Men’s Tennis Beats Louisiana, Advances to Semifinals

Friday, April 18

Rome, Ga.

9 a.m.

Troy University

Louisiana

Men’s Tennis Beats Louisiana, Advances to Semifinals

4/18/2025 1:48:00 PM | Tennis (M)

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TROY, Ala. – The Troy men's tennis team was all business on Friday morning, as it defeated No. 5 Louisiana 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. With the victory, Troy will play top-seeded Old Dominion in the semifinals on Saturday morning.

Troy (20-7) started fast during doubles play, which carried over to the singles portion of the match. Louisiana (10-12) battled tough but couldn't overcome the early deficit put in place by the Trojans.

The all-conference duo of Nicolas Simkin and Noah Martens kicked things off with a 6-2 win in the No. 1 doubles spot to move to 8-5 this season and win their fourth match in a row. The Trojans clinched the doubles point to take the 1-0 lead thanks to a 6-1 victory by Henrique de Brito and Luciano Alcocer at No. 3.

This season, the Trojans are 16-1 when taking a 1-0 in the early stages of the match.

Simkin extended the Troy lead to 2-0 with an impressive 6-3, 6-4 victory at the No. 2 spot. The redshirt senior is 9-10 in singles and has won his last four matches. His doubles partner, Martens, also made quick work of his singles match, winning 6-1, 6-1 to move the Trojans lead to 3-0. The win marked his 13^th of the season.

Louisiana wasn't going down without a fight, as the Ragin' Cajuns won the next two courts to make it a 3-2 Troy advantage. The remaining two matches each went to a third set as the pressure was mounting for Troy to close things out.

The Ragin' Cajuns picked up a win at No. 5 to even things up at 3-3. The match came down to Luciano Alcocer at No. 6, and he came through with a gritty, 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-4 to clinch the match for the Trojans. It was Alcocer's 16^th win of the season and the most important one yet.

Up Next
Troy will take on No. 1 Old Dominion on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. with a ticket to the championship match on the line. Live stats and live stream links can be found on TroyTrojans.com.

Full Results
Troy 4, Louisiana 3

Singles competition
1. Oriol Fillat Gimenez (UL) def. Yeray Andres Pastor (TROY) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Nicolas Simkin (TROY) def. William Jade (UL) 6-3, 6-4
3. Noah Martens (TROY) def. William Ribero (UL) 6-1, 6-1
4. Samuel Kyjaci (UL) def. Hiiro Sakamoto (TROY) 7-5, 6-4
5. Mason Landreth (UL) def. Henrique de Brito (TROY) 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-1
6. Luciano Alcocer (TROY) def. Leonard Tramolay (UL) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Noah Martens/Nicolas Simkin (TROY) def. Oriol Fillat Gimenez/William Jade (UL) 6-2
2. Yeray Andres Pastor/Hiiro Sakamoto (TROY) vs. Samuel Kyjaci/Leonard Tramolay (UL) 4-4, unfinished
3. Luciano Alcocer/Henrique de Brito (TROY) def. Darius Balan/Mason Landreth (UL) 6-1

Match Notes:
Louisiana 10-12
Troy 20-7
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)
Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals