{"id":450006,"date":"2026-02-02T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450006\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:05:08","slug":"owls-battle-in-loss-at-lsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450006\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls Battle in Loss at LSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

BATON ROUGE \u2013 Rice men’s tennis fell 5-2 to LSU on Monday at the LSU Tennis Complex.
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\nThe Owls (3-3) were unable to secure the doubles point against LSU. Yair Sarouk<\/a> and Kabeer Kapasi<\/a> dropped a 6-3 decision to Erik Arutiunian and Matias Ponce de Leon on court two, while Tommy Czaplinski<\/a> and Rafael Botran<\/a> fell 6-2 to Olaf Pieczkowski and Enzo Kohlmann on court three. Petro Kuzmenok<\/a> and Santiago Navarro<\/a> were tied 3-3 on court one when doubles play was halted.
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\nLSU opened singles play with wins on courts two and six, as Arutiunian defeated Navarro 6-3, 6-2 and Sasa Markovic topped Gabriel Porras<\/a> 6-2, 6-1. Kapasi put Rice on the board with a straight-set win over Andrej Loncarevic, 6-4, 6-0, on court four. LSU then clinched the match shortly after when Kohlmann edged Botran 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 on court three.
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\nPlay continued after the clinch. Sarouk battled to a three-set match but fell to Ponce de Leon 6-2, 6-7, 6-3. Kuzmenok closed the match on a high note for the Owls, earning a 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 victory over Pieczkowski on court one.
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\nRice will return to action next week when it hosts the 25K PTT tournament before resuming team play Feb. 20-22 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., against Old Dominion, Utah and Middle Tennessee.
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\nRESULTS

\nDOUBLES
\nP. Kuzmenok\/S. Navarro (RICE) vs S. Markovic\/A. Loncarevic (LSU) 3-3 unfinished
\nE. Arutiunain\/M. Ponce de Leon (LSU) def. Y. Sarouk\/K. Kapasi (RICE) 6-3
\nO. Pieczkowski\/E. Kohlmann (LSU) def. T. Czaplinski\/R. Botran (RICE) 6-2
\nOrder of Finish: 2, 3
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\nSINGLES
\nP. Kuzmenok (RICE) def. O. Pieczkowski (LSU) 6-2, 6-7, 6-4
\nE. Arutiunian (LSU) def. S. Navarro (RICE) 6-3, 6-2
\nE. Kohlmann (LSU) def. R. Botran (RICE) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
\nK. Kapasi (RICE) def. A. Loncarevic (LSU) 6-4, 6-0
\nM. Ponce de Leon (LSU) def. Y. Sarouk (RICE) 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
\nS. Markovic (LSU) def. G. Porras (RICE) 6-2, 6-1
\nOrder of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 3, \u00a05, 1
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