Men's Tennis Loses To Memphis

Sunday, February 24

Louisville, Ky.

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February 24, 2002 | Men's Tennis

Feb. 24, 2002

Louisville, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team lost to the University of Memphis 4-1 in the 2002 Conference USA Weekend at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on Sunday. U of L is currently ranked No. 61 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings.

The Cardinals lost the doubles point 1-0. At the No. 1 position, Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim beat the Memphis tandem of Ben Stapp and Lee Walker 8-4. Louisville's Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe were defeated 8-6 by the Tigers' Joe Schmulian and Michael Chamberlain at the No. 2 spot while the Cards' Alex Sivertsen and Paulo Carvalho dropped a tough match to Alex Bucewicz and Michael LaHaie 9-8.

In single's action, the match between Conley and the Tigers' Richard Magney was suspended with a score of 4-6, 6-4, 1-0. At the No. 2 spot, Carvalho lost to U of M's Stapp while Nicodim's match with the Tigers' Schmulian was suspended with a score of 6-3, 4-6, 2-0 at the No. 3 position.

At the No. 4 spot, Sivertsen fell short to the Tigers' Walker 7-5, 6-4. Louisville's only point came when Mayer defeated U of M's Bucewicz. Memphis put U of L away when Chamberlain defeated the Cards' McCombe 6-3, 6-3, at No. 6.

Louisville (4-9) will play host to Wright State at 11:00 a.m. and Southern Illinois at 4:00 p.m. on March 1 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Louisville men's tennis results 2/24/02

Memphis - 4
Louisville - 1

SINGLES1. Cody Conley (UL) vs. Richard Magney (UM) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0, DNF2. Ben Stapp (UM) d. Paulo Carvalho (UL) 6-2, 7-63. Octavian Nicodim (UL) vs. Joe Schmulian (UM) 6-3, 4-6, 2-0, DNF4. Lee Walker (UM) d. Alex Sivertsen (UL) 7-5, 6-45. Matt Mayer (UL) d. Alex Bucewicz (UM) 6-4, 6-26. Michael Chamberlain (UM) d. Brent McCombe (UL) 6-3, 6-3

DOUBLES1. Conley/Nicodim (UL) d. Stapp/Walker (UM) 8-42. Schmulian/Chamberlain (UM) d. Mayer/McCombe (UL) 8-63. Bucewicz/Michael LaHaie (UM) d. Sivertsen/Carvalho (UL) 9-8