Men's Tennis Defeats William & Mary 5-2

Sunday, April 2

Williamsburg, Va.

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

William & Mary

April 02, 2006 | Men's Tennis

April 2, 2006

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - - The No. 21-ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated No. 62 William & Mary 6-1 Sunday at the Tribe's Busch Tennis Courts. The Cardinals snap a three-match losing streak and improve to 14-5 on the season. The loss lowers the Tribe's record to 9-13.

Louisville took a 1-0 lead in the match, winning the doubles point with victories at the top two positions. Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson finished first, defeating senior Stephen Ward and Dominic Pagon, 8-3 at No. 1. Jhonny Berrido and Damar Johnson clinched the point with an 8-4 win at No. 2 over sophomore Alex Cojanu and Billy Mulligan who are ranked 42nd in the nation. William & Mary avoided the doubles sweep with a win on court three, where Colin O¹Brien and Kavi Sud defeated Slavko Radman and Tony Teufel 8-6.

The Cardinals went on to win the first five completed singles matches, starting with Johnson's 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 3. Clark put Louisville one point away from victory with a 6-3, 7-5 decision over Mulligan at No. 4, and Radman, ranked 96th in the nation, clinched the win with a 7-6 (2), 6-0 victory over Ward in the top match. At No. 6, Nicolas Houard defeated Matt Rubenstein 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Robert Rotaru beat Alexander Zuck 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 at No. 5. O'Brien gave the Tribe its only point at the two-spot with a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)win over Gustafsson.

U of L will travel to Tampa, Fla., April 8 to face VCU at noon. The Cards will play host South Florida on April 9 at noon.

#21 Louisville 6, #62 William and Mary 1Singles1. #96 Slavko Radman (UL) d. Stephen Ward; 7-6 (2), 6-02. Colin O&sup1;Brien (W&M) d. Jakob Gustafsson; 6-7 (3), 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)3. Damar Johnson (UL) d. Alex Cojanu; 6-4, 6-14. Jeremy Clark (UL) d. Billy Mulligan; 6-3, 7-55. Robert Rotaru (UL) d. Alexander Zuck; 6-3, 2-6, 6-46. Nicolas Houard (UL) d. Matt Rubenstein; 3-6, 6-4, 6-3Order of finish: 3, 4, 1, 6, 5, 2
Doubles1. Clark/Gustafsson (UL) d. Dominic Pagon/Ward; 8-32. Jhonny Berrido/Johnson (UL) d. #42 Cojanu/Mulligan; 8-43. O&sup1;Brien/Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Radman/Tony Teufel; 8-6Order of finish: 1, 2, 3