Men's Tennis Achieves Highest Ranking of the Season
February 23, 2006 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 23, 2006
Louisville, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team has reached their highest ranking of the season, moving up four spots from their previous position to 30th in the nation according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. The Cards doubles team of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark shot up to the 26th position in the rankings.
"I am pleased that the national ranking committee noticed our four match win streak against other nationally ranked teams," said Louisville head coach Rex Ecarma. "This is a good starting point and we hope to move forward in the national rankings. Our goal is to get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA regional."
The No. 30-ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team will face off against No. 15-ranked Wake Forest at 11:00am Saturday, February 25 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. This will be the last chance to catch the Cards at home this season and the seniors will be honored during Senior Day activities. Louisville is looking to close out their regular season home matches with a perfect 8-0 record as well as extend their home winning streak, which dates back to 2002, to 47 with a win this weekend.
The No. 26-ranked doubles team of seniors Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark is 6-3 in dual matches and 13-6 overall. Playing mainly at the No. 6 spot, senior Jhonny Berrido has a team-best 6-2 dual match record. Clark and Gustafsson have posted singles records of 6-3 and 5-2 in dual matches. Winning the doubles point in eight of their last nine matches, the Cardinals are enjoying a four-match win streak.
Immediately following Saturday's match the Cardinals will be traveling to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to take on Minnesota at a neutral site.
"It is a privilege to be able to host Wake Forest and then play Minnesota," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "These are two historically strong tennis programs who have spent time in the top 20 over the past few years. Both teams have made the NCAA tournament almost every year and if we win, we can improve our chances for our third straight NCAA appearance. We want to be an elite program and in order to do that we have to play elite teams."
