No. 30 Tennis Defeats No. 52 Michigan State

Sunday, March 20

Louisville, Ky.

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University of Louisville

MICHIGAN STATE

Nicodim clinched the match with his win at No. 4 singles.

March 20, 2005 | Men's Tennis

March 20, 2005

Senior Octavian Nicodim won his match 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles to clinch a 5-2 win for the No. 30 ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team over visiting Michigan State at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Sunday afternoon.

"I was very pleased when we won the doubles points and then rolled in singles. Octavian (Nicodim) clinched the match but Jakob Gustaffson, Jeremy Clark and Slavko Radman also won easily." said U of L coach Rex Ecarma.

The Cardinals took the doubles point with wins from the No. 1 and No. 3 slots. Clark paired with Gustaffson to win at No. 1 8-6 over Nick Rinks and Andy Formanczyk. Damar Johnson and Mark Kennedy won 5-2 over Cameron Marshall and Mike Flowers.

"We felt very confident at No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles but knew we would need help elsewhere and the team did it.

The match was moved indoors when Michigan State appealed to the officials, citing the temperature at the start of the match which was one degree cooler than the rule.

"Even though this was the warmest day of the year and we have practiced outdoors for a month, we were surprised when the officials granted their request," explained Ecarma.

The Cardinals improved to 14-7 for the season.

"Most of all I was very pleased that our players always display sportsmanship, dignity and class," said Ecarma. "This team shows such promise and handles adversity well not to mention represent our school with class."

No. 29 Louisville 5, No. 52 Michigan State
SINGLESNo. 1 Andy Formanczyk (MSU) def. Damar Johnson 6-1, 6-4No. 2Slavko Radman (UL) def. Cameron Marshall 7-5, 6-4No. 3 Jakob Gustaffson (UL) def. Joe McWilliams 6-0, 6-2No. 4 Octavian Nicodim (UL) def. Adam Monich 6-3, 6-4No. 5 Mike Flowers (MSU) def. Nick Houard 6-3, 6-4No. 6 Jeremy Clark (UL) def. Anthony Stefani 6-2, 6-3
DOUBLES
No. 1 Clark/Gustaffson (UL) def. Nick Rinks/Formanczyk 8-6No. 2 Monick/Brian Compton (MSU) def. Nicodim/Radman 9-8No. 3 Johnson/Mark Kennedy (UL) def. Marshall/Flowers 5-2