Men's Tennis Falls to Tulsa 4-0

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March 17, 2006 | Men's Tennis

March 17, 2006

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - - The 12th ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team lost to No. 39 Tulsa Friday in the quarterfinals of the Blue Gray National Collegiate Tennis Classic. U of L falls to 13-3 on the season and snaps a 10 match win streak.

"This loss was definitely difficult to swallow since we haven't had a loss in seven weeks," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "A loss can sometimes be positive if a team learns from it and uses it to get better. We want to handle losses like we do wins - with class. Tulsa played with perfect execution and effort."

The Cardinals surrendered the doubles point for only the second time this year. Tulsa's team of Arnau Brugues and Aleksander Charpantidis outlasted No. 32 ranked Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson 9-8 (10-8) at the top seed while Andy Connelly and Ross Cunningham defeated Slavko Radman and Tony Teufel 8-5 at the three-spot. Louisville's No. 27-ranked team of Damar Johnson and Jhonny Berrido defeated Federico Soriano and Will Gray 8-4.

Tulsa's Arnau Brugues defeated Louisville's No. 88 ranked Radman 6-1, 6-1 at the top seed. Frederico Soriano beat Johnson 6-4, 6-2 at the two-spot. Tulsa's Will Gray beat Jhonny Berrido 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4.

U of L will face No. 42 Texas Tech Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

#39 Tulsa 4 - #12 Louisville 0Singles1 - Arnau Brugues (TU) def. Slavko Radman (UL) 6-1, 6-12 - Frederico Soriano (TU) def. Damar Johnson (UL) 6-4, 6-23 - Jakob Gustafsson (UL) vs. Ricardo Soriano (TU) 7-6, 1-0, susp.4 - Will Gray (TU) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL) 6-1, 6-25 - Diego Camacho vs. Jeremy Clark (UL) 6-4, susp.6 - Nicolas Houard (UL) vs. Andy Connelly (TU) 6-4, 2-2, susp.Doubles1 - Brugues/Aleksander Charpantidis (TU) def. #32 Gustafsson/Clark (UL) 9-8 (10-8)2 - #27 Johnson/Berrido (UL) def. F. Soriano/Gray 8-43 - Connelly/Ross Cunningham (TU) def. Radman/ Tony Teufel (UL) 8-5