MOBILE, Ala.?The University of South Alabama men’s tennis team dropped a tough loss to University of New Orleans, 5-2, at home Sunday.

“We had explosive doubles matches today,” Head Coach Nicolas Brochu said, “but when we went into singles play we just were not dominant.”

The 59th-ranked Jaguars had a strong start in doubles. The duos of Marek Sramek/Romain Bocaert (9-7) and Sergio Remirez/Leo Dominguez (8-4) both picked up wins for South Alabama.

The Privateer tandem of Oliver Chuthill and Vinay Kamineni were able to defeat USA’s Hano Bartsch and Aaron Krisan 8-4.

The only singles victory of the day was won by Leo Dominguez against UNO’s Ben Smith 6-0, 7-5. Sramek, Bocaert, Bartsch, and Krisan were all defeated by their Privateer counterparts.

The Jags will face Nicholls State at home on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.

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UNO Privateers 7, No. 59 University of South Alabama 2
01/25/09 at Mobile, Ala.

 Singles competition
1. Calvin Kemp (UNO) def. Marek Sramek (USA) 6-4, 6-1
2. Guicherme Rebolo (UNO) def. Romain Bocaert (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. Leo Dominguez (USA) def. Ben Smith (UNO) 6-0, 7-5
4. Jose Gasper (UNO) def. Hanno Bartsch (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
5. Oliver Chuthill (UNO) def. Aaron Krisan (USA) 6-1, 6-3
6. Vinay Kamineni (UNO) def. Sergio Ramirez (USA), by default

 Doubles competition
1. Marek Sramek/Romain Bocaert (USA) def. Guicherme Rebolo/Calvin Kemp (UNO) 9-7
2. Sergio Ramirez/Leo Dominguez (USA) def. Ben Smith/Jose Gasper (UNO) 8-4
3. Oliver Chuthill/Vinay Kamineni (UNO) def. Hanno Bartsch/Aaron Krisan 8-4

Match Notes:
UNO Privateers 1-0
University of South Alabama 0-1; National ranking No. 59
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3, 1); Singles (6,1,4, 3,2, 5)

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