Tulane Defeats Louisville 4-1 in C-USA Title Match

Thursday, April 21

Louisville, Ky.

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

Tulane

April 24, 2005 | Men's Tennis

April 24, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - Defending champion and top-seed Tulane defeated Louisville 4-1 in the championship match of the 2005 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship Sunday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The No. 19 Green Wave snapped the Cardinals' 42-match win streak at home.

Dmitriy Koch and teammate Alberto Sottocorno, the No. 35 doubles team in the nation, clinched the doubles point at the No. 1 spot with a 9-8 (7-2) win over No. 49 Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson. Tulane posted the first win in doubles play at No. 2 as Ted Angelinos and Jacobo Hernandez beat Louisville's Slavko Radman and Jhonny Berrido, 8-5. The Cards' Damar Johnson and Mark Kennedy posted a 9-8 decision over David Goulet and Jonah Kane-West of Tulane at No. 3 to even the doubles matches.

In singles, No. 75 Johnson put a point on the board for Louisville with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Koch. Tulane responded with three wins, including the match-clincher at No. 5 as Sottocorno edged Clark, 7-5, 7-6(2). Kane-West defeated U of L's Berrido, 6-1, 7-5 at No. 4, while Angelinos beat Gustafsson at No. 3, 6-4, 6-2.

"Obviously, it hurts, not being able to win the championship at home after being this close," said Louisville assistant coach Mark Beckham. "We are very proud of how our team competed this weekend and throughout the whole season. They have accomplished some things that have never been done in the program. This team should be remembered as one of the best this university has ever had. I don't think we are finished with our season, we hope to get an NCAA at-large bid and we'll keep preparing."

Tulane (21-5) earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

Louisville (21-9) is currently No. 34 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings.

The NCAA tournament selections and sites will be announced Wednesday, May 4 at 4:45 p.m. (EDT).

Match Summary - Tulane 4, Louisville 1Singles1.  Damar Johnson, LOU def. Dmitriy Koch, TUL 6-4, 6-12.  David Goulet, TUL vs. Slavko Radman, LOU 6-2, 2-6, 3-5 susp.3.  Ted Angelinos, TUL def. Jakob Gustafsson, LOU 6-4, 6-24.  Jacobo Hernandez, TUL vs. Octavian Nicodim, LOU 6-0, 5-4 susp.5. Alberto Sottocorno, TUL def. Jeremy Clark, LOU 7-5, 7-6 (2)6. Jonah Kane-West, TUL def. Jhonny Berrido, LOU 6-1, 7-5Order of finish: 1, 6, 3, 5
Doubles1. Koch/Sottocorno, TUL def. Gustafsson/Clark, LOU 9-8 (7-2)2. Angelinos/Hernandez, TUL def. Radman/Berrido, LOU 8-53. Johnson/Kennedy, LOU def. Goulet/Kane-West, TUL 9-8Order of finish: 2, 3, 1