No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth Defeats Men's Tennis 5-0

Friday, April 11

Richmond, Va.

3:00 PM

University of Louisville

VCU

April 12, 2003 | Men's Tennis

April 12, 2003

Richmond, Va. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell to No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth University 5-0 Saturday afternoon at Thalhimer Tennis Center in Richmond, Va.

The Rams got off to a 1-0 start by winning the doubles point. VCU's No. 3 team of Daniel Casquero and Francesc Lleal started the Rams with an 8-2 win over Louisville?s Sebastian Aspillaga and Jakob Gustafsson. The Rams' No. 1 pair of Florian Marquardt and Pedro Nieto clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 win over the Cardinals' Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim.

In singles, 54th-ranked Nieto made it 2-0 in favor of the Rams with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 124th-ranked Paulo Carvalho at the No. 2 slot. The Rams' Mats Norin then made it 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Harry Walsh at No. 6. Lleal and Marquardt then each posted straight-set wins, finishing within moments of each other, to make the score 5-0. The remaining two singles matches were suspended.

Virginia Commonwealth improves to 20-3 on the season, while Louisville falls to 18-6. The Cardinals will travel to Milwaukee for the 2003 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship April 16-19.

#17 VCU 5, LOUISVILLE 0
SINGLES1 - #73 Marton Ott (VCU) vs. Cody Conley (UL), DNF2 - #54 Pedro Nieto (VCU) def. #124 Paulo Carvalho (UL), 6-3, 6-23 - #75 Florian Marquardt (VCU) def. Matt Mayer (UL), 6-2, 6-44 - Daniel Casquero (VCU) vs. Octavian Nicodim (UL), DNF5 - Francesc Lleal (VCU) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL), 6-0, 6-46 - Mats Norin (VCU) def. Harry Walsh (UL), 6-4, 6-2Order of finish:  2, 6, 5, 3
DOUBLES1 - Marquardt/Nieto (VCU) def. Conley/Nicodim (UL), 8-42 - Ott/Norin (VCU) vs. Walsh/Mayer (UL), DNF3 - Casquero/Lleal (VCU) def. Sebastian Aspillaga/Jakob Gustafsson (UL), 8-2Order of finish: 3,1
Team Records:  VCU 20-3, Louisville 18-6
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