NEW ORLEANS - The Nicholls State University women's and men's tennis teams began their 2022 spring season with a pair of dominating victories against Loyola University New Orleans Friday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

The women's team (1-0) shut out the Wolf Pack 7-0 and won all six singles matches in straight sets. The men (1-0) came away with a 6-1 win after sweeping doubles and earning four straight-set victories in singles.

In the women's match, the doubles teams of Morgan Forshag/Constanza Cruz and Laura Lopez/Carla Bouygues secured the point for Nicholls. Loyola's lone win of the day came on the No. 1 court.

Nicholls cruised in singles action highlighted by Jessie Mount's shutout at No. 3 in her Colonel debut. Sophia Sara Safarova was also successful in her first match by winning No. 2 singles. Simona Maksimovic, Forshag, Lopez and Bouygues were the other winners in singles.

On the men's side,  Nicola Wehrle/Piyush Surendra Salekar, Ricardo Machado/Griffin Babineaux, and Omar Morsy/Antonio Sasso each claimed a win in doubles.

Antonio Sasso highlighted singles play with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Samuel Motazed on the No. 5 line. Nicola Wehrle won his Colonel debut in straight sets, and Morsy and Salekar joined him with straight-set victories. Pavle Drobnjakovic outlasted Theo Debackere in three sets while LU's Francisco Arce captured the lone point for the Wolf Pack by defeating Ricardo Machado at No. 2.

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The Nicholls men's tennis will make its home debut on Sunday, facing Prairie View A&M. First ball at the Colonel Tennis Complex is scheduled for 1 p.m. The women will head to ULM next Saturday for a doubleheader against the Warhawks and Grambling.