University of Louisville
Middle Tennessee
Men's Tennis split dual matches at Kansas
January 27, 2001 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 27, 2001
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated Kansas 4-3 and fell 4-1 to Middle Tennessee State on Saturday at the Alvamar Raquet Club in Lawrence, Kan.
In the match against Kansas, the Jayhawks took the doubles point as the Eleazar Magallan and Rodrigo Echagaray, ranked No. 43 in the nation, outlasted Tvrtko Kujundzic and Joachim Lien 9-7 at the top seed, and Quentin Blakeney and Pete Stroer defeated Cody Conley and Brent McCombe 8-5 at No. 2 doubles. Louisville's Oliver Cantrell and Alex Sivertsen defeated Alex Barragan and Andrew Metzler 8-3 at the three spot.
In singles action, Kujundzic won over Echagaray at the top seed 6-5 (7-5), 6-3. Lien won over Magallan 6-2, 6-2 at the two spot. Louisville's Carvalho won a singles point at No. 4 with a 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5) win over Stroer and Sivertsen defeated Barragan 6-1, 6-5(5) at No. 5.
In the match against Middle Tennessee, the Blue Raiders won the doubles point as Oliver Foreman and Robert Gustafsson defeated Kujundzic and Lien 8-4 at No. 1, and the team of Kirk Jackson and Mark Pellerin won over Sivertsen and Cantrell 8-5 at No. 3.
Carvalho posted Louisville's only singles point with a 6-2, 5-6, 1-0 (11-9) win over Michael Staniak at No. 4. Middle Tennessee claimed victories at Nos. 1-3.
The Cardinals (3-2) will play Arkansas-Little Rock on Sunday at 8 a.m. at Kansas.
University of Louisville men's tennis results: 1/27/01
Louisville 4, Kansas 3
Singles1: Kujundzic (UL) def. Echagaray (KU) 6-5 (7-5), 6-32: Lien (UL) def. Magallan (KU) 6-2, 6-23: Blakeney (KU) def. Conley (UL) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (14-12)4: Carvalho (UL) def. Stroer (KU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)5: Sivertsen (UL) def. Barragan (KU) 6-1, 6-5 (5)6: Metzler (KU) def. Cantrell (UL) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles1: Echagaray/Magallan (KU) def. Kujundzic/Lien (UL), 9-72: Blakeney/Stroer (KU) def. Conley/McCombe (UL), 8-53: Cantrell/Sivertsen (UL) def. Barragan/Metzler (KU), 8-3
Middle Tennessee 4, Louisville 1
Singles1: Klemetz (MTSU) def. Lien (UL), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)2: Gustafsson (MTSU) def. Kujundzic (UL), 6-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)3: Foreman (MTSU) def. Conley (UL), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)4: Carvalho (UL) def. Staniak (MTSU) 6-2, 5-6, 1-0 (11-9)5: Did not finish6: Did not finish
Doubles1: Foreman/Gustafsson (MTSU) def. Lien/Kujundzic (UL), 8-42: Did not finish3: Jackson/Pellerin (MTSU) def. Sivertsen/Cantrell (UL), 8-5
