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Men's Tennis Falls to No. 29 VCU 4-1
April 05, 2008 | Men's Tennis
April 5, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. - - The University of Louisville men's tennis team lost to No. 29 VCU 4-1 Saturday in a neutral match played at South Florida. The Cards (15-5) will face USF Sunday.
The Rams took the doubles point to start the match. Louisville's Viktor Maksimcuk and David Simon picked up an 8-3 win at the top seed. VCU's Martin Schulhauser and Stepan Siska teamed to beat Simon Childs and Kenneth Nordheim 8-6 at No. 3. Bobo Delemark and Thibaut Charron outlasted Austen Childs and James McArthur 9-8 (7-5) at No. 2 to clinch the point.
In singles, Schulhauser topped Simon 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2. Lacombe defeated Maksimcuk 6-2, 6-2 at the three-spot. Ripoll picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Robert Rotaru at No. 6. The other two matches were suspended.
Simon Childs posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Lindgren at the four-spot for Louisville's only point.
"We definitely should have won the doubles point after being up 4-0 in the tiebreaker, but ended up losing. Dropping the doubles point really took the wind out of our sails and gave the momentum to VCU," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "VCU had some injuries earlier this season, but is back at full strength and it showed. Hopefully we've had a chance to get acclimated to the 85 degree heat and we'll regroup tomorrow."
The Cardinals (15-5) will face South Florida Sunday afternoon.
April 5, 2008
No. 29 VCU 4 - No. 38 Louisville 1
Singles
1 - Austen Childs (UL) vs. Thibaut Charron (VCU) 6-3, 1-6, 1-2 susp.
2 - Martin Schulhauser (VCU) d. David Simon (UL) 6-0, 6-1
3 - Damien Lacombe (VCU) d. Viktor Maksimcuk (UL) 6-2, 6-2
4 - Simon Childs (UL) d. Emil Lindgren (VCU) 6-3, 6-4
5 - Alejandro Calligari (UL) vs. Georges-Alexandre Israel (VCU) 5-7, 2-3, susp.
6 - Sebastien Ripoll (VCU) d. Robert Rotaru (UL) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
1 - Maksimcuk/Simon (UL) d. Ripoll/Lindgren (VCU) 8-3
2 -Bobo Delemark/Thibaut Charron (VCU) d. A. Childs/James McArthur (UL) 9-8 (7-5)
3 - S. Childs/Kenneth Nordheim (UL) d. Schulhauser/ Stepan Siska 8-6
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