Men's Tennis Upsets Memphis 4-1

Friday, April 19

Louisville, Ky.

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University of Louisville

Memphis

April 19, 2002 | Men's Tennis

April 19, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The fifth-seeded University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated fourth-seeded Memphis 4-1 Friday on the second day of the 2002 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship.

The Tigers grabbed the doubles point as the team of Alex Bucewicz and Michael Lahaie defeated Sebastian Aspillaga and Paulo Carvalho 8-6 at No. 3. Louisville's Matt Mayer and Brent McCombe defeated Joe Schmulian and Michael Chamberlain 8-5 at No. 2. Ben Stapp and Lee Taylor Walker clinched the doubles point, defeating Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim 8-5 at No. 1.

In singles action, Conley defeated Stapp 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 at the top seed, Carvalho defeated Schmulian 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 at No. 2, Alex Sivertsen topped Alex Bucewica 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 and Nicodim clinched the match with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Richard Magney at No. 3.

Louisville will play No. 2 seeded Tulane in the semifinals Saturday at noon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. Memphis will play DePaul at 3:00 p.m.

No. 5 LOUISVILLE    No. 4 MEMPHIS   Winner  Score1. Cody Conley     Ben Stapp   UL  7-6 (9-7), 6-42. Paulo Carvalho   Joe Schmulian   UL  6-3, 2-6, 6-33. Octavian Nicodim   Richard Magney  UL  3-6, 6-3, 6-34. Matt Mayer   Lee Taylor Walker   DNF 6-4, 5-7 (DNF)5. Alex Sivertsen   Alex Bucewicz   UL  3-6, 6-3, 6-46. Brent McCombe Michael Chamberlain DNF 6-1, 4-6, 6-6(DNF)Doubles1D. Conley/Nicodim  Stapp/Walker    MU  8-52D.  Mayer/McCombe  Schmulian/Chamberlain   UL  8-53D.  Aspillaga/Carvalho Bucewicz/Lahaie MU  8-6