DePaul University
Southern Miss
Men's Tennis Loses 4-1 Match to Southern Miss
3/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The DePaul men's tennis team fell in its MTSU Shootout opener at the hands of Southern Miss on Friday afternoon.
The 4-1 loss dropped DePaul's overall record to 10-7. Southern Miss improved to 14-5.
The Blue Demons lost 2-of-3 doubles matches to start the day down 1-0 despite a win from Kyle Johnson and Sten Leusink in the No. 2 doubles match over Alex Doleac and Brad Marriott. The pair's 6-4 win moved their spring record to 8-3.
In singles play, Southern Miss won three matches to reach the four point plateau and clinch the contest. DePaul's lone win in singles play was recorded by Alex Galoustian, who won a 6-1, 6-1 match over Doleac at No. 4 singles.
DePaul will meet the loser of the Southern Illinois and South Alabama match tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. in a consolation match.
Match Results - Southern Miss 4, DePaul 1
Doubles
1. Tseng/Huang (SMU) def. Vieyra/Feilzer (DPU), 7-6 (5)
2. Johnson/Leusink (DPU) def. Doleac/Marriott (SMU), 6-4
3. Merker/Surat (SMU) def. Galoustian/de Veer (DPU), 6-3
Singles
1. Surat (SMU) def. Vieyra (DPU), 6-3, 6-4
2. Tseng (SMU) vs. Leusink (DPU), 7-6 (2), 1-0, unf.
3. Huang (SMU) def. de Veer (DPU), 6-0, 6-2
4. Galoustian (DPU) def. Doleac (SMU), 6-1, 6-1
5. Esipov (SMU) vs. Johnson (DPU), 6-1, 5-4, unf.
6. Marriott (SMU) def. Feziler (DPU), 6-0, 6-2
