Men's Tennis Falls 4-2 To Liberty

NORFOLK, Va. – The 62nd-ranked Old Dominion men's tennis team dropped a tough 4-2 match on Wednesday afternoon to the 68th-ranked Liberty Flames outdoors at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
 
In doubles, the Monarchs took the team point winning the last two matches. After falling at line one, Jakob Cadonau and Luca Maldoner took a 6-1 win over Deji Thomas-Smith and Luis Felipe Miguel at line two to even the doubles. Francois Le Tallec and Cosme Rolland De Ravel took a 6-2 win over Rafael Marques Da Silva and Beau Pelletier at line three for the team point.
 
Singles saw the Flames take the first two finished matches, before Le Tallec scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over Marques Da Silva at line two to even the match 2-2. From there, Liberty took two wins at lines six and four including an 8-6 tiebreaker in the match that clinched the team win.
 
"From a pure tennis standpoint, one of the poorest performances from us today. Too many unforced errors and lack of mental energy in important situations against a team like Liberty," said ODU Head Coach Dominik Mueller.
 
ODU (11-9) now heads on the road for a pair of matches at Southern Miss on Saturday and Louisiana on Sunday.
 
 
 
Tennis Match Results
Liberty vs Old Dominion
3/29/2023 at Norfolk, Va.
(Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
#68 Liberty 4, #62 Old Dominion 2
Singles competition
1. Younes Lalami (ODU-M) vs. Josh Wilson (LIBERTYM) 5-7, 6-2, 2-4, unfinished
2. Francois Le Tallec (ODU-M) def. R. Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) 6-4, 6-3
3. Christiaan Worst (LIBERTYM) def. Codie van Schalkwyk (ODU-M) 6-1, 6-2
4. Deji Thomas-Smith (LIBERTYM) def. Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU-M) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Beau Pelletier (LIBERTYM) def. Jakob Cadonau (ODU-M) 6-3, 6-2
6. Luis Felipe Miguel (LIBERTYM) def. Luca Maldoner (ODU-M) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Josh Wilson/Christiaan Worst (LIBERTYM) def. #68 Younes Lalami/Brandon Perez (ODU-M) 6-0
2. Jakob Cadonau/Luca Maldoner (ODU-M) def. Deji Thomas-Smith/Luis Felipe Miguel (LIBERTYM) 6-1
3. Francois Le Tallec/Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU-M) def. R. Marques Da Silva/Beau Pelletier (LIBERTYM) 6-2
Match Notes:
Liberty 12-8; National ranking #68
Old Dominion 11-9; National ranking #62
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,5,6,4)
T-2:45