Men's Tennis Defeats Wichita State 4-1

Friday, March 8

Corpus Christi, Texas

University of Louisville

Wichita State <br>(HEB National Championships)

Sophomore Matt Mayer won in singles and doubles in the tennis team's 4-1 win over Wichita State

March 08, 2002 | Men's Tennis

March 8, 2002

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas- The University of Louisvllle men's tennis team defeated Wichita State 4-1 Friday in the H-E-B Collegiate Team Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The Cardinals won the doubles point as the team of Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim defeated Mark Sewell and Jaime Rodriguez 8-6 at the top seed and Brent McCombe and Matt Mayer teamed ot bead Ben Cramp and Juan Escalante 8-3 at No. 3. The Shockers' Joggen Austin and Carlo Contente defeated Jake Kirts and Paulo Carvalho 8-4 at No. 2 doubles.

In singles, Nicodim topped Cramp 7-5, 6-4 at the three spot and Mayer defeated Austin 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4. McCombe blanked Escalante 6-0, 6-0 at No.6 to give the Cardinals the win. Carlo Contente outlasted Alex Sivertsent 7-5, 7-6 at No. 5 for Wichita State's only point.

Louisville improves to 5-9 on the season. The Cardinals will continue tournament play on Saturday.

Results: No. 69 Louisville 4, Wichita State 1Singles1. Mark Sewell (WSU) vs. Cody Conley (Louisville) dnf2. Jaime Rodriguez (WSU) vs. Paulo Carvalho (Louisville) dnf3. Octavian Nicodim (Louisville) def. Ben Cramp (WSU) 7-5, 6-44. Matt Mayer (Louisville) def. Joggen Austin (WSU) 6-0, 6-35. Carlo Contente (WSU) def. Alex Siversten (Louisville) 7-5, 7-66. Brent McCombe def. Juan Escalante (WSU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles1. Conley/Nicodim (Louisville) def. Sewell/Rodriguez (WSU) 8-62. Austin/Contente (WSU) def. Kirts/Carvalho (Louisville) 8-43. McCombe/Mayer def. Cramp/Escalante (WSU) 8-3