Wildcat tennis can't repeat its sweep of New Orleans in Southland opener

Men's Tennis | 2/13/2015 8:12:00 PM

ABILENE - Abilene Christian tennis began its second season of Southland Conference competition with mixed results Friday at the Eager Tennis Pavilion as the women improved to 3-0 with a 4-1 win over New Orleans, while the men were edged by the Privateers, 4-3, to fall to 2-6 on the spring.

On a sun-splashed 70 degree afternoon in front a few hundred fans dining on free Dr. Pepper and hot dogs, the Wildcat women won their third consecutive doubles point thanks to a thrilling 9-8 victory by Brittney Reed and Kaysie Hermsdorf that ended in a 7-3 tiebreaker.

The win kept Reed and Hermsdorf undefeated this spring at 8-0 and improved their standing at No. 1 to 3-0. Additionally, Lucile Pothier and Erin Walker raised their No. 2 mark to 3-0 and Nada Marjanovic and Whitney Williams were 8-4 victors at No. 3.

Marjanovic and Williams never took to the singles court as the match was clinched by a pair of three-set wins by Reed and Hermsdorf at the No. 1 and 2 positions, respectively. Reed won her third straight by defeating Anja Luethi, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, while Hermsdorf held back Soledad Arroyo, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, for singles' win No. 5.

Pothier was the first off the court, beating Marta Sans, 6-1, 6-1, and then the Privateers earned their lone point with Anna Segarra  topping  Walker, 7-6, 6-2.

The men's team was stunned by New Orleans, which won the doubles point in addition to the No. 4 to 6 singles' contests.

Senior Guilherme Gesser and sophomore Nico Agritelley were double winners for the Wildcats. They first won together at No. 1 doubles over Gonzalo Garcia and Timo
Kranz, 8-6, and later captured points at No. 1 and 3 singles.

Gesser defeated Rui Silva, 6-1, 0-6, 6-0, at the top spot for his second victory of the year, and Agritelley improved to a team best 5-3 following his straight-set triumph over Garcia, 6-1, 6-4. Junior Jason Proctor also netted the Wildcats a point after beating Kranz at No. 2, 6-2, 6-3.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats couldn't get one more victory out of the back half of its lineup as No. 4 and 5 players Henry Adams and Paul Domanski were beaten in straight sets, and No. 6 Marco Bensley dropped a heartbreaker at No. 6, falling to Giacomo Adoncecchi , 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

The ACU women return to action with a recently added dual at Texas A&M on Saturday, Feb. 21, while the men play a doubleheader next Friday, Feb. 20 at Prairie View A&M and Rice.

New Orleans 4, Abilene Christian 3
Feb 13, 2015 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)

Singles competition
1. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Rui Silva (UNO) 6-1, 0-6, 6-0
2. Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Timo Kranz (UNO) 6-2, 6-3
3. Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Gonzalo Garcia (UNO) 6-1, 6-4
4. Blake Gregor (UNO) def. Henry Adams (ACU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Romain Lefevre (UNO) def. Paul Domanski (ACU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Giacomo Adoncecchi (UNO) def. Marco Bensley (ACU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Nico Agritelley/Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Gonzalo Garcia/Timo Kranz (UNO) 8-6
2. Rui Silva/Blake Gregor (UNO) def. Jason Proctor/Paul Domanski (ACU) 8-2
3. Romain Lefevre/Giacomo Adoncecchi (UNO) def. Henry Adams/Marco
Bensley (ACU) 8-5

Match Notes
New Orleans 3-3 (1-0 SLC)
Abilene Christian 2-6 (0-1 SLC)

Abilene Christian 4, New Orleans 1
Feb 13, 2015 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)

Singles competition
1. Brittney Reed (ACU) def. Anja Luethi  (UNO) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
2. Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) def.  Soledad Arroyo (UNO) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
3. Anna Segarra Rius (UNO) def. Erin Walker (ACU) 7-6, 6-2
4. Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Marta Sans (UNO) 6-1, 6-1
5. Whitney Williams (ACU) vs. Hafsa Laraibi (UNO) unfinished
6. Nada Marjanovic (ACU) vs. Yasmine Rashad (UNO) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Kaysie Hermsdorf/Brittney Reed (ACU) def. Soledad Arroyo/Marta Sans (UNO) 9-8 (7-3)
2. Erin Walker/Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Anna Segarra Rius/Anja Luethi (UNO) 8-2
3. Whitney Williams/Nada Marjanovic (ACU) def. Hafsa Laraibi/Yasmine Rashad (UNO) 8-4

Match Notes
New Orleans 3-3 (0-1 SLC)
Abilene Christian 3-0 (1-0 SLC)