and Jason Mechali each earned singles points, but the Oral Roberts University men's tennis team was beaten by New Orleans, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at LaFortune Park. The Golden Eagles are now 1-8 (0-3 Southland Conference).

Zierleyn won at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-2, over UNO's Timo Kranz. Mechali, meanwhile, was a 4-6, 6-4, 12-10 comeback winner over Romain Lefevre on court six.

But the Privateers (4-2, 1-0 SLC) won the other five points, including a tight victory in doubles. UNO's Lefevre and Blake Gregor won the top flight, 8-4, over Mechali and Jack Busby, while ORU came back win an 8-5 win in the second flight, where Parker Allen and Amar Saletovic beat Kranz and Daniel Populus. UNO clinched the point on court three, where Rui Silva and Chris Appelgren knocked off Zierleyn and Michael Sosnowski, 8-7 (7-5).

UNO took four points in singles play. Silva bested Saletovic in the featured match, 6-2, 6-4, and Gonzalo Garcia topped Busby in the third flight, 6-2, 6-1. Gregor won the fourth flight, 6-4, 6-4, over Allen, and Appelgren was a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victor over Sosnowski at the No. 5 spot.

The Golden Eagles have a quick turnaround, as they will face Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon. First serve in Stillwater is scheduled for 4 pm CT.