NEW ORLEANS —
Four Xavier University of Louisiana tennis players, three on the men's team,
won in singles and doubles Friday in the season-opening Big Easy Classic at the University of New Orleans.
The four-team tournament will conclude
Saturday. XULA, a longtime NAIA power, is competing against NCAA Division I members
UNO, Alcorn State and Nicholls.
Winning for XULA in singles and doubles
were
Nereo Suarez,
Ivan Vazquez and Samy Dahmany of the Gold Rush and
Maja Brnic of the Gold Nuggets. Dahmany and Brnic are freshmen.
Suarez, Vazquez and Brnic will
play for singles championships in their four-player flights.
Others playing for singles titles are
Gabriel Velez of the Gold Rush
and
McKenna Wheatley and Anais Yakan of the Gold Nuggets.
The Gold Rush were 5-3 in singles and 3-3 in doubles.
The Gold Nuggets were 4-2 in singles and 1-2 in doubles.
Results:
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Men's singles, flight 1:
Nereo Suarez, XULA, d. Vicent Llobell Buigues, Alcorn, 4-6, 6-4, (10-3).
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Men's singles, flight 2:
Ivan Vazquez, XULA, d. Colin Tavares, Nicholls, 7-5, 6-4.
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Men's singles, flight 3:
Jerall Yasin, New Orleans, d.
VanDer Woody, XULA, 6-3, 6-3.
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Men's singles, flight 4:
Gabriel Velez, XULA, d. Jorge Pratts Navarete, Alcorn, 6-3, 6-3.
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Men's singles, flight 5:
Mitchell Armbruster, Nicholls, d. Emmanuel Jebutu, XULA, 6-0, 6-4.
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Men's singles, flight 6:
Martin Rivera, XULA, d. Jan Rosicky, New Orleans, 2-6, 6-3, (10-6); Dubos, Nicholls, d.
Pedro Maggi, XULA, 6-1, 7-5;
Samy Dahmany, XULA, d. Marius Gyllerup, New Orleans, 6-1, 6-4.
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Men's doubles, round of 16:
Mitchell Armbruster/Spence, Nicholls, d.
VanDer Woody/Emmanuel Jebutu, XULA, 6-3;
Samy Dahmany/
Pedro Maggi, XULA, d. Matthew Holl/Tomas Grime, Alcorn, 6-4;
Jacob Rouleau-Mailly/Peter Kieslinger, New Orleans, d.
Gabriel Velez/Martin Rivera, XULA, 6-0.
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Men's doubles, quarterfinals:
Ivan Vazquez/
Nereo Suarez, XULA, d. Felipe Spagnuolo/Oliani, Nicholls, 6-3;
Jerall Yasin/Beltran Fernandez, New Orleans, d. Samy Dahmany/
Pedro Maggi, XULA, 6-3.
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Men's doubles, consolation:
VanDer Woody/Emmanuel Jebutu, XULA, d. Marius Gyllerup/Carlos Melogsa, New Orleans, 6-4.
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Women's singles, flight 1:
Paulina Villegas, Nicholls, d. Ana Sabikova, XULA, 6-3, 6-3
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Women's singles, flight 2:
McKenna Wheatley, XULA, d. Taylor Briffa, Alcorn, 6-3, 6-1.
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Women's singles, flight 3:
Maja Brnic, XULA, d. Katherine Grados, Alcorn, 6-1, 6-2.
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Women's singles, flight 4:
Valeria Ortega, XULA, d. Danique Vermue, New Orleans, 6-4, 6-4.
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Women's singles, flight 5:
Anais Yakan, XULA, d. Bastos, Nicholls, 7-5, 6-4.
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Women's singles, flight 6:
Goplana, Nicholls, d.
Sanai LeSure, XULA, 7-5, 6-0.
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Women's doubles, round of 16:
Amalie Grube Andersen/Goplana, Nicholls, d. Anais Yakan/
Sanai LeSure, XULA, 6-0;
Naila Krifa/Ananya Dhankhar, New Orleans, d.
McKenna Wheatley/Valeria Ortega, XULA, 6-2.
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Women's doubles, quarterfinals:
Ana Sabikova/Maja Brnic, XULA, d. Paulina Villegas/Bastos, Nicholls, 6-2.
