Men's Tennis Defeats Michigan State 5-2

Monday, March 24

Louisville, Ky.

1:00 PM

University of Louisville

MICHIGAN STATE

March 24, 2003 | Men's Tennis

March 24, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated Michigan State 5-2 Monday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cardinals improve to 14-4 on the season.

Louisville took the doubles point as the team of Harry Walsh and Matt Mayer defeated Jimmy McGuire and Adam Hourani 8-5 at No. 2 and Octavian Nicodim and Sebastian Aspillaga topped Chris Mitchell and Andrew Formanczyk 8-4 at the three-spot. Michigan State's Eric Simonton and Cameron Marshall defeated Cody Conley and Jakob Gustafsson 8-6 at No. 1.

In singles action, Conley took the top seed with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Mitchell. Paulo Carvalho defeated Formanczyk 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2. Matt Mayer lost the first set to Goran Topalo 4-6 and was down 5-2 in the second set before rallying to win 7-6 and take the third set by a score of 6-2. Jhonny Berrido closed out Louisville's singles wins with a 6-0, 6-1 decision over McGuire at the five spot.

Marshall edged U of L's Nicodim 7-5, 7-6 at No. 3 and Simonton got by Walsh 7-5, 6-4 at No. 6 for Michigan State's points.

"I am very proud of the way our team competed today," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "Cody Conley had a death in his immediate family last night, and we did not expect him to play, but he did and showed the most courage I've ever seen in 13 years coaching at U of L. Without Cody, we don't win today. He helped me believe in the courage and potential of today's young people."

Louisville will play Arkansas-Little Rock Thursday, March 27 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center at 1 p.m.

# 44 Louisville 5 - No. 73 Michigan State 2 (3/24/03)LouisvilleSingles1. Cody Conley (UL) d. Chris Mitchell (MS) 6-2, 6-42. #98 Paulo Carvalho (UL) d. Andy Formanczyk (MS) 7-5, 6-23. Cameron Marshall (MS) d. Octavian Nicodim (UL) 7-5, 7-64. Matt Mayer  (UL) d. Goran Topalo (MS) 4-6, 7-6, 6-25. Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Jimmy McGuire (MS) 6-0, 6-16. Eric Simonton (MS) d. Harry Walsh (UL) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles1 Simonton/Marshall (MS) d.  Conley/ Jakob Gustafsson (UL) 8-62. Mayer/Walsh (UL) d. McGuire/ Adam Hourani (MS) 8-53. Sebastian Aspillaga/Nicodim (UL) d. Mitchell/Formanczyk (MS) 8-4