Men's Tennis Off to Solid Start at ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

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Men's Tennis Off to Solid Start at ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

October 20, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Updated Draws

Cards post 12 wins on day one of ITA Ohio Valley Regional

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Louisville's Nicolas Rouanet, Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff and Parker Wynn advanced to the singles round of 32 to help the Cardinals' men's tennis team tally 12 wins on the first day of the 2016 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regional Championship Presented by Oracle Thursday.

"All four of our doubles teams advanced in the Ohio Valley Regional Championships today," said UofL head coach Rex Ecarma. "With the best players from two dozen teams here, it is a good accomplishment. Chris Kougoucheff, Nicolas Rouanet and Parker Wynn won their first two rounds of singles as well. To go 3-0 in this tournament is not an easy task. It was nice to see Chris upset the #24 seed in singles and Nicolas and Ciro upset the #5 seed in doubles."

The Cardinals went undefeated in their opening rounds of doubles. The 16^th-seeded duo of senior Sean Donohue and sophomore George Hedley defeated Tennessee Tech's Guille Nicolas and Jorge Alfonzo 8-6. Juniors Ciro Lampasas and Nicolas Rouanet took down fifth-seeded David Biosca and Miguiel Este of East Tennessee State 8-5. Redshirt junior Santiago Salazar and sophomore Brandon Lancaster paired to beat Xavier's Trent Smith and Nick Wernere 8-2 while sophomore Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff and freshman Parker Wynn defeated Xavier's Jeremy Schneider and Jack Dykema 8-3.

In singles action, Rouanet, Morin-Kougoucheff and Wynn each posted a pair of wins to advance to the round of 16.

Rouanet, the No. 21-seeded player in the tournament, capped a perfect day with two more victories. The junior defeated IUPUI's Matt Moe 6-0, 6-2 in his first round match and went on to beat Dayton's Lorenzo Rollhauser 6-2, 6-2 in the second round.

Morin-Kougoucheff was also undefeated on day one after toppling the No. 29 seed Ayed Zatar of Middle Tennessee State 7-6 (11-9), 6-2 and registering a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 win over Indiana's Stefan lugonjic.

Wynn also tallied a pair of straight-set victories to go 4-0 on the day. The 25-seeded player in the tournament beat Butler's Spencer Lang 6-2, 6-1 and Austin Peay's Manuel Montenegro 6-2, 6-1.

Lampasas captured a first round win, defeating IUPUI's Matt Moe 6-0, 6-2, but fell 7-5, 6-1 to East Tennessee State's David Biosca in the second round. Lancaster beat Northern Kentucky's Andrew Niehaus 6-2, 6-4, but lost in the second round to Belmont's Cedric Dujaquier 6-2, 0-6, 6-2.

In other first round action, Hedley fell short against Memphis' Chris Patzanovski, in a first round battle that ended with a score of 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-5). Salazar rallied from a 6-3 first-set loss to Ball State's Nemanja Guzina to take the second set 6-4, but Medinilla prevailed 6-4 in the third. Donohue also came up short against Purdue's 12^th-seeded Ricardo Medinilla 7-5, 6-4.

The tournament will continue on Friday morning with doubles starting at 8 a.m.
Louisville Men's Tennis Results
ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship
Oct. 20, 2016
Doubles
Santiago Salazar/Brandon Lancaster (UL) d. Trent Smith/Nick Werner (Xavier) 8-2
Ciro Lampasas/Nicolas Rouanet (UL) (UL) d. (#5 seed) David Biosca/Miguel Este (ETSU) 8-5
(#16 seed) Sean Donohue/George Hedley (UL) d. Guille Nicolas/ Jorge Alfonzo (TT) 8-6
Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff/Parker Wynn (UL) d. Jeremy Schneider/Jack Dykema (Xavier) 8-3

Singles
[#21 seed] Nicolas Rouanet (UL) d. Matt Moe (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-2
Rouanet d. Lorenzo Rollhauser (Dayton) 6-2, 6-2
Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff (UL) d. [#29 seed] Ayed Zatar (MTSU) 7-6 (11-9), 6-2
Morin-Kougoucheff d. Stefan Lugonjic (Indiana) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
[#25 seed] Parker Wynn (UL) d. Spencer Lang (Butler) 6-2, 6-1
Wynn d. Manuel Montenegro (Austin Peay) 6-2, 6-1
Brandon Lancaster (UL) d. Andrew Niehaus (NKU) 6-2, 6-4
Cedric Dujaquier (Belmont) d. Lancaster 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
Ciro Lampasas (UL) d. Chad Woodham (Austin Peay) 6-1, 6-4
David Biosca (ETSU) d. Lampasas (UL) 7-5, 6-1
Chris Patzanovski (Memphis) d. [#31 seed] George Hedley (UL) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5)
[#12 seed] Ricardo Medinilla (Purdue) d. Sean Donohue (UL) 7-5, 6-4
Nemanja Guzina (Ball State) d. Santiago Salazar (UL) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4