Ragin' Cajuns Men's Tennis Hosting Tournament This Weekend

<blockquote><p align=justify><b>Five nationally-ranked programs are on campus at Louisiana</b>

LOUISIANA La. - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team will host the Ragin' Cajuns Men's Tennis Tournament this weekend at Cajun Courts and Bourgeois Hall Tennis Courts on the campus of the University of Louisiana at La.

This year's field includes 12 teams, including five nationally-ranked programs. Host Louisiana, Arkansas-Little Rock, No. 45 South Alabama and No. 71 New Orleans will represent the Sun Belt Conference. No. 14 Tulane and Southern Mississippi will represent the Conference USA, while No. 24 Louisiana State and No. 42 Mississippi State will represent the Southeastern Conference. Texas-Arlington, Southeastern Louisiana, Lamar University and Southern University will also participate in this weekend's tournament.

The tournament will consist of two flights of singles with 32 slots each and two flights of doubles with 16 slots each.

Six Cajuns will participate this weekend for Louisiana. Sophomore Evghenii Corduneanu enters the weekend with a 16-5 fall record. Joining Corduneanu will be Amanjot Singh, Marc Castellana, Ivan Kovalev, Zach Saloom and Shaun Ellison. Corduneanu lost to fellow teammate Amanjot Singh Tuesday in the singles consolation finals of the ITA South Central Regional Championships. Singh won 6-4, 6-1.

<b>Admission to this weekend's tournament is free.
Tournament play begins at 8 a.m. Today.</b>

<b><i>LOUISIANA SI

<b>Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans</b>
Head Coach: Tommy McDonald
Conference: Sun Belt
2003 Record: 15-10
Conference Finish: 6th

<b>Lamar University Cardinals</b>
Head Coach: David Wong
Conference: Southland
2003 Record: 8-12
Conference: 5th

<b>Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns</b>
Head Coach: Justin McGrath
Conference: Sun Belt
2003 Record: 10-12
Conference Finish: 4th

<b>#24 Louisiana State Tigers</b>
Head Coach: Jeff Brown
Conference: SEC
2003 Record: 13-11
Conference Finish: 2nd-West

<b>#42 Mississippi State Bulldogs</b>
Head Coach: Sylvain Guichard
Conference: SEC
2003 Record: 8-13
Conference Finish: 4th-West

<b>#71 New Orleans Privateers</b>
Head Coach: Burzis Kanga
Conference: Sun Belt
2003 Record: 17-5
Conference Finish: 2nd

<b>#45 South Alabama Jaguars</b>
Head Coach: Scott Novak
Conference: Sun Belt
2003 Record: 20-8
Conference Finish: 1st

<b>Southern University Jaguars</b>
Head Coach: Jeffrey Conyers
Conference: Southwestern Athletic
2003 Record:
Conference Finish: 1st

<b>Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles</b>
Head Coach: Teddy Viator
Conference: Conference USA
2003 Record: 9-13
Conference Finish: T-7th

<b>Southeastern Louisiana Lions</b>
Head Coach: Jason Hayes
Conference: Southland
2003 Record: 13-9
Conference Finish: 3rd

<b>Texas-Arlington Mavericks</b>
Head Coach: DuBois Patric
Conference: Southland
2003 Record: 12-11
Conference Finish: 1st

<b>#14 Tulane Green Wave</b>
Head Coach: Robert Klein
Conference: Conference USA
2003 Record: 21-6
Conference Finish: 1st