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Tulane Beats LSU For First Time Since ’04 + See Who Is Playing Davis Cup

by | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog | 2 comments

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It had been 12 years since Tulane last defeated LSU but the Green Wave were able to get it done on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-2 win.

LSU took the doubles point with wins at #1 and #2 but Tulane rebounded in singles by picking up five first sets. Tulane’s Constantin Schmitz rolled over Justin Butsch 6-0, 6-2 at #2 but LSU went back ahead when Gabor Csonka beat Alex Van Cott 6-2, 6-0 at #4. Tulane’s Chi-Shan Jao evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Simon Freund at #5.

Each of the three remaining matches would go the distance. The current ITA #1 Dominik Koepfer would put Tulane ahead 3-2 with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 win over Jordan Daigle at #1 – match point below from Tulane:

Roughly 10 minutes later Tulane’s Sebastian Rey would seal the win with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory of Boris Arias at #3.

#35 Tulane 4, #32 LSU 2
Mar 02, 2016 at New Orleans (City Park Pepsi Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #1 Dominik Koepfer (TLN 14.68) def. #42 Jordan Daigle (LSU 13.74) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
2. Constantin Schmitz (TLN 13.94) def. Justin Butsch (LSU 13.36) 6-0, 6-2
3. Sebastian Rey (TLN 13.59) def. Boris Arias (LSU 13.34) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
4. Gabor Csonka (LSU 13.38) def. Alex Van Cott (TLN 12.66) 6-2, 6-0
5. Chi-Shan Jao (TLN 13.38) def. Simon Freund (LSU 13.18) 6-0, 6-1
6. Andrew Korinek (LSU 12.94) vs. Tyler Schick (TLN 13.02) 4-6, 6-4, 3-1, unf
Doubles competition
1. #17 Jordan Daigle/Boris Arias (LSU) def. #27 Chi-Shan Jao/Dominik Koepfer (TLN) 6-3
2. Justin Butsch/Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Ian Van Cott/Alex Van Cott (TLN) 7-5
3. Sebastian Rey/Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. Andrew Korinek/Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3
Match Notes:
LSU 6-3; National ranking #32
Tulane 8-3; National ranking #35

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,4,5,1,3)


Post-Match Quotes from Tulane’s recap
“What a great effort from our guys,” Tulane men’s tennis head coach Mark Booras stated. “To beat an in-state rival like this, especially a SEC team with so much experience. To beat them 4-2 after dropping the doubles point showed a lot of character from our guys. Just so proud of how they fought today.”
“Sebastian showed so much heart today,” Booras added. “Just shows how gritty he is and how hungry he is to be successful and to push this team towards greatness. Proud that he was able to put himself in that position and really go after his game to get things done.”
Post-Match Quotes from LSU’s recap
“It started very intense with a very good doubles point and it ended intense with the three setters going on the last three courts, said Head Coach Jeff Brown. “They were just a little better than we were.
“Jordan did well although Koepfer got away from him in the third set, Head Coach Jeff Brown said. “He gave himself a chance to get to that third set against a guy that’s been dominating everyone. Jordan played at a really high level and, going forward, this is a match he will get a lot out of.
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This week is also the kickoff to another year of the Davis Cup with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries.  Below is a look at who is playing and where.


World Group

John Isner (Georgia ’07), Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98), and Bob Bryan (Stanford ’98) will represent the United States versus Australia. Isner is scheduled to play Sam Groth and Bernard Tomic in singles while the Bryan brothers are schedule to play Groth and John Peers.
John Peers (Baylor ’11) is scheduled to play doubles for Australia versus the United States. 

Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09) is scheduled to play doubles for Great Britain versus Japan.

Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10) is scheduled to play singles and doubles for Kazakhstan versus Serbia. He will play Novak Djokovic in the first rubber and is scheduled to play Victor Troicki in the fifth rubber. He is scheduled to team with Andrey Golubev in doubles.
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03) is scheduled to play doubles for Poland versus Argentina. 
Adil Shamasdin (Brown ’05) is on Canada’s roster though he will likely only play in case of an injury.
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Group 1 Americas 

Ecuador vs. Barbados

Emilio Gomez (USC ’13) and Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech ’12) are playing for Ecuador while Adam Hornby (Dalton State Jr) will be representing Barbados

Dominican Republic vs. Chile
Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (UNC ’12) is playing for DOM.

Group 1 Asia/Oceania 

New Zealand vs. Korea Republic
Michael Venus (LSU ’09) is scheduled to play singles and doubles for NZL.

Group 1 Europe/Africa 

Slovenia vs. Romania
Blaz Rola (Ohio State ’13) is scheduled to play singles for Slovenia

Sweden vs. Russia
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98) and Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03) are scheduled to play doubles for Sweden.

Hungary vs. Israel
Peter Nagy (Texas A&M Corpus Christi ’15) is scheduled to play singles for Hungary.
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Group 2 Americas

Mexico vs. Guatemala
Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) and Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (Texas ’09) will represent Mexico while Wilfredo Gonzalez (Miami FL ’15) will represent Guatemala. 

El Salvador vs. Puerto Rico 

Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) will represent ESA while Alex Diaz (Georgia ’16 Commit) will represent PUR.

Venezuela vs. Paraguay
Roberto Maytin (Baylor ’13) will represent VEN while Ayed Zatar (Middle Tennessee State Fr) and Francisco Yim Kim (Troy Jr) will represent PRY.

Group 2 Asia/Oceania


Philippines vs. Kuwait
Treat Huey (Virginia ’08), Ruben Gonzales (Illinois ’08), and Francis Alcantara (Pepperdine ’14) are representing PHL. Gonzales will singles while while Huey and Alcantara will play doubles. 

Group 2 Europe/Africa

Norway vs. Lithuania
Fredrik Ask (Arizona ’14) is on Norway’s roster though he will likely only play in case of an injury.

South Africa vs. Luxembourg
Tucker Vorster (Ole Miss ’11), Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09), and Dean O’Brien (Georgia Tech ’11) are presenting RSA. Alex Knaff (Florida State ’16 Commit) is playing singles for LUX.

Bulgaria vs. Turkey
Vasko Mladenov (St. John’s ’13) is playing doubles for BUL.

Bosnia/Herzegovina vs. Tunisia
Amer Delic (Illinois ’03) is the captain of BOS/HERZ and is on the roster but will only play in case of an injury. Anis Ghorbel (Drake ’13) and Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest Soph) are representing TUN. Ghorbel is playing singles while Mansouri is scheduled to play doubles.

Latvia vs. Monaco
Mikelis Libietis (Tennessee ’15) is representing LAT and will be playing singles and doubles.

Zimbabwe vs. Finland
Courtney Lock (Louisville Soph) is representing ZIM and will play singles.

Georgia vs. Denmark
Benjamin Hannestad (South Florida ’16 Commit) will represent DEN though he’s not scheduled to play unless there is an injury.
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Group 3 Europe – round robin pool play

Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest Fr) is representing Cyprus
def. Rafn Kumar Bonifacius (Iceland/UTR 12.18) 6-0, 6-2
def. Eric Cervos Noguer (Andora) 6-0, 6-0
David O’Hare (Memphis ’14) and Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech Fr) are representing Ireland
O’Hare/Sam Barry def. Dece/Shypheja (Albania) 6-0, 6-0
O’Hare/Peter Bothwell def. Mikayel Avetisyan/Mikayel Khachatryan (Armenia) 6-1, 6-2
Thomson def. Sedrak Khachatryan (Armenia/UTR 12.74) 6-2, 6-2
Here was a roundup with results over at the Smarthlete.

If there is anyone I missed let me know!!!


2 Comments

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    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    That's a good question – I'll see if I can find you an answer. I'm guessing they must have some kind of production department at the school that is able to handle the broadcast in-house.

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  2. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Happy for the coverage, but U of Miami streamed on ESPN3/Watch ESPN today 3-3, but also scheduled for 3-6, 3-8, 3-11; The U. women on 3-14, 3-16. Why Miami? Other schools also have great streaming capabilities, why Miami? Just wondering what the connection is between ESPN & The U?

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