Men's Tennis Sweeps Dayton and Morehead State

Tuesday, March 9

Louisville, Ky.

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

MOREHEAD STATE

March 09, 2004 | Men's Tennis

March 9, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated visiting Dayton 7-0 and Morehead State 7-0 Tuesday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cardinals have now won 21 straight matches at home, dating back to the 2002 season.

In the Dayton match, 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 an 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. 90 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.

#55 Louisville 7 - Dayton 0March 9, 2004Bass-Rudd Tennis CenterSingles1 - #90 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

Against Morehead State, the Cards again took the doubles point as Nicodim and Gustafsson defeated Greg Johnstone 8-3 at No. 1. Johnson and Kennedy topped Jacob McLeod and Danny Arbib 8-2 at the two seed and Clark and Herrera beat Louis Orieux and Damian Storti 8-3 at the three-spot.

The Cards swept the singles in straight sets as Nicodim defeated Johnstone 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 and Berrido beat Kim Kachel 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 Johnson topped McLeod 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 and Gustafsson picked up a 6-1, 6-2 win over Arbib at No. 4. Clark defeated Orieux 6-3, 7-5 at No. 5 and Zamjaoui beat Storti 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6.

"Today we picked up some big momentum going into the Blue-Gray National Invitational," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "We've won five of our last seven matches and the experience of playing four of the top 14 teams in the nation is starting to kick in. To play two different teams back-to-back is difficult to do, but a team can only get better when it is challenged. We feel really confident at home and our 21 straight home win streak confirms that."

The Cardinals (8-6) will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to compete in the Blue-Gray National Invitational March 11-14. U of L will play No. 21 North Carolina Thursday, March 11 at 2:30 p.m.

#55 Louisville 7 - Morehead State 0March 9, 2004Bass-Rudd Tennis CenterSingles1 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Greg Johnstone (MS) 6-3, 6-42 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Kim Kachel (MS) 6-4, 6-33 - #90 Damar Johnson (UL) d. Jacob McLeod (MS) 6-4, 6-24 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Danny Arbib (MS) 6-1, 6-25 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Louis Orieux (MS) 6-3, 7-56 - Fadi Zamjaoui (UL) d. Damian Storti (MS) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles1 - Nicodim/Gustafsson (UL) d. Johnstone/Kachel (MS) 8-32 - Johnson/Kennedy (UL) d. McLeod/Arbib (MS) 8-23 - Clark/Herrera (UL) d. Orieux/Storti (MS) 8-3