Men's Tennis Defeats Dayton 7-0

Tuesday, March 9

Louisville, Ky.

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

DAYTON

March 09, 2004 | Men's Tennis

March 9, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated visiting Dayton 7-0 Tuesday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Cardinals swept the doubles as Octavian Nicodim and Jakob Gustafsson teamed to defeat Rob Altenau and Jonathan Khoury 8-4 at the top seed. Damar Johnson and Mark Kennedy registered a 8-5 win over Tom Murphy and Jamison Downs at No. 2 and Jeremy Clark and Javier Herrera beat Rex Cabrera and Elliot McGrane 8-4 at No. 3.

Louisville swept the singles matches as well, winning Nos. 1-5 in straight sets. Johnson, No. 99 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings, defeated Murphy 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1. Jhonny Berrido posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Altenau at No. 2. Gustafsson beat Khoury 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3. Clark topped Downs 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4. Fadi Zamjaoui defeated Cabrera 6-1, 6-1 at the five seed. Herrera closed the shutout by edging Dayton's McGrane 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 at No. 6.

U of L (7-6) will play Morehead State this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

#57 Louisville 7 - Dayton 0March 9, 2004Bass-Rudd Tennis CenterSingles1 - Damar Johnson (UL) d. Tom Murphy (UD) 6-4, 6-02 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Rob Altenau (UD) 6-1, 6-13 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Jonathan Khoury (UD) 6-4, 6-34 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Jamison Downs (UD) 6-3, 6-25 - Fadi Zamjaoui (UL) d. Rex Cabrera (UD) 6-1, 6-16 - Javier Herrera (UL) d. Elliot McGrane (UD) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
Doubles1 - Nicodim/Gustafsson (UL) d. Altenau/Khoury (UD) 8-42 - Mark Kennedy /Johnson (UL) d. Murphy/Downs (UD) 8-53 - Clark/Herrera (UL) d. Cabrera/McGrane (UD) 8-4