NEW ORLEANS – Both Nicholls State University tennis teams picked up victories Friday in New Orleans for the Big Easy Southland Classic. Saturday's action was canceled due to weather from Hurricane Nate.
Valentin Guyot led the way for the men's team with a 2-0 day in Flight 4 for singles. Both wins for the freshman came in three sets against Lamar's Brock Lauer and UIW's Zachary Vander Heiden.
Oleksander Podgursky also won in singles at Flight 1 via retirement and
Tobias Lentz outlasted Lamar's Logan Powell, 6-3, 4-6, 10-4, in Flight 2.
In doubles play, Podgursky and Guyot teamed up for a 6-3 win versus New Orleans in Flight 1 before falling in the next round against UIW.
Leo Santos also earned a victory after pairing with Lamar's Lukas Grubelnig for a win against UNO.
On the women's side,
Mariia Kozachok was the lone Colonel to capture a win in singles. After dropping her first match in Flight 3, Kozachok rebounded from a shutout loss in the first set to take down Lamar's Amelie Vossgaetter, 0-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Stephanie Barnett and
Marina Vigil won in doubles in Flight 1, defeating Sam Houston State's Carrie Casey/Mila Milanovic, 6-3. But after running the table in the ULM Warhawk Tournament to start the fall, Barnett suffered her first loss in doubles with a 6-4 loss to Central Arkansas' Pornpawee Pramethong / Marli Van Heerden.
UP NEXT
The women will wrap up their fall schedule Nov. 3-4 at Southeastern Louisiana, while the men take part in the ITA Regionals in Baton Rouge, starting Oct. 19.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
Singles Flight 1
Trang Dao (UNO) vs Lingfeng Gu (Nicholls) 7-5, 6,1
Pornpawee Pramethong (UCA) vs Lingfeng Gu (Nicholls) 6-3, 6-2
Singles Flight 2
Keala Di Guilio (Lamar) vs Marina Vigil (Nicholls) 6-4, 6-3
Hannah Brett (McNeese) vs Marina Vigil (Nicholls) 6-1, 6-2
Singles Flight 3
Marija Mastilovic (McNeese) vs Mariia Kozachok (Nicholls) 6-4, 6-2
Mariia Kozachok (Nicholls) vs Amelie Vossgaetter (Lamar) 0-6, 6-3, 10-8
Singles Flight 4
Hee-Jin Oh (UCA vs Changwei Wei (Nicholls) 6-3, 6-4
Changwei Wei (Nicholls) vs Stella Carra (McNeese) DEFAULT
Singles Flight 5
Marli Van Heerden (UCA) vs Anna Kuzevanova (Nicholls) 6-2, 6-1
Caroline Erlandsson (McNeese) vs Anna Kuzevanova (Nicholls) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles Flight 1
Barnett/Vigil (Nicholls) vs Casey/Milanovic (SHSU) 6-3
Pramethong/Van Heerden (UCA) vs Barnett/Vigil (Nicholls) 6-4
Doubles Flight 2
Chitdara/Erlandsson (McNeese) vs Gu/Kozachok (Nicholls) 6-1
Johnson/Alguacil (UNO) vs Gu/Kozachok (Nicholls) 6-1
Doubles Flight 3
Molina Garcia/Jolic (Lamar) vs Kuzevanova/Wei (Nicholls) 6-4
Kuzevanova/Wei (Nicholls) vs Fioretti/Carra (McNeese) DEFAULT
MEN'S RESULTS
Singles Flight 1
Frederico Boscarino (UNO) vs Oleksander Podgursky (Nicholls) 6-4, 7-6, 7-2
Oleksander Podgursky (Nicholls) vs Nico Mayr (Lamar) 6-3 RETIRE
Singles Flight 2
Okkie Kellerman (AM-CC) vs Tobias Lentz (Nichols) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
Francisco Bendana (UIW) vs Alvaro Barranco Vilaltella (Nicholls) 5-7, 6-1, 10-4
Nicholas Kramer (UNO) vs Alvaro Barranco Vilaltella (Nicholls) 6-2, RETIRE
Tobias Lentz (Nichols) vs Logan Powell (Lamar) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
Singles Flight 3
Roy Stepanov (Lamar) vs Nestor Giribert Lopez (Nicholls) 6-3, 7-6
Giacomo Adoncecchi (UNO) vs Eduardo Marino (Nicholls) 6-2, 7-6
Joey Vatanadilok (UIW) vs Nestor Giribet Lopez (Nicholls) 6-4, 6-2
Arthur Seraflm (Lamar) vs Eduardo Marino (Nicholls) 2-6,6-0, 10-3
Singles Flight 4
Valentin Guyot (Nicholls) vs Brock Lauer (Lamar) 6-4,1-6, 11-9
Valentin Guyot (Nicholls) vs Zachary Vander Heiden (UIW) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
Doubles Flight 1
Podgursky/Guyot (Nicholls) vs Guedy/Kleim (UNO) 6-3
Vatanadilok/Bendana (UIW) vs Lentz/Marino (Nicholls) 6-1
Motier/Evans (UIW) vs Podgursky/Guyot (Nicholls) 6-2
Lentz/Marino (Nicholls) vs Mary/Stepanov (Lamar) DEFAULT
Doubles Flight 2
Fjeldstad/Kramer (UNO) vs Barranco/Giribert (Nicholls) 6-2
Lauer/Seraflm (Lamar) vs Barranco/Giribert (Nicholls) DEFAULT
Leo Santos (Nicholls)/Grubelnig (Lamar) vs Andonecchi/Camilli (UNO) 6-3
