Cards Advance to Doubles Quarterfinals, Singles Round of 16 in Ohio Valley Regional

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Cards Advance to Doubles Quarterfinals, Singles Round of 16 in Ohio Valley Regional

October 16, 2015 | Men's Tennis

Gornet and Brown advance to doubles quarterfinals, Gornet, Lancaster reach singles round of 16

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Louisville's Alex Gornet and Jeffrey Brown advanced to the doubles quarterfinals while Gornet and Brandon Lancaster reached the round of 16 in singles as the Cards completed Friday's play in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship.

"Alex Gornet is having his usual good result in this tournament," said UofL head coach Rex Ecarma. "As a sophomore, he and Albert Wagner made it to the semifinals in doubles and last season quarterfinals in doubles and semifinal in singles. He is in the quarterfinals again in doubles and round of 16 in singles. Freshman Brandon Lancaster got his second singles win in two days. Yee of Vandy was the 11th seed and a respected veteran player in the SEC. I am proud of his development and his ability to run the scouting report to perfection the last two sets. He has a bright future. Lastly, Gornet and Brown looked like the second seed of a 64 doubles team field. They are feeling very comfortable and the results show."

Gornet and Brown, the overall No. 2 seed in the tournament, cruised through a pair of wins after receiving a first-round bye. The senior duo defeated Northern Kentucky's Mate Virag and Lukas Clemens 8-2 and then beat Andrew Watson and Shakeel Manji of Memphis by the same score to reach Saturday's quarterfinal match.

In singles action, Gornet, the ninth-seeded player in the tournament, defeated Middle Tennessee State's Morillo Diaz 6-2, 6-2 to move to the round of 16 where Lancaster will join him after beating Vanderbilt's 11^th-seeded Kristofer Yee 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Senior Jeffrey Brown picked up a first-set 6-4 win, but Tennessee's Louis Valero prevailed 7-6, 6-4 in the next two sets. Freshman Michael Quang fell 6-4, 6-2 to Vanderbilt's Tate Allwardt.

In the singles consolation draw, sophomore Santiago Salazar defeated IUPUI's Nader Calero 6-2, 6-4 while sophomore Courtney Lock beat Middle Tennessee's Miguel Negre Fernandez 1-6, 7-5, 11-9. Freshman Brian Tsao fell 6-2, 6-4 to Vanderbilt's Rhys Johnson and junior Sean Donohue lost Eastern Kentucky's Florian Graskamp 6-4, 2-6, 10-5.

Louisville men's tennis results
USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional – Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 16, 2015
Doubles
#35 [2]Alex Gornet/Jeffrey Brown (UL) d. Mate Virag/Lukas Clemens (Northern Kentucky) 8-2
Gornet/Brown (UL) d. Andrew Watson/Shakeel Manji (Memphis) 8-2
Carsten Fisher/Zach Berry (Dayton) d. Courtney Lock/Sean Donohue (UL) 8-3
Dima Zyhmantovich/Gonzalo Raschiatore (MTSU) d. Santiago Salazar/Michael Quang (UL) 8-4

Singles
Third round
[9] Alex Gornet (UL) d. Luis Morillo Diaz (MTSU) 6-2, 6-2
Brandon Lancaster (UL) d. [11] Kristofer Yee (Vanderbilt) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Luis Valero (UT) d. Jeffrey Brown (UL) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
Tate Allwardt (Vanderbilt) d. Michael Quang (UL) 6-4, 6-2

Consolation
Santiago Salazar (UL) d. Nader Calero (IUPUI) 6-2, 6-4
Courtney Lock (UL) d. Miguel Negre Fernandez (MTSU) 1-6, 7-5, 11-9
Rhys Johnson (Vanderbilt) d. Brian Tsao (UL) 6-2, 6-4
Florian Graskamp (EKU) d. Sean Donohue (UL) 6-4, 2-6, 10-5