NEW ORLEANS – Omaha Men's Tennis beat New Orleans, 5-2, on the road on Saturday afternoon.
The Mavs (5-8) clinched the win due to graduate Liam Spiers' (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) win in the No. 3 flight in singles. Spiers fell 6-2 to the Privateers' (8-5) Marlos Melgosa in the first set before tying it up with a 6-4 win in the second. He took the third set 6-3 to win the match.
Freshman Maddox Lundell (Minnetonka, Minn.) also won a three-set match. In the No. 5 flight, Lundell defeated New Orleans' Peter Kieslinger 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-0 to win his eighth singles match of the spring. The freshman leads the Mavericks in singles wins in dual matches.
Omaha is back tomorrow for a doubleheader at Nicholls State. Match one will kick off at 9 a.m. CT and match two at 1 p.m. CT.
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Match Results
Omaha (5-8) - 5, New Orleans (8-5) - 2
Singles
1. Bryan Kuntz (OMA) defeated Jacob Rouleau-Mailly (UNO) - 6-3, 6-4
2. Beltran Fernandez (UNO) defeated Christian Trevey (OMA) - 6-4, 6-3
3. Liam Spiers (OMA) defeated Marlos Melgosa (UNO) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Peter Kieslinger (UNO) defeated Pavan Uppu (OMA) - 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
5. Maddox Lundell (OMA) defeated Peter Kieslinger (UNO) - 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-0
6. Caleb Peterson (OMA) defeated Marius Gyllerup (UNO) - 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Kristian Thomas/Pavan Uppu (OMA) vs. Beltran Fernandez/Carlos Melgosa (UNO) - 6-6 (4-4), unfinished
2. Anthony Scheglowski/Liam Spiers (OMA) defeated Marius Gyllerup/Jacob Rouleau-Mailly (UNO) - 6-4
3. Ethan Gaubert/Bryan Kuntz (OMA) defeated Jerall Yasim/Peter Kieslinger (UNO) - 7-6 (2)
Order of Finish
Singles: 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
Doubles: 2, 3