PENSACOLA, Fla. – The LSU New Orleans Privateers men's and women's tennis teams will make their fall season debut at West Florida as they take part in the West Florida Fall Fling starting on Friday.
 
The men's team returns three student-athletes from the 2025-26 season. Carlos Melgosa and Beltran Fernandez reached a combined 21 singles victories as freshmen last season. They added a combined 15 doubles victories last spring.
 
Also returning is Marius Gyllerup, who won five matches each in singles and doubles last year.
 
Added on are five newcomers: one transfer and four freshmen. The one transfer is Toa Maeda, who came from Hawaii where he was a First Team All-Big West selection in doubles last season.
 
Shinyu Hasegawa, Alexandre Gallet, Jeremie Luttig and Lukas Gruben are all slated to make their collegiate debuts in Pensacola this weekend.
 
The women's team returns two student-athletes from last season. Nouray Khaled is in her third season on the Lakefront. She won six singles matches and seven in doubles last season. Danique Vermue had a 10-6 record in doubles in her first season with the Privateers in 2026. Half of those victories came at flight one.
 
The Privateers will have five newcomers on the squad this year Antonina Butrova and Damla Arslan are transfers from Lindsey Wilson and Morgan State respectively. Butrova won three matches in singles against NAIA nationally ranked opponents. Arslan was part of a Morgan State team that won the MEAC title and made their first NCAA Regional since 2018.
 
The Privateers will also debut newcomers, Yui Hashimoto, Zoe Thiele and Miotisoa Rasendra Andrianantenaina who will make their collegiate debuts.
 
ABOUT LSU NEW ORLEANS
In July of 2026 the University of New Orleans rejoined the LSU system and rebranded to "LSU New Orleans" bringing together two powerful brands - the purple and gold of LSU with the unbreakable spirit of New Orleans. The transition marks a return to the LSU family for the University - a place it called home from 1958-2011. Athletic teams will remain the Privateers and continue to compete in the Southland Conference.
 
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