Men's Tennis Blanks Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay

Sunday, March 6

Louisville, Ky.

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

TENNESSEE TECH

March 06, 2005 | Men's Tennis

March 6, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated visiting Tennessee Tech 7-0 and Austin Peay 7-0 Sunday in a doubleheader at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cards extend their home win streak to 36.

Louisville opened the Tennessee Tech match with a doubles sweep as the No. 53-ranked team of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark defeated Shunsuke Shimizu and Javier Saab 8-4 at the top seed. No. 50 Mark Kennedy and Jhonny Berrido beat Michele Panzeri and Borja Zarco 8-0 at No. 2. The Cards' Tony Teufel and Stefan Naughton picked up an 8-5 win over Tiago Gilioli and Juan Pablo Gomez at the three-spot.

The Cardinals also swept the singles points in straight sets. Slavko Radman defeated Shimizu 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1. Gustafsson picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win over Panzeri at the two-spot. Octavian Nicodim beat Zarco 6-3, 7-6 at No. 3, while Nicolas Houard downed Gilioli 6-4, 6-1 at the four seed. Clark shut out Gomez 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 and Teufel defeated Saab 6-1, 7-6 at No. 6.

"I feel good about this win," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "Tennessee Tech is a dangerous team. Our players handled themselves with maturity which is a positive sign for a good team. We played without our No. 1 player, Damar Johnson, and still had the depth for a shutout. This should help our confidence in a long season."

In the match against Austin Peay, the Cards again swept doubles as Gustafsson and Clark posted an 8-4 win over Ankur Singla and Andrew Naidu at No. 1. Kennedy and Berrido defeated Brett Bolton and Patrick Puertolas 8-3 at No. 2. Teufel and Naughton completed the sweep at the three-spot with an 8-4 decision over Wesleigh Pancho and Nabil Lababedi.

In singles action, Radman downed Singla 6-2, 6-1 and Gustafsson defeated Naidu 6-3, 6-2 at Nos. 1 and 2. The Governors' Jon Brown posted a 7-5 win in the first set, but Louisville's Nicodim responded with a 6-0 decision in the second and clinched the point in the tiebreaker. Houard and Berrido registered 6-0, 6-0 wins at Nos. 4 and 5 and Clark defeated Puertolas 6-0, 6-1 at the six seed.

"Today was good all the way through singles and doubles," said U of L assistant coach Mark Beckham. "This is a good preparation for the Blue-Gray National Invitational this week. We will be competing in one of the tougher tournaments with several ranked teams and today's performances helped make us a stronger team."

The No. 40-ranked Cardinals (11-6) will travel to Montgomery, Ala., for the Blue-Gray National Invitational March 10-13.

Men's tennis results; March 6, 2005#40 Louisville 7 - Tennessee Tech 0SinglesNo. 1 - Slavko Radman (UL) d. Shunsuke Shimizu (TT) 6-3, 6-0No. 2 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Michele Panzeri (TT) 6-3, 6-3No. 3 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Borja Zarco (TT) 6-3, 7-6No. 4 - Nicolas Houard (UL) d. Tiago Giliali (TT) 6-4, 6-1No. 5 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Juan Pablo Gomez (TT) 6-0, 6-0No. 6 - Tony Teufel (UL) d. Javier Saab (TT) 6-1, 7-6
DoublesNo. 1 - #53 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) d. Shimizu/Saab (TT) 8-4No. 2 - #50 Mark Kennedy / Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Panzeri/Zarco (TT) 8-0No. 3 - Teufel/ Stefan Naughton (UL) d. Giliali/Gomez 8-5
#40 Louisville 7 - Austin Peay 0SinglesNo. 1 - Slavko Radman (UL) d. Ankur Singla (AP) 6-2, 6-1No. 2 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Andrew Naidu (AP) 6-3, 6-2No. 3 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Jon Brown (AP) 5-7, 6-0, 7-6No. 4 - Nicolas Houard (UL) d. Nabil Lababedi (AP) 6-0, 6-0No. 5 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Wes Pancho (AP) 6-0, 6-0No. 6 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Patrick Puertolas (AP) 6-0, 6-1DoublesNo. 1 - #53 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) d. Singla/ Naidu (AP) 8-4No. 2 - #50 Mark Kennedy/Berrido (UL) d. Brett Bolton/Puertolas (AP) 8-3No. 3 - Tony Teufel/ Stefan Naughton (UL) d. Pancho/Lababedi