Ragin' Cajuns Continue Homestand Facing Xavier On Saturday

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team continues its 10-match homestand on Saturday when it plays host to NAIA national runner-up Xavier (La.) in a pair of matches at Cajun Courts.
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First serve is set for 10 a.m., with the second match scheduled for 2 p.m. Admission to all Ragin' Cajuns tennis matches is free. Live results of both matches will be available at www.CajunStats.com.
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Louisiana (5-2) opened its home schedule last week with a pair of wins over Jackson State (7-0, 6-1) and Alcorn State (4-0, 4-0). Freshman Jamie Fraser, who has won a team-high four dual matches this season, picked up a pair of straight-set victories last Saturday against Jackson State before picking up a 6-0, 6-1 victory on Sunday against Alcorn State.
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The freshman tandem of Pearse Dolan and Elio Lago each improved to 3-0 overall in singles play this spring with returning players Arthur Libaud and Eric Perez each recording their third singles wins.
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Dolan and Vlad Kramarov have paced the Ragin' Cajuns at No. 1 doubles, posting a 5-1 record and helping Louisiana to a 14-3 mark in seven dual matches. Fraser and Libaud have posted a 4-1 record in doubles play for Louisiana with Perez and Coleman Wahlborg earning a pair of victories at No. 2 doubles.
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Xavier, which finished 17-8 last season, opens its season ranked No. 2 in the nation. Karan Salwan, ranked No. 3 nationally in the NAIA Single's Rankings, is one of three returners for the Gold Rush, who also return veterans Adam Albrecht and Tushar Mandlekar.

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[BeauCajun]

And we thought basketball scheduled weak teams.

[HoustonCajun]

And we thought basketball scheduled weak teams.

Men's Tennis used to play a great schedule. But, talk about padding your schedule.

2 matches vs. Prairie View A&M
UT Rio Valley State
2 matches vs. Xavier
2 matches vs. Jackson State
2 matches vs. Alcorn State
Florida A&M
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Incarnate Word

The above makes up half of our schedule. We only have 1 conference match vs. Georgia State.

[RaginDave]

Men's Tennis used to play a great schedule. But, talk about padding your schedule.

2 matches vs. Prairie View A&M
UT Rio Valley State
2 matches vs. Xavier
2 matches vs. Jackson State
2 matches vs. Alcorn State
Florida A&M
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Incarnate Word

The above makes up half of our schedule. We only have 1 conference match vs. Georgia State.

Houston they still do play a tough schedule.

21 Florida State
14 Texas A&M CC
49 Harvard
26 Rice
62 Georgia Stae

to name a few really good teams on our schedule.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Really such outrage about a sport that's lucky to have fans in the stands. Two years ago I was the only non tennis connected fan in NOLA SBC tennis championships. While Marlin and the rest of the SBC coaches pad their collective non conference resume.

[HoustonCajun]

Houston they still do play a tough schedule.

21 Florida State
14 Texas A&M CC
49 Harvard
26 Rice
62 Georgia Stae

to name a few really good teams on our schedule.

I agree that those 5 are good programs, but that is only 5 out of 22 teams. Any idea why we only play GA State in conference plus the conference tournament? What other schools play tennis in the SBC and why don't we play them?