No. 30 Men's Tennis Tops Minnesota 5-2

Sunday, February 26

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

9:00 AM

University of Louisville

Minnesota

February 26, 2006 | Men's Tennis

Feb. 26, 2006

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - - The No. 30 ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team extended its win streak to six matches with a 5-2 win over No. 40 Minnesota on Sunday in Murfreesboro, Tenn. U of L improves to 9-2 while Minnesota falls to 3-6 on the season.

"This was an extremely important win in the sense that we followed up a huge win against No. 15 Wake Forest with another win over and talented and dangerous team like Minnesota," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "We were concerned about a letdown, but fortunately that did not happen."

The Cardinals grabbed the doubles point for the tenth time this season as the team of Damar Johnson and Jhonny Berrido improved to 10-1 on the season with an 8-4 win over Raoul Schwark and D.J. Geatz at the two-spot. Slavko Radman and Tony Teufel combined to defeat Nic Edlefsen and Adrien Debreyne 8-2 at No. 3. The No. 26 ranked team of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark was leading 6-4 over Andres Osorio and Sion Wilkins 6-4 at the top seed when the match was suspended after the Cards clinched the point.

In singles action, Radman picked up a 6-3, 7-6 win over Geatz at No. 1. Gustafsson beat Edlefsen 6-4, 7-5 at No. 3. Berrido edged Schwark 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (7-5) at the No. 5 spot. Robert Rotaru rounded out the singles points with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over Wilkins at the six seed.

The Cardinals will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas March 2-4 for the HEB National Invitational.

"The team realizes the importance of each match and building on momentum," said Ecarma. "We feel we have a lot of momentum going into a very tough HEB National Invitational, which is important, because we have our sights set on winning a championship."

#30 Louisville 5 - #40 Minnesota 2
Doubles1 - #26 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) vs. Osorio/Wilkins (MINN) 6-4 susp.2 - Johnson/Berrido (UL) def. Schwark/Geatz (MINN) 8-43 - Radman/Tony Teufel (UL) def. Edlefsen/Debreyne (MINN) 8-2
Singles1 - Slavko Radman (UL) def. D.J. Geatz (MINN) 6-3, 7-62 - Andres Osorio (MINN) def. Damar Johnson (UL) 4-6, 6-2, 6-43 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) def. Nic Edlefsen (MINN) 6-4, 7-54 - Adrien Debreyne (MINN) def. Jeremy Clark (UL) 6-1, 6-45 - Jhonny Berrido (UL) def. Raoul Schwark (MINN) 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 (7-6)6 - Robert Rotaru (UL) def. Sion Wilkins (MINN) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5