HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Omaha Men's Tennis fell to Southern Miss, 4-3, in the first match of a four-match road swing.
The Mavericks (4-8) secured an early lead with the doubles point. Senior Ethan Gaubert (Melbourne, Australia) and graduate Bryan Kuntz (Cuiaba, Brazil) won in the No. 3 flight with a final score of 6-1 in a match that only took 26 minutes. Freshman Anthony Scheglowski (Lakeville, Minn.) and graduate Liam Spiers (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) secured the lead with a 7-6 (3) win in the No. 2 match.
Kuntz continued winning in the singles portion of the match. He took the first set against Southern Miss' Kale Mize, 6-1. Mize claimed the second set 7-5, but Kuntz blazed through the third set to win 6-0.
Freshman Maddox Lundell (Minnetonka, Minn.) was the third point for Omaha. He defeated Eric Perkowski of Southern Miss 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 5 flight.
The Mavs are back tomorrow to face New Orleans at 11 a.m. CT.
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Match Results
Southern Miss (6-5) - 4, Omaha (4-8) - 3
Singles
1. Bryan Kuntz (OMA) defeated Kale Mize (SM) - 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
2. Jose Murariu (SM) defeated Christian Trevey (OMA) - 6-1, 6-3
3. Saheb Sodhi (SM) defeated Liam Spiers (OMA) - 6-3, 6-2
4. Olle Noltorp (SM) defeated Pavan Uppu (OMA) - 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1
5. Maddox Lundell (OMA) defeated Eric Perkowski (SM) - 6-4, 6-3
6. Ritabrata Sarkar (SM) defeated Kaden Taylor (OMA) - 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Kristian Thomas/Pavan Uppu (OMA) vs. Kale Mize/Jay Temming (SM) - 5-6, unfinished
2. Anthony Scheglowski/Liam Spiers (OMA) defeated Eric Perkowski/Saheb Sodhi (SM) - 7-6 (3)
3. Ethan Gaubert/Bryan Kuntz (OMA) defeated Jose Murariu/Matei Varbanciu (SM) - 6-1
Order of Finish
Singles: 3, 2, 6, 5, 1, 4
Doubles: 3, 2