Cards Fall Short Against Oregon

Friday, February 7

LOUISVILLE, KY

4:00 PM

University of Louisville

OREGON

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

February 07, 2020 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Kyle Echsner

Louisville, Ky. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team dropped a close match to Oregon 4-3 Friday evening at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

"We had a strong start against Oregon today by winning doubles and had the momentum going," said UofL head coach Rodrigo da Silva. "I'm super proud of the guys and the way they fought. We had a chance to win, but it just didn't turn out that way. We were right there and that's all I can ask for from our guys. We fought hard and played well, but they played better than us today."

The Cardinals (5-3) started the match by taking the doubles point with wins at the Nos. 2 and 3. Sophomores Fabien Salle and Alex Wesbrooks gave the Cards and early edge with their 6-3 win over Riki Oshima and Jesper Klov-Nilsson at No. 3. On court two, the freshman duo of Daniel Fainblum and Matthew Fung took down Charles Roberts and Brandon Lam 6-3 to clinch the first point of the match.

In singles action, Oregon took took the first two matches at Nos. 1 and 5. At the top-seed, Joshua Charlton, No. 29 in the ITA singles rankings, defeated Louisville's No. 66 ranked Tin Chen 6-3, 6-2 at the and Luke Vandescasteele beat Fainblum 7-6, 6-1.

The Cardinals would respond by taking the No. 3 and No. 6 spots to take the 3-2 lead over the Ducks. Salle picked up a 6-3, 7-6 decision against Ty Gentry, followed by a Matthew Fung win over esper Klov-Nilsson by a score of 6-4, 7-5.

The Ducks would even the contest at 3-3 with a hard-fought victory at the No. 2 spot. Sophomore Sergio Hernandez took Emmanuel Coste to a third set, but was defeated by a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision.

The match came down to the No. 4 spot where sophomore David Mizrahi was engaged in a three-set battle with Riki Oshima. The players split sets with Mizrahi winning the first 6-2 and Oshima taking the second 7-6 to force the decisive third set. Oshima prevailed 6-2 in the third to clinch the victory for the Ducks.

The Cards will welcome Boston College and Cleveland State to the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Sunday for a double header starting at 12 p.m.

Oregon 4, Louisville Men's Tennis 3
Ferurary 7, 2020 at Louisville, Ky.
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)
Singles
1. #29 Joshua Charlton (OREGON) def. #66 Tin Chen (LOU-MT) 6-3, 6-2
2. Emmanuel Coste (OREGON) def. Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. Fabien Salle (LOU-MT) def. Ty Gentry (OREGON) 6-3, 7-6
4. Riki Oshima (OREGON) def. David Mizrahi (LOU-MT) 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
5. Luke Vandecasteele (OREGON) def. Daniel Fainblum (LOU-MT) 7-6, 6-1
6. Matthew Fung (LOU-MT) def. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (OREGON) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles
1. #9 Joshua Charlton/Ty Gentry (OREGON) vs. Sergio Hernandez/Tin Chen (LOU-MT) 5-3
2. Daniel Fainblum/Matthew Fung (LOU-MT) def. Charles Roberts/Brandon Lam (OREGON) 6-3
3. Fabien Salle/Alex Wesbrooks (LOU-MT) def. Riki Oshima/Jesper Klov-Nilsson (OREGON) 6-3
Match Notes:
Oregon 7-2 Louisville Men's Tennis 5-3 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,5,3,6,2,4) T-2:55 A-80