Wolf Pack men's tennis has won two-straight matches.
SUN, 02/28/2016
After earning a 9-0 victory over Tougaloo College yesterday, the Loyola University New Orleans Men's Tennis team wrapped up their time in Mississippi on Sunday as they traveled to take on Millsaps College.
The Wolf Pack notched their second-straight victory of the season, downing Millsaps College 5-4.
After dropping the first doubles match, Loyola responded by winning the next two matches. The duo of Fr. Maxime Rumeau and Fr. Sean Presti (Lesigny, France/Morningside Academy) won the Wolf Pack's first match of the afternoon with an impressive 8-1 victory at second doubles. The tandem of So. Ricardo Mercado (Miami, Fla./Coral Gables) and Sr.David Mayhall (Mobile, Ala./St. Paul's Episcopal) capped off doubles action with an 8-5 victory to put Loyola up 2-1 heading in to singles action.
Following two-straight single losses, the Wolf Pack strung together three-straight singles wins to earn the 5-4 victory on the road. Presti took his match at third flight 2-1 (5-7,6-2,6-2), So. Ernesto de Diego (Panama City, Panama/International School of Panama) won at fourth singles 2-0 (6-2,6-2) and Mayhall capped off the day with a 2-1 (1-6,6-4,6-3) victory in fifth position.
The Wolf Pack returns to the City Park Tennis Center on Saturday, March 5, welcoming Louisiana College for a match set to start at 1:00 p.m.
