No. 17 Notre Dame Defeats Men's Tennis 5-2

April 13, 2006

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team closed the regular season with a 5-2 loss to host No. 17 ranked Notre Dame in a BIG EAST matchup Thursday at Courtney Tennis Center. The No. 29 ranked Cardinals and the Fighting Irish each finish the season with 15-7 records.

Notre Dame grabbed the doubles point to start the match. Barry King and Sheeva Parbhu teamed to defeat Louisville's No. 60 ranked team of Jhonny Berrido and Damar Johnson 8-5 at No. 2. Slavko Radman and Tony Teufel outlasted Stephen Bass and Santiago Montova 9-8 (7-5) at the No. 3 spot to even the doubles matches at 1-1. Notre Dame's No. 32 ranked duo of Ryan Keckley and Eric Langenkamp edged No. 28 Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson 9-8 (7-3) at the top seed to clinch the doubles point.

The Cardinals picked up singles wins at Nos. 3 and 4. Johnson defeated Brett Helgeson 7-5, 6-3 at the three spot and Clark beat Keckley 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.

Notre Dame's Bass, who is ranked 16th in the nation defeated Radman 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. No. 31 ranked Sheeva Parbhu topped Gustafsson 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 at the two-spot. King registered a 6-1, 6-1 win over Berrido at No. 5 and Lanenkamp defeated Nicolas Houard at the No. 6 seed 6-0, 6-4.

U of L will prepare to compete in its first BIG EAST Conference Championship April 20-22 in Tampa, Fla.

NCAA Division I Men's TennisThursday, April 13, 2006Courtney Tennis Center (Outdoors) Notre Dame, Indiana#17 Notre Dame 5, #29 Louisville 2SinglesNo. 1:  * #16 Stephen Bass (ND) def. #71 Slavko Radman (L) 6-1, 6-3No. 2:  #31 Sheeva Parbhu (ND) def. Jakob Gustafsson (L) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)No. 3:  Damar Johnson (L) def. Brett Helgeson (ND) 7-5, 6-3No. 4:  Jeremy Clark (L) def. Ryan Keckley (ND) 6-2, 6-2No. 5:  Barry King (ND) def. Jhonny Berrido (L) 6-1, 6-1No. 6:  Eric Langenkamp (ND) def. Nicolas Houard (L) 6-0, 6-4Order of Finish: 5, 4, 6, 1*, 3, 2DoublesNo. 1:  * #32 Keckley/Langenkamp (ND) def. #28 Clark/Gustafsson (L) 9-8 (7-3)No. 2:  King/Parbhu (ND) def. #60 Berrido/Johnson (L) 8-5No. 3:  Radman/Tony Teufel (L) def. Bass/Santiago Montoya (ND) 9-8 (7-5)Order of Finish: 2, 1*, 3* - indicates clinching victory
Team Records: Notre Dame 15-7 (1-0 BIG EAST), Louisville 15-7 (1-1 BIG EAST)

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