Men's Tennis Falls to Michigan State 4-3

Saturday, January 31

East Lansing, Mich.

12:00 PM

University of Louisville

Michigan State

January 31, 2004 | Men's Tennis

Jan. 31, 2004

EAST LANSING, Mich. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell to Michigan State 4-3 Saturday in East Lansing.

Michigan State began the match by winning the doubles point as the team of Chris Mitchell and Andrew Formanczyk defeated Louisville's Jeremy Clark and Matt Mayer 8-4 at No. 2. The Cards pulled even as Damar Johnson and Jakob Gustafsson teamed to bead Anthony Stefani and Mike Brown 8-6 at the three spot. Michigan's Eric Simonton and Cameron Marshall clinched the doubles point, edging Octavian Nicodim and Jhonny Berrido 9-8 at the top seed.

Berrido posted a 6-2, 7-6(4) win over Marshall at No. 2, Mayer defeated Mitchell 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 and Clark beat Mike Flowers 6-1, 6-3 at the six-spot as the Cards built a 3-1 lead.

Michigan State responded as defeated Johnson 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 and Joe McWilliams posted a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Gustafsson at the five-spot. Formanczyk gave the Spartans the win with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 decision against Nicodim.

"We had several opportunities to put this match away, but didn't show proper amount of poise," said Louisville head coach Rex Ecarma. " "We turned a victory into a defeat because we didn't have enough poise at the end of the match."

U of L (3-3) will travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn., to play Middle Tennessee State on Feb. 7 at 1 p.m.

Louisville men's tennis results vs. Michigan State - 1/31/04DoublesNo. 1 Cameron Marshall/Eric Simonton (MSU) def. Jhonny Berrido/Octavian Nicodim (UL) 9-8(3)No. 2 Andrew Formanczyk/Chris Mitchell (MSU) def. Jeremy Clark/Matt Mayer (UL) 8-4No. 3 Jakob Gustafsson/Damar Johnson (UL) def. Mike Brown/Anthony Stefani (MSU) 8-6SinglesNo. 1 #100 Andrew Formanczyk (MSU) def. Octavian Nicodim (UL) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2No. 2 Jhonny Berrido (UL) def. Cameron Marshall (MSU) 6-2, 7-6(4)No. 3 Matt Mayer (UL) def. Chris Mitchell (MSU) 6-4, 6-4No. 4 Eric Simonton (MSU) def. Damar Johnson (UL) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3No. 5 Joseph McWilliams (MSU) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3No. 6 Jeremy Clark (UL) def. Michael Flowers (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 58 Michigan State defeats No. 52 Louisville, 4-3Records:        MSU 5-0 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten    UL 3-3 Overall, 0-0 Conf. USAOrder of Finish:    Doubles 2, 3, 1         Singles 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 1