Men's Tennis Off to Strong Start on Day One of Ohio Valley Regional Championship

Thursday, October 15

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Men's Tennis Off to Strong Start on Day One of Ohio Valley Regional Championship

October 15, 2015 | Men's Tennis

Cards pick up 11 wins Thursday

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team picked up 11 wins on the first day of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship Thursday.

"With a tournament as good as this, it is nice to have three doubles teams in the second round," said UofL head coach Rex Ecarma. "Also we have three players in the third round of singles. This is the first time playing the regionals for most of these guys so this is a good start."

The Cardinals picked up two doubles wins. Junior Sean Donohue and sophomore Courtney Lock teamed to beat Indiana's Raheel Manji and Afonso Salgado 8-2 while sophomore Santiago Salazar and freshman Michael Quang defeated Northern Kentucky's Court Clark and Jody Maginely 8-3.

Freshmen Brandon Lancaster and Brian Tsao fell 8-3 to Kentucky's Beck Pennington and William Bushamuka. Seniors Jeffrey Brown and Alex Gornet received a first-round bye.

In singles action, Louisville posted eight wins with Lancaster, Gornet, and Brown advancing to Friday's third round action. Lancaster outlasted Eastern Kentucky's Sebastian Mueller 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 in the first round and went on to best Tennessee's Marshall Sullivan 6-4, 6-2. Brown won both of his matches in straight sets, beating Eastern Kentucky's Indra Patwardhan 6-2, 6-0 and Butler's Austin Waldmoe 6-2, 6-1. Gornet also cruised through his first two round with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Tennessee Tech's Jorge Alfonso and a 6-0, 6-2 victory against IUPUI's David Beasley.

The Cards also got first round wins from Lock who defeated Austin Peay's Evan Borowski 6-0, 6-1 and Quang who beat Wright State's Dan Gilbert 6-4, 6-2.

The tournament will resume Friday morning.

Louisville men's tennis results
USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional – Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 15, 2015
Doubles
Sean Donohue/Courtney Lock (UL) d. Raheel Manji/Afonso Salgado (Indiana) 8-2
Santiago Salazar/Michael Quang (UL) d. Court Clark/Jody Maginely (Northern Kentucky) 8-3
Beck Pennington/William Bushamuka (Kentucky) d. Brandon Lancaster/Brian Tsao (UL) 8-3
Singles
First Round
Courtney Lock (UL) d. Evan Borowski (Austin Peay) 6-0, 6-1
Brandon Lancaster (UL) d. Sebastian Mueller (Eastern Kentucky) 3-6, 7-6, 7-5
Alex Gornet (UL) d. Jorge Alfonso (Tennessee Tech) 6-1, 6-2
Michael Quang (UL) d. Dan Gilbert (Wright State) 6-4, 6-2
Jeffrey Brown (UL) d. Indra Patwardhan (Eastern Kentucky) 6-2, 6-0
Connor Anderson (Ball State) d. Brian Tsao (UL) 6-3, 6-2
Andrew Watson (Memphis) d. Sean Donohue (UL) 6-1, 7-6
[17] Lewis Smith (Vanderbilt) d. Santiago Salazar (UL) 6-3, 6-2
Second Round
Brandon Lancaster (UL) d. Marshall Sullivan (UT) 6-4, 6-2
Jeffrey Brown (UL) d. Austin Waldmoe (Butler) 6-2, 6-1
Alex Gornet (UL) d. David Beasley (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-2
Ramon Van Flymen (Eastern Kentucky) d. Michael Quang (UL) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
Baker Newman (Vanderbilt) d. Courtney Lock (UL) 6-3, 6-2