Men's Tennis Falls To No. 23 Washington

Saturday, February 16

Seattle, Wash.

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University of Louisville

Washington

February 15, 2002 | Men's Tennis

Feb. 15, 2002

Seattle, Wa. - The No. 55 University of Louisville men's tennis team fell to No. 23 ranked Washington Huskies 4-0 in the Great Northwest Shootout at the Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center on Friday.

The Cardinals were down 1-0 losing the doubles point when Washington's three doubles pairs earned victories. In the No. 1 position, Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim were defeated 8-3 by the Huskies' Christoph Palmanshofer and Alex Vlaski. Paulo Carvalho and Alex Sivertsen lost in the second position 8-6 to Matt Hanlin and Dillon Ruby. In the No. 3 spot, the Cardinals' duo of Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe fell to Washington's Peter Scharler and Ari Strasberg 8-2.

In single's action, the Cardinals' Carvalho lost to No. 44 Hanlin in the No. 2 singles spot 6-2, 6-1. At the No. 5 position, U of L's Sebastian Aspillaga was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by the Huskies' Scharler. Washington clinched the victory when Conley fell to No. 53 ranked Vlaski 6-4, 6-2 in two sets.

After Vlaski clinched the single's point, matches were suspended for Sivertsen, Nicodim and Mayer. Washington improves to 6-0 on the season.

Louisville (3-6) will play Indiana State in doubles late Friday night. The Cardinals face Northwestern on Saturday, February 16, at 10:00 a.m. followed by singles matches with Indiana State later that evening.

Louisville men's tennis results 2/15/02

Washington - 4 Louisville - 0

SINGLES1. Alex Vlaski (UW) d. Cody Conley (UL) 6-4, 6-22. Matt Hanlin (UW) d. Paulo Carvalho (UL) 6-2, 6-13. Ari Strasberg (UW) vs. Alex Sivertsen (UL) DNF4. Christoph Palmanshofer (UW) vs. Octavian Nicodim (UL) DNF5. Peter Scharler (UW) d. Sebastian Aspillaga (UL) 6-2, 6-36. Dillon Ruby (UW) vs. Matt Mayer (UL) DNF
DOUBLES1. Palmanshofer/Vlaski (UW) d. Conley/Nicodim (UL) 8-32. Hanlin/Ruby (UW) d. Carvalho/Sivertsen (UL) 8-63. Scharler/Strasberg (UW) d. Mayer/Brent McCombe (UL) 8-2