Bulldogs fall to top-seeded New Orleans at Southland Championships

CORPUS CHRISTI, N.J. -- The eighth-seeded Bryant University men's tennis team fell to top-seeded New Orleans, 4-1, in the first round of the 2023 Southland Conference Men's Tennis Championships Thursday.

How it Happened

• Bryant came out strong, winning the doubles point to take an early lead. 
• Marcus Macaulay and Diego Serra Sparrow won 7-5 at No. 2, while Nick Lorenz and Leonardo Mileikowsky picked up a 6-4 win at No. 3.
• New Orleans rebounded in singles, winning at 4, 6, 2 and 1.
• Three of Bryant's four singles losses ended had a 6-4 score in the first set. 
• Lorenz won a set on Thursday before his match went unfinished.

Results

Singles competition
1. Heinzel (UNO) def. Mileikowsky (BRY), 6-4, 6-1
2. Al-Amin (UNO) def. Serra Sparrow (BRY), 6-4, 6-2
3. Lorenz (BRY) vs. Lagarde (UNO), 6-3, 1-6, 0-2 unfinished
4. Joujan (UNO) def. Peterson (BRY), 6-0, 6-0
5. Fu (BRY) vs. Dubois (UNO), 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
6. Tesic (UNO) def. Sen (BRY), 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Fu/Trejo (BRY) vs. Al-Amin/Lagarde (UNO), 6-6, unfinished
2. Macaulay/Serra Sparrow (BRY) def. Heinzel/Joujan (UNO), 7-5
3. Lorenz/Mileikowsky (BRY) def. Armbuster/Dubois (UNO), 6-4