The Dillard Men’s Tennis Team Opens the 2022 Campaign Against Crosstown Rival Xavier University of Louisiana on Friday, Feb. 4

New Orleans – The Dillard University men's tennis team, under the direction of Head Coach Meenakshi Sundaram, begins its first season in 17 years on Friday, Feb. 4, against Xavier University of Louisiana at 3 p.m. at XULA's Tennis Center.

The Dillard men's tennis program was discontinued due the recovery efforts necessary after Hurricane Katrina and is restarting in the spring of 2022. It is the first time that the athletic department is adding sports since the 2009-10 school year when the five sports were added in men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track & field plus the sport of softball.

The men's program was picked to finish seventh in the Southern States Athletic Conference's (SSAC) Preseason Coaches' Poll.

The 2022 Dillard men's tennis team roster consists of Felix Hamp, Albert Segura, Youssef Berrajah, Pranav Mehta, Boris Aguma and Yassine Ben Jemaa.

Next, the program travels to take on Division I Alabama A&M on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m.