Men's Tennis Defeats Western Michigan

Sunday, March 25

Kalamazoo, Mich.

1:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Western Michigan

March 25, 2001 | Men's Tennis

March 25, 2001

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated Western Michigan 4-3 on Sunday at Western Michigan.

The Cards took the doubles point as the team of Tvrtko Kujundzic and Joachim Lien defeated Ryan Tomlinson and Ryan Maarschalk 8-6 at the top seed and Oliver Cantrell and Jake Kirts beat Christian Brattstrom and Fernando Garcia 8-4 at No. 3.

In singles action, Lien, Cody Conley and Matt Mayer notched wins for U of L. Lien defeated Steve Pillon 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 2, Conley beat Maarschalk 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 and Mayer defeated Brattstrom 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6.

Louisville (16-4) will travel to Columbus, Ohio to face No. 24 Ohio State on March 28.

Louisville men's tennis vs. Western MichiganSingles1 - Fernando Garcia (WMU) d. Tvrtko Kujundzic (UL) 7-6, 6-12 - Joachim Lien (UL) d. Steve Pillon (WMU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-33 - Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) d. Paulo Carvalho (UL) 6-4, 6-44 - Ravishankar Pathanjali (WMU) d. Oliver Cantrell 6-4, 2-6, 6-45 - Cody Conley (UL) d. Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) 6-2, 6-46 - Matt Mayer (UL) d. Christian Brattstrom (WMU) 6-1, 6-2Doubles1 - Kujundzic/Lien (UL) d. Tomlinson/Maarschalk (WMU) 8-62 - Pathanjali/Pillon (WMU) d. Conley/Brent McCombe 8-33 - Cantrell/Jake Kirts (UL) d. Brattstrom/Garcia 8-4