Men's Tennis Downs Sycamores 7-0

Sunday, March 21

Louisville, Ky.

5:00 PM

University of Louisville

INDIANA STATE

March 21, 2004 | Men's Tennis

March 21, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team shut out visiting Indiana State 7-0 Sunday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cards have now won 23 consecutive matches at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, dating back to the 2003 season.

U of L began the match with a doubles sweep. The team of Matt Mayer and Jeremy Clark, No. 29 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings, defeated Ivan d'Argence Arceo 8-6 at the top seed. Jakob Gustafsson and Damar Johnson teamed to beat Andrey Kumantsov and R.J. Nagel 8-6 at No. 2 and Octavian Nicodim and Mark Kennedy registered an 8-6 win over Boyd Michau and Dewald Linde at the three-spot.

In singles, Mayer topped Kumantsov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 at No. 1. The Cards took the remaining singles matches in straight sets as Nicodim defeated d'Argence Arceo 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 and Johnson posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over Nagle at No. 3. Jhonny Berrido topped Michau 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4. Gustafsson defeated Phillips 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5 and Clark beat Linde 6-2, 6-3 at the six seed.

"Indiana State is a program that has been in the NCAA tournament four of the last six years," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "A win agains a good program is nice, but a shutout is impressive. We tried a new doubles lineup and it seemed to work. The singles players just took care of business."

Louisville (12-7) will play No. 49 William & Mary on Saturday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

No. 53 Louisville 7 -Indiana State 0Singles1 - Matt Mayer (UL) d. Andrey Kumantsov (ISU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-62 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Ivan d'Argence Arcea (ISU) 6-1, 6-33 - #90 Damar Johnson (UL) d. R.J. Nagel (ISU) 6-0, 6-44 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Boyd Michau (ISU) 6-2, 6-35 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Aaron Phillips (ISU) 6-4, 6-36 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Dewald Linde (ISU) 6-2, 6-3Doubles1 - #29 Mayer/Clark (UL) d. d'Argence Arceo (ISU) 8-62 - Gustafsson/Johnson (UL) d. Kumantsov/Nagel (ISU) 8-63 - Mark Kennedy / Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Michau Linde (ISU) 8-6