Cardinals Fall to No. 15 Notre Dame

Sunday, March 8

LOUISVILLE, KY

12:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

Notre Dame

March 08, 2020 | Women's Tennis

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Louisville edged 4-3 by Irish

By: Chandler Brandes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 15 Notre Dame on Sunday afternoon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

With the loss, the Cardinals drop to 8-6 overall and 0-4 in ACC play while the Fighting Irish improve to 11-5 on the season and 3-2 in conference action.

"We are in a tough stretch right now," said Mark Beckham, UofL head coach. "We played hard today, completely differently from yesterday's situation. We played a really good Notre Dame team, I feel like we put ourselves in position to win but Notre Dame seemed to pick up the three set matches. I have to give them credit. I can't be too upset with their performance we have to embrace being in tight matches. I think that will get us over the hump. I am disappointed but not upset."

Louisville struck first in doubles with a win at No. 2 by Raven Neely and Maia Haumueller, who shut out Zoe Spence and Julia Lilien 6-0. UofL clinched the point when the No. 3 pair of Dina Chaika and Nikolina Jovic downed Bess Waldram and Zoe Taylor 6-2.

UofL's Rhea Verma was the first to fall in singles, bowing out to Paige Freeman 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 just before her teammate Andrea Di Palma defeated Spence 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2.

Notre Dame's Cameron Corse beat Neely 6-2, 7-5 at No. 1 before ND's Ally Bojczuk defeated Dina Chaika 7-6, 6-4 at No. 5.

Lilien took down Jovic 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 while Haumueller bested Maeve Koscielski 7-6, 3-6, 6-5.

The Cardinals travel to Chestnut Hill on Sunday, March 15 to take on Boston College at 10 a.m.

Tennis Match Results
Notre Dame vs Louisville
3/8/2020 at Louisville, Ky
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)

#24 Notre Dame 4, Louisville 3

Singles competition
1. #96 Cameron Corse (ND) def. Raven Neely (LOU) 6-2 (0-3), 7-5
2. Andrea Di Palma (LOU) def. Zoe Spence (ND) 6-2, 6-3
3. Page Freeman (ND) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Julia Lilien (ND) def. Nikolina Jovic (LOU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Dina Chaika (LOU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
6. Maia Haumueller (LOU) def. Maeve Koscielski (ND) 6-7, 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Rhea Verma/Andrea Di Palma (LOU) vs. #33 Cameron Corse/Page Freeman (ND) 4-3, unfinished
2. Raven Neely/Maia Haumueller (LOU) def. Zoe Spence/Julia Lilien (ND) 6-0
3. Nikolina Jovic/Dina Chaika (LOU) def. Bess Waldram/Zoe Taylor (ND) 6-2

Match Notes:
Notre Dame 11-5; National ranking #24
Louisville 8-6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,2,1,5,4,6)