Southern Miss Men’s Tennis Falls to South Alabama 4-0

Mobile, Ala. — Southern Miss men’s tennis was shut out 4-0 by South Alabama on Sunday afternoon in Mobile. The Golden Eagles fell to 7-8 overall and 1-2 in Sun Belt Conference play after returning from a three-match swing in San Antonio, according to school officials.

South Alabama secured the doubles point by winning on courts two and three. Javier Accossatto and Albert Bouyacoub defeated Saheb Sodhi and Eric Perkowski 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Nikola Frumholz and Alex Radjenovic posted a 6-1 victory over Olle Noltorp and Matei Varbanciu on court three. The No. 1 doubles match between South Alabama’s Jack Hanning and Martin Yigin and Southern Miss’s Kale Mize and Julius Bult was left unfinished at 5-5.

In singles, Yigin opened with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Noltorp at No. 5 to give South Alabama a 2-0 lead. The Jaguars extended their lead when Accossatto won the opening set from Mize in a tiebreak, 7-6 (8-6), before the match was retired in the second set due to injury. The clinching point came at No. 2 singles, where Hanning outlasted Jose Murariu 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6).

Three singles matches remained unfinished when play was halted. Sodhi split the first two sets on court three, Bult was in a third set at No. 4, and Ritabrata Sarkar was also in a third set on court six. The Golden Eagles will continue conference play next weekend with a road match at Troy, according to team officials.

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