Roigas wins singles title at Ragin' Cajuns Classic
November
1, 2004
Freshman Rain Roigas defeated Josey Trimmien 6-2, 6-2
to cap a dominating performance over the weekend, to take the Flight B
singles title at the 2004 Hibernia Ragin' Cajuns Tennis Classic at the
Cajun Courts in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Roigas and teammates Tim Walter and Karlis Miljons
were the lone representatives for the Trojans at the tournament, but
posted some very solid results, combining for a total of ten victories.
On his title run, Roigas defeated Wesley Arnold of
Lamar 6-0, 6-1, and Danny Leavy of Tulane 6-4, 6-2 in the first two
rounds. In the quarterfinals, Roigas defeated Johnathan Howard of LSU to
earn a trip to the Semifinals where he would face off with fellow Trojan
Walter. Roigas would take the win over Walter 7-5, 6-3 and would advance
to the final where he took an easy victory over Trimmien to take the
title.
Before facing Roigas in the semi-finals, Walter had a
successful tournament of his own, taking a 6-3, 6-3 win over Paul Birkett
of Southeastern Louisiana in the second round and a win over Ian Vazquez
of Texas-Arlington in the quarterfinals.
Miljons took an easy victory in the second round over
conference opponent Dustin Musso of Louisiana-Lafayette 6-2, 6-1 before
falling 7-5, 6-3 Saif Ali of New Orleans in the quarterfinals.
Roigas and Walter teamed to advance to the finals of
the Flight B doubles competition with wins over Tyler Cobb and Wesley
Arnold of Lamar (8-1) and Ian Vazques and Trimmien of Texas Arlington
(8-2), before falling to Kyle Mims and Alberto Agis of Texas Arlington
(8-6).
The women's team will send Jenna Hirdle, Katie Prokop
and Laetitia Bourgeon to compete in the women's portion of the tournament
that will take place this weekend in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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