University of Louisville
Washington
Men's Tennis Falls 4-0 to No. 24 Washington
March 04, 2012 | Men's Tennis
March 3, 2012
SEATTLE , Wash. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell 4-0 to host No. 24 Washington in the first match of the great Northwest Shootout.
"We played pretty good, but they played very good. Most of the courts were very close, but on three of the courts, we were overmatched," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "Sebastian was four points in the tiebreaker from winning his match and Michael and Albert were in the third set. We have to stay confident because we play an extremely talented Tulsa team tomorrow morning."
The Huskies took the doubles point by winning at Nos. 1 and 3. Kyle McMorrow and Emmett Egger picked up an 8-1 win over Albert Wagner and Andrew Carter at the top seed and Matt Stith and Marton Bots defeated Michael Lippens and Sumit Gupta 8-5 at No. 3.
In singles, action, Carter fell 6-3, 6-3 to 12th ranked Morrow at the top seed. Max Manthou topped Hall 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 and Nicholas Kamisar beat Chris Simich 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6.
The Cardinals (8-5) will play Tulsa Sunday at 1 p.m.
Nordstrom Tennis Center - Seattle, Wash.
March 3, 2012
No. 24 Washington 4; No. 30 Louisville 0
Doubles
1) McMorrow/Egger (UW) def. (34) Wagner/Carter (Lou), 8-1
2) Hawke/Manthou (UW) vs. Stiefelmeyer/Hall (Lou), 8-7, DNF
3) Stith/Bots (UW) def. Lippens/Gupta (Lou), 8-5
Order of finish: 1, 3
Singles
1) (12) Kyle McMorrow (UW) def. Andrew Carter (Lou), 6-3, 6-3
2) Emmett Egger (UW) vs. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer (Lou), 2-6, 6-6, DNF
3) Marton Bots (UW) vs. Albert Wagner (Lou), 2-6, 6-4, 4-1, DNF
4) Viktor Farkas (UW) vs. Michael Lippens ¬(Lou), 6-2, 4-6, 1-0, DNF
5) Max Manthou (UW) def. Robert Hall (Lou), 6-1, 6-2
6) Nicholas Kamisar (UW) def. Chris Simich (Lou), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 6, 1
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