Ragin' Cajuns Men's Tennis Hosting Tournament This Weekend

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Five nationally-ranked programs are on campus at Louisiana

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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