Men's Tennis Tops East Carolina 4-1

Feb. 26, 2005

FORT WORTH, Texas - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated East Carolina 4-1 Saturday in the semifinals of the Conference USA Shootout. The Cards will face host, 13th ranked TCU in the finals Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (EST).

The Cardinals won the double point as the team of Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson defeated East Carolina's Paulo Baumer and Nick Rose 8-4 at the top seed. The Pirates' Darren Mansell and Henrique Viana notched an 8-4 win over Mark Kennedy and Jhonny Berrido at No. 2 to even the doubles matches. Louisville's Tony Teufel and Damar Johnson clinched the point with an 8-6 win over Felipe Fonseca and Robert Stasch at the No. 3 spot.

In singles action, Johnson defeated ECU's Baumer 6-3, 6-2 at the top seed. Octavian Nicodim picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Viana at No. 3 and Nicolas Houard beat Mansell 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4 for the win. Gustafsson and Clark's matches at Nos. 2 and 6 respectively, were suspended.

East Carolina's Rose defeated Teufel 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 for the Pirates' lone singles point.

"We had good effort throughout the match," said U of L assistant coach Mark Beckham. "Tony Teufel and Damar Johnson turned in a solid performance to close out the doubles point. Our top four singles players played well to help us close out the match."

Feb. 28, 2004 at C-USA Shootout (Ft. Worth, Texas)#37 Louisville (9-5) 4, East Carolina (5-6) 1SINGLESNo. 1 - Damar Johnson (UL) def. Paulo Baumer (ECU) 6-3, 6-2No. 2 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) vs. Felipe Fonseca (ECU) DNFNo. 3 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) def. Henrique Viana (ECU) 6-3, 6-2No. 4 - Nicolas Houard (UL) def. Darren Mansell (ECU) 6-3, 6-1No. 5 - Nick Rose (ECU) def. Tony Teufel (UL) 6-3, 6-4No. 6 - Jeremy Clark (UL) vs. Robert Stasch (ECU) DNF
DOUBLESNo. 1 -.#53 Clark/Gustafsson (UL) d. Baumer/Rose (ECU) 8-4No.  2 - Mansell/Viana (ECU) d. #50 Mark Kennedy /Jhonny Berrido (UL) 8-4No. 3 - Teufel/Johnson (UL) d. Fonseca/Stasch (ECU) 8-6

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