THIBODAUX, La. – The Loyola Wolf Pack men's tennis team played its final match before the conference tournament on Saturday, falling 4-0 against NCAA Division-I squad Nicholls.
Loyola is now 2-11 on the season going into the SSAC Championship tournament, which is set to begin April 24 in Montgomery, Ala.
Nicholls won doubles matches on courts 1 and 3. Remus Hebhang-Balan and Hippolyte de Preville had a 5-3 in their match on court 2 but the match remained unfinished after Nicholls clinched the doubles point.
In singles, the Colonels won in straight sets on courts 1, 3, and 6.
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Results
Loyola – 0
Nicholls – 4
Doubles
1. Morsy/Lamothe (NICH) def. Matz/Motazed (LOYNO) 6-3
2. De Preville/Hebhang-Balan (LOYNO) vs. Sasso/Fekery (NICH) 5-3, unfinished
3. Collins/Matsumura (NICH) def. Piestun/Rodriguez (LOYNO) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3
Singles
1. Omar Morsy (NICH) Remus Hebhang-Balan (LOYNO) 6-3, 6-0
2. Samuel Motazed (LOYNO) vs. Harry Collins (NICH) 3-6, 4-5, unfinished
3. Quentin Lamothe (NICH) def. Hippolyte de Preville (LOYNO) 6-4, 6-0
4. Spencer Matz (LOYNO) vs. Danail Banov (NICH) 1-6, 3-4, unfinished
5. Diego Rodriguez Tobar (LOYNO) vs. Antonio Sasso (NICH) 5-7, 1-3, unfinished
6. Kotaro Matsumura (NICH) def. Fernando Sedrani Piestun (LOYNO) 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 1, 6
