Louisiana Falls At No. 25 Texas Tech

LUBBOCK, TEXAS – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team lost 7-0 to the No. 25 Texas Tech Red Raiders here at the McLeod Tennis Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Doubles): Playing the No. 2 was the Cajuns pairing of junior Arthur Libaud and sophomore Jamie Fraser as they went up against, and lost 6-2, to the Texas Tech duo of Cobb and Valiev. The Red Raiders wrapped up the doubles point at the No. 1 when their duo of Curry and Sendegeya beat the Louisiana pair of senior Vlad Kramarov and sophomore Elio Lago, 6-4, to head into singles play with a 1-0 lead in the match.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Singles): Playing No. 3 was the Cajuns Libaud and he lost in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3 to Ilgiz Valiev to give the Red Raiders the first singles point in the match. Shortly after that at the No. 2, Louisiana's Fraser lost 6-0, 6-1 to Connor Curry to put the Red Raiders up 3-0.

The Red Raiders locked up the match at the No. 6 when Cajuns freshman Dominik Koenig lost his match to Pyry Hyrkkonen in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Playing out the remaining matches, Louisiana then lost at the No. 4 when Kramarov lost to the Red Raider's Leite Matheus in a match that went to a third set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-2).

At the No. 5 Cajuns sophomore Pearse Dolan lost in straight sets to Texas Tech's Jackson Cobb, 7-5, 6-4. The final match to finish on the day was at the No. 1 when Lago lost in straight sets to Alex Sendegeya 6-0, 7-6 (8-6), to give the Red Raiders the 7-0 win.

UP NEXT FOR THE CAJUNS: Louisiana returns to the court on Sunday, Jan. 21 when they face the Rice Owls in Houston, Texas with that match starting at 11 a.m. If the match is outdoors, weather permitting, live stats will be provided via the Rice athletic department. If the match is indoors there won't be any live stats provided.

FOLLOWING THE RAGIN' CAJUNS: Follow the Cajuns on twitter @RaginCajunsMT for updates during the matches and links to recaps and live stats that are provided.

No. 25 Texas Tech 7, Louisiana 0
January 19, 2018 at Lubbock, Texas (McLeod Tennis Center)
Doubles:
1.) Curry/Sendegeya (TTU) def. Kramarov/Lago (LA) 6-4
2.) Cobb/Valiev (TTU) def. Libaud/Fraser (LA) 6-2
3.) Pierce Gilheany/Dolan (LA) vs. Bloss/Leite (TTU) DNF
Order of finish: 2, 1*
Singles:
1.) Alex Sendegeya (TTU) def. Elio Lago (LA) 6-0, 7-6(2)
2.) Curry Connor (TTU) def. Jamie Fraser (LA) 6-0, 6-1
3.) Ilgiz Valiev (TTU) def. Arthur Libaud (LA) 6-0, 6-3
4.) Matheus Leite (TTU) def. Vlad Kramarov (LA) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(8)
5.) Jackson Cobb (TTU) def. Pearse Dolan (LA) 7-5, 6-4
6.) Pyry Hyrkkonen (TTU) def. Dominik Koenig (LA) 6-3, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2, 6*, 4, 5, 1

Team Records:
Louisiana: 1-3
No. 25 Texas Tech: 7-1

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Players Mentioned

Pearse Dolan

Jamie Fraser

Pierce Gilheany

Dominik Koenig

Vlad Kramarov

Elio Lago

Arthur Libaud