No. 15 Men's Tennis to Host Middle Tennessee Saturday
April 16, 2010 | Men's Tennis
April 16, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- - The No. 15-ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team returns to action Saturday April 17 at 1:00 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center to end regular-season play against MTSU.
"Middle Tennessee has a great tradition is tennis and is one of the best programs on their campus," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "John Peers is one of the best tennis players in college and their is a considerable amount of talent on that team. Austen who became our first player to received 5 player of the week honors in one semester is playing well and if that match-up happens that should be fun to watch for the fans. Coach McNamara will have them ready to go. We are trying to build a "head of steam" going into the Big East Tournament and want to continue in our winning ways. I am sure this will be another competitive U of L versus Middle Tennessee match."
The 18-5 Cardinals are led by junior Austen Childs who is currently ranked No. 20 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national poll. Childs (17-4) received his fifth BIG EAST player of the week honor for the season on April 14. Also ranked for the Cards is junior Simon Childs at No. 78 as well at the duos of Simon Childs and Alejandro Calligari at No. 24 and Childs and Childs at No. 31.
Middle Tennessee State University (5-18) is led by junior John Peers who is ranked No. 33 in the ITA singles poll and No. 82 in the doubles poll along with sophomore Victor Melo.
The Blue Raiders own a 13-6 all-time in the storied history between the two schools that dates back to 1987. Despite the losing record the Cards have won the past two match-ups, 5-2 in 2008 and 6-1 in 2009.
Saturday's match concludes regular-season play for the Cardinals who will travel to South Bend, Ind. for the BIG EAST tournament beginning on April 22.
