Men's Tennis Falls to Ball State

Thursday, March 28

Muncie, Ind.

1:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Ball State

March 28, 2002 | Men's Tennis

March 28, 2002

MUNCIE, Ind. -- - The University of Louisivlle men's tennis team fell to Ball State 5-2 Thursday at Ball State.

The Ball State Cardinals swept the doubles as Jason Pressel and Kevin Burnett outlasted Louisville's Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim 9-8(4) at the top seed. Chris Varga and Klint Knable defeated Alex Sivertsen and Paulo Carvalho 8-6 at No. 2. BSU's Brad Rhodes and Matt Laramore completed the sweep with an 8-6 win over Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe at No. 3.

In singles, Conley defeated Pressel 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 and Sivertsen collected a 6-2, 6-4 win over Mike Heule at No. 6 for Lousville's only points. Ball State's Varga defeated Carvalho 6-3, 6-4 at the two-spot and Andrew Seni topped Nicodim 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3. U of L's Mayer fell to Burnett in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the four-seed while McCombe and Rhodes also battled to three sets at No. 5 before Rhodes edged McCombe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Louisville (8-13) will play host to No. 14 Ohio State on Wednesday, April 3 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center at 4:00 p.m.

SINGLES1 - Cody Conley (UL) d. Jason Pressel (BSU) 6-4, 6-42 - Chris Varga (BSU) d. Paulo Carvalho (UL) 6-3, 6-43 - Andrew Seni (UL) d. Octavian Nicodim (UL) 6-3, 6-14 - Kevin Burnett (BSU) d. Matt Mayer (UL) 6-3, 3-6, 6-15 - Brad Rhodes (BSU) d. Brent McCombe (UL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-46 - Alex Sivertsen (UL) d. Mike Heule (BSU) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES1 - Pressel/Burnett (BSU) d. Conley/Nicodim (UL) 9-8(4)2 - Varga/Klint Knable (BSU) d. Sivertsen/Carvalho (UL) 8-63 - Rhodes/Matt Laramore (BSU) d. Mayer/McCombe (UL) 8-6