Wolf Pack tennis drops two at Dillard

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NEW ORLEANS – After a strong start to the season for the Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's tennis teams, both lost tough matchups at Dillard on Friday. 

 

The No. 8-ranked Loyola women (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season, 4-3 to No. 11 Dillard. The men's team falls to 3-2 with a 5-2 loss to the No. 15-ranked Bleu Devils. 

 

For the Pack in the men's match, the pair of points came from the pair of Alfredo Gallegos and Hippolyte de Preville, who also won 6-4 in their match at No. 3 doubles. 

 

In singles, Gallegos continued his solid start to the season with a straight-sets win at the No. 5 spot. Dillard had clinched the team win by the time de Preville's match finished at No. 2 singles, but he was able to close out a win in the third set, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

 

No. 7-ranked Lucy Carpenter kept up her undefeated streak to start the season in both singles and doubles. She and Chloe Henderson rolled at the top doubles court, winning 6-1. Loyola clinched the doubles point at the No. 3 spot, with Micaela Ponce and Adele Fereres fighting off nine match points to eventually secure a win in a tiebreak.

 

Carpenter picked up her third singles win of the year, 6-3, 6-0 over Truc Tran on the No. 1 court. Ponce also claimed a singles victory with a 6-4, 7-5 result at the No. 3 spot, but Dillard was able to get the required four singles points on courts 2, 4, 5, and 6 to finish the upset win.  

 

Loyola's women's tennis team will face another tough task in NCAA Division-I Southeastern Louisiana in a week. The Wolf Pack men's team will return to action in two weeks on February 25 in a men's and women's doubleheader against highly ranked Xavier. 

 

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Women's Results

No. 8 Loyola – 3

No. 11 Dillard – 4

 

Doubles
1. Carpenter/Henderson (LOYNO) def. Tran/Hriblijan (DU) 6-1 
2. V. Gomez/B. Gomez (DU) def. Leaño/Volkova (LOYNO) 6-4
3. Fereres/Ponce (LOYNO) def. Chen/Nguyen (DU) 7-6 (9-7)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3 
 

Singles
1. #7 Lucy Carpenter (LOYNO) def. Truc Tran (DU) 6-3, 6-0 
2. #31 Hang Nguyen (DU) def. Chloe Henderson (LOYNO) 6-4, 6-3
3. Micaela Ponce (LOYNO) def. Anja Hriblijan (DU) 6-4, 7-5
4. Weichiao Chen (DU) def. Adele Fereres (LOYNO) 6-2, 7-5
5. Messaline Ferret (DU) def. Avrora Volkova (LOYNO) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
6. Brunella Gomez (DU) def. Juliette Finch (LOYNO) 6-4, 6-3
 

Men's Results

 

Loyola – 2

#15 Dillard  – 5

 

Doubles
1. Ben Jemaa/Salah Ibrahim (DU) def. Hebhang-Balan/Indrabalan (LOYNO)
2. Rodriguez/Arya (DU) def. Izrael/Motazed (LOYNO)
3. De Preville/Gallegos (LOYNO) def. Crowie/Sich (DU)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
 

Singles
1. #33 Yassine Ben Jemaa (DU) def. Remus Hebhang-Balan (LOYNO) 6-2, 6-2
2. Hippolyte de Preville (LOYNO) def. Siddarth Arya (DU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Jesus Rodriguez (DU) def. Sam Izrael (LOYNO) 6-4, 6-4
4. Nour Salah Ibrahim (DU) def. Akhil Indrabalan (LOYNO) 6-3, 6-2
5. Alfredo Gallegos (LOYNO) def. Daniel Crowie (DU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Daniel Sich (DU) def. Samuel Motazed (LOYNO) 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 6, 2