Men's Tennis Falls to Texas Tech

Friday, March 9

Corpus Christi, Texas

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University of Louisville

Texas Tech

March 13, 2001 | Men's Tennis

March 9, 2001

Corpus Christi, Texas - The U of L men's tennis team fell to Texas Tech 4-3 in the annual Corpus Christi Invitational.

The Cards began by winning the doubles point as Tvrtko Kujundzic and Joachim Lien combined to defeat Richard Crabtree and Ben Gudzelak 8-6 at the top seed and Brent McCombe and Cody Conley beat John Walker and Borut Martincevic 8-4 at No. 2.

In singles action for Louisville, Lien defeated Royce Ramey 6-3, 6-4 at the two-spot and Oliver Cantrell defeated Walker in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5.

Texas Tech picked up singles wins at Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 6.

The No. 6 position was the final decider of the match with both teams tied at three. Tech's Costa Yiannakopolous won in three-sets over Alex Siversten, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4.

Louisville falls to 12-4 on the season.

U of L men's tennis results vs. Texas Tech


SINGLES1. Borut Martincevic (TT) def. Tvrtko Kujundzic (UL) 6-3, 6-22. Joachim Lien (UL) def. Royce Ramey (TT) 6-3, 6-43. Ben Gudzelak (TT) def. Paulo Carvalho (TT) 6-2, 6-44. Richard Crabtree (TT) def. Cody Conley (TT) 6-3, 7-55. Oliver Cantrell (UL) def. John Walker (TT) 6-4, 6-26. Costa Yiannakopolous (TT) def. Alex Siversten (UL) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
DOUBLES1. Lien/Kujundzic (UL) def. Crabtree/Gudzelak (TT) 8-62. Conley/McCombe (UL) def. Walker/Martincevic (TT) 8-43. Cantrell/Jake Kirts (UL) vs. Ramey/Chris Drumm (TT) Suspended, 8-8