Men's Tennis Defeats Eastern Kentucky 7-0

Friday, April 1

Louisville, Ky.

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

EASTERN KENTUCKY

April 01, 2005 | Men's Tennis

April 1, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The No. 24 ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated visiting Eastern Kentucky 7-0 Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cards (18-8) extend their home win streak to 40 matches.

U of L took all three doubles matches to claim the first point as the No. 34 ranked team of Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson defeated Tom Wospil and Chase Armstrong 8-4 at the top seed and Damar Johnson and Mark Kennedy topped Lars Gratzki and Mario Simic 8-4 at No. 2. Pablo Camacho and Stefan Naughton also recorded an 8-4 win over Nic Brenner and Fred Goncalves at the three-spot.

The Cards swept the singles points in straight sets as Slavko Radman posted a 6-3, 6-0 decision against Wospil at No. 1. Johnson defeated Gratzki 6-1, 6-3 at the two-seed. Octavian Nicodim beat Chase Armstrong 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 while Jeremy Clark topped Goncalves 6-1, 6-2 at the four-spot. Jhonny Berrido claimed the No. 5 seed with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Brenner and Tony Teufel defeated Ticha Chikuni 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.

"This was another good effort by our team," said U of L assistant coach Mark Beckham. "Eastern Kentucky came out a little flat, but we didn't let that affect us and we kept our level high. I think this will help prepare us for a very difficult match at Ball State on Wednesday. Hopefully we can do well there and push to close out our season on a high note."

#24 Louisville 7 - Eastern Kentucky 0SinglesNo. 1 - Slavko Radman (UL) d. Tom Wospil (EKU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 - #54 Damar Johnson d. Lars Gratzki (EKU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Chase Armstrong (EKU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Fred Goncalves (EKU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) d. Nic Brenner (EKU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Tony Teufel (UL) d. Ticha Chikuni (EKU) 6-0, 6-0
DoublesNo. 1 - #34 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) d. Wospil/Armstrong (EKU) 8-4
No. 2 - Johnson/ Mark Kennedy (EKU) d. Gratzki/Mario Simic (EKU) 8-4
No. 3 - Pablo Camacho/Stefan Naughton (UL) d. Brenner/Goncalves (EKU) 8-4