Men's Tennis Downs Vanderbilt 6-1

Friday, February 3

Louisville, Ky.

3:00 PM

University of Louisville

VANDERBILT

February 03, 2006 | Men's Tennis

Feb. 3, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated visiting Vanderbilt 6-1 Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cardinals (4-2) extend their regular season home winning streak to 43 matches. Vanderbilt falls to 2-1 on the season.

"I told our team that a few years ago, Vanderbilt was one shot away from winning the national championship," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "To beat a team with national championship potential by a score of 6-1 shows the growth of Louisville tennis."

For the fifth time this season, Louisville started the match by securing the doubles point. The No. 47-ranked team of Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson defeated Vandy's Ryan Preston and Jordan Magarik 8-2 at the top seed. U of L's Tony Teufel and Slavko Radman followed with an 8-3 win over Nathan Sachs and Nick Cromydas at the No. 3 seed. The Commodores' No. 30-ranked doubles team of Evan Dufaux and Andy Mack beat Jhonny Berrido and Damar Johnson 8-6 at the two-spot.

In singles action, Johnson rolled to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Dufaux at No. 2 to give Louisville a 2-0 lead in the match. Clark added another singles point by beating Sachs 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4. Stefan Naughton sealed the match with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Magarik at No. 6.

Vanderbilt's Cromydas put the Commodores on the board, defeating Nicolas Houard 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 to make it a 4-1 match.

Gustafsson battled to a 6-4, 7-6 (7) win against No. 40 Andy Mack at No. 3 while Radman closed out the match by edging No. 64 Ryan Preston 7-6, 7-6 at the top seed.

"Elite level teams must have killer instinct and I told them to show me a team with killer instinct, and I'll show them a team with great potential. Jakob Gustafsson and Slavko Radman were playing when we already had the match won, but they both played like we were behind and rallying for the win."

The Cardinals will look to extend their regular season home winning streak when they play host to No. 61 Indiana Friday, Feb. 10 at noon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Louisville men's tennis results - 2/3/06#32 Louisville 6 - #39 Vanderbilt 1Singles1 - Slavko Radman (UL) d. #64 Ryan Preston (VU) 7-6, 7-62 - Damar Johnson (UL) d. Evan Dufaux (VU) 6-3, 6-33 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. #40 Andy Mack (VU) 6-4, 7-6 (7)4 - Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Nathan Sachs (VU) 6-3, 6-05 - Nick Cromydas (VU) d. Nicolas Houard (UL) 6-2, 6-26 - Stefan Naughton (UL) d. Jordan Magarik (VU) 6-3, 6-4Doubles1 - #47 Clark/Gustafsson (UL) d. Preston/Dufaux (VU) 8-22 - #30 Dufaux/Mack (VU) d. Jhonny Berrido/Johnson (UL) 8-63 -  Tony Teufel/Radman  (UL) d. Sach/Crmydas (VU) 8-3