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THIBODAUX, La. –\u00a0The Nicholls State\u00a0University tennis program will make its 2026 debut on Wednesday, Feb. 4 as the Colonels host Coastal Alabama at the Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex.<\/p>\n
The men will start things off with an 11 a.m. first serve while the women are slated to start at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
The men’s squad is coming off an 11-11 season and brings back five returners including veteran\u00a0Gerhard Venter<\/a>.\u00a0Colin Tavares<\/a>\u00a0headlines the group after claiming 10 victories in singles in his debut season. Sophomores\u00a0Jewan Labuschagne<\/a>,\u00a0Marcell Marki<\/a>,\u00a0Felipe Spagnuolo<\/a>\u00a0are also back after solid rookie campaigns.<\/p>\n Nicholls will have four freshmen on this year’s team including three from Louisiana — Mitchell Armbruster<\/a>, Charlie DuBos<\/a> and Mitchell Spence<\/a>.\u00a0Arthur Oliani<\/a>\u00a0rounds out the roster after coming to Thibodaux from Brazil.<\/p>\n The women’s team secured eight wins a year ago including a league win over Southeastern.\u00a0Returning for the women are seniors\u00a0Noemie Piquet<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amalie Grube Andersen<\/a>, along with junior\u00a0Aada Inna<\/a>\u00a0and sophomores\u00a0\u00a0Julia Bordiginon<\/a>,\u00a0Blanca Losada<\/a>, and\u00a0Paulina Villegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Villegas had a stellar freshman season by going 12-6 in singles with four SLC victories. Piquet and Bordiginon also had strong campaigns with seven victories.<\/p>\n New to the Colonels this year are transfer Angela Basto<\/a> and freshmen Jada Iverson<\/a> and Ashvini Gopala<\/a>.\u00a0
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