Nicholls 1

Singles: 1.Piotr Banas (UL) def. Vlad Popa (NICH) 6-2, 6-1 2.Dusan Tabak (UL) def. Eric Fisher (NICH) 6-3, 6-2 3. Shaun Ellison (UL) def. Phenyo Matong (NICH) 6-2, 6- 4. Janusz Conradi (UL) def. Alex Gasca-Silav (NICH) 6-4, 7-6 5. Jorge Delgado (UL) def. Ricardo Van Bolderick (NICH) 6-3, 6-3 6. Arlen Domoney (UL) def. Maxine Bouhoulle (NICH) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles: 1.Vlad Popa and Eric Fisher (NICH) def. Dusan Tabak and Janusz Conradi (UL) 8-4. 2. Piotr Banas and Shaun Ellison (UL) def. Phenyo Matong and Ricardo Van Bolderick (NICH) 8-1. 3. Alex Gasca-Silav and Maxine Bouhoulle (NICH) def. Jorge Delgado and Zack Taylor (UL) 8-3.

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