Men's Tennis Loses to Michigan State

Feb. 10, 2002

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell to Michigan State 4-3 on Sunday at Michigan State.

The Cardinals won the doubles point as the team of Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim defeated Jimmy McGuire and Eric Simonton 8-4 at No. 1 and Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe beat Adam Hourani and Goran Topalo 9-7 at No. 3. Andrew Formanczyk and Chris Mitchell had the Spartans' only double win with their 8-6 decision over Adam Maskill and Alex Sivertsen at the two-spot.

In singles, Conley defeated Mitchell 6-1, 6-2 at the top seed and Nicodim won over Simonton 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4. MSU's Fromanczyk defeated Paulo Carvalho 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2, Goran Topalo defeated Sivertsen 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3, Maguire won a 7-5, 6-0 decision over Mayer at the five spot and Cameron Marshall defeated McCombe 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6.

Louisville (3-5) will travel to Seattle, Wash. to take on Washington, Northwestern and Indiana State Feb. 16-17.

Sunday's Results Against No. 51 LouisvilleDoublesNo. 1   Conley/Nicodim (UL) def. McGuire/Simonton (MSU) 8-4No. 2   Formanczyk/Mitchell (MSU) def. Maskill/Sivertsen (UL) 8-6No. 3   Mayer/McCombe (UL) def. Hourani/Topalo (MSU) 9-7 SinglesNo. 1   Cody Conley (UL) def. Chris Mitchell (MSU) 6-1, 6-2No. 2   Andrew Formanczyk (MSU) def. Paulo Carvalho (UL) 6-2, 7-5No. 3   Goran Topalo (MSU) def. Alex Sivertsen (UL) 6-3, 6-4No. 4   Octavian Nicodim (UL) def. Eric Simonton (MSU) 6-2, 6-4No. 5   Jimmy McGuire (MSU) def. Matt Mayer (UL) 7-5, 6-0No. 6   Cameron Marshall (MSU) def. Brent McCombe (UL) 6-3, 6-2Michigan State defeats Louisville, 4-3

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