University of Louisville
Virginia Tech
Men's Tennis Falls to Virginia Tech 4-1
March 25, 2005 | Men's Tennis
March 25, 2005
BLACKSBURG, Va. - - The 26th ranked University of Louisville men's tennis fell to No. 69 Virginia Tech 4-1 Friday at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.
The Cardinals began the match by taking the doubles point. Virginia Tech's Angel Diankov and Brent Wilkins defeated Louisville's Slavko Radman and Damar Johnson 8-4 at the No. 2 spot. The Cardinals' No. 34-ranked team of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark defeated Stephane Rod and Alexey Sergeev 8-6 at No. 1 to split the doubles wins. U of L's Damar Johnson and Mark Kennedy picked up an 8-4 win at No. 3 to clinch the Cards' only point.
The Hokies picked up the four necessary wins in singles as Rod, No. 78 in ITA singles rankings, defeated Louisville's No. 54 Johnson 6-2, 6-3 at the top seed. Albert Larregola topped Gustafsson 7-5, 6-2 at the two-spot. Sergeev beat Clark 6-4, 7-6 at No. 5 and Matthieu Leboucher picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Tony Teufel at the six seed.
"Virginia Tech played outstanding today from bell to bell," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "They really played at a high level. It wasn't' as if we played poorly, they just played great tennis today and my hat's off to Virginia Tech."
Louisville (14-8) will travel to Williamsburg, Va., to play William & Mary Saturday, March 26 at 1:00 p.m.
No. 69 Virginia Tech 4, No. 26 Louisville 1 Singles
1. No. 78 Stephane Rod (VT) def. No. 54 Damar Johnson (UL), 6-2, 6-3
2. No. 95 Arvid Puranen (VT) def. Slavko Radman (UL), 7-6, 4-6, 2-2 (DNF)
3. Albert Larregola (VT) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL), 7-5, 6-2
4. Octavian Nicodim (UL) def. Angel Diankov (VT), 6-2, 6-7, 1-2 (DNF)
5. Alexey Sergeev (VT) def. Jeremy Clark (UL), 6-4, 7-6
6. Matthieu Leboucher (VT) def. Tony Teufel (UL), 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
1. No. 34 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) def. Rod/Sergeev (VT), 8-6
2. Diankov/Wilkins (VT) def. Radman/Johnson (UL), 8-4
3. Johnson/Kennedy (UL) def. Puranen/Larregola (VT), 8-4
Finishing Orders:
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 1,3,6,5*2(DNF),4(DNF)
* Clinching point
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