Men's Tennis Tops Texas Tech 4-1

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March 11, 2002 | Men's Tennis

March 11, 2002

CORPUS, Christie - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated Texas Tech 4-1 Sunday to secure a third place finish at the HEB National Championships.

The Cardinals took the doubles point as Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim teamed to defeat Ben Gudzelak and Richard Crabtree 8-4 at the top seed and Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe defeated David Knaszak 8-3 at No. 3.

Conley defeated No. 59 Ramey 6-4, 7-6 at the top singles seed, while Mayer topped Devin Wakeford 6-4 6-4 at No. 4 and Alex Sivertsen edged Michael Innerebner 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 5. Crabtree defeated Nicodim 6-0, 6-3 at the three spot for Tech's only point.

"We were very pleased to finish third out of 16 teams," said Louisville head coach Rex Ecarma. "The HEB Championship had a great field, but we felt like we were capable of winning the whole thing. Hopefully this will give us some momentum going into the Blue-Gray National Championships this week."

Louisville (7-10) will travel to Montgomery, Ala. to compete in the Blue-Gray National Championships March 14-17.

Louisville men's tennis vs. Texas TechSINGLES1 - Cody Conley (UL) d. #59 Royce Ramey (TT) 6-4, 7-62 - Paulo Carvalho (UL) vs. Ben Gudzelak (TT) dnf3 - Richard Crabtree (TT) d. Octavian Nicodim (UL) 6-4, 6-44 - Matt Mayer (UL) d. Devin Wakeford (TT) 6-4, 6-45 - Alex Sivertsen (UL) d. Michael Innerebner (TT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-36 - Brent McCombe (UL) vs. David Knaszak (TT) dnf
DOUBLES1 - Conley/Nicodim (UL) d. Gudzelak (TT) 8-42 - Sivertsen/Jake Kirts (UL) vs. Ramey Wakefore (TT) - dnf3 - Mayer/McCombe (UL) d. Knaszak/Walker (TT) 8-3