DePaul University
Southern Miss
Men's Tennis Drops Road Trip Opener
3/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - DePaul's spring break trip to the Deep South got off to a bumpy start on Thursday.
The Blue Demons opened up against a talented Southern Miss tennis team and dropped a 6-1 dual match at the Southern Miss Tennis Courts.
Scoring for DePaul was freshman Luuk Wassenaar who prevailed over Mikhail Esipov from Uzbekistan 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
The win lifted Wassenaar's record in the dual season to 10-4 and the Netherlands native is now 13-8 overall. The Blue Demons are 12-7 in the spring season.
Southern Miss (13-3) has won nine of 10 and features a roster with players from India, Switzerland, Poland, Ecuador, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Uzbekistan.
Coach Matt Brothers and his players look to bounce back on Friday with a match at South Alabama (9-5) that is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.
Southern Miss 6, DePaul 1
Singles
1. Tom Cecchetto (USM) def. Alex Galoustian (DPU) 6-3, 1-6, 10-7
2. Teeradon Tortrakul (USM) def. Boris Spanjaard (DPU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Chung Han Tsai (USM) def. Tamas Zador (DPU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Wen-Po Tseng (USM) def. Christopher Casati (DPU) 7-5, 6-4
5. Jorman Reyes (USM) def. Tripp Tuff (DPU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
6. Luuk Wassenaar (DPU) def. Mikhail Esipov (USM) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. Jorman Reyes/Daniel Merker (USM) def. Alex Galoustian/Boris Spanjaard (DPU) 6-3
2. Wen-Po Tseng/Chung Han Tsai (USM) def. Tripp Tuff/Conor O'Meara (DPU) 6-2
3. Tom Cecchetto/Mieszko Kwasniewski (USM) vs. Tamas Zador/Fran Tonejc (DPU) unfinished
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