Louisville Hosts Boston College Friday, Travels to No. 5 Michigan Sunday

Friday, March 31

LOUISVILLE, KY

12:00 PM

University of Louisville

Boston College

Photo by: Karthik Kalvakuri | Louisville Athletics

Louisville Hosts Boston College Friday, Travels to No. 5 Michigan Sunday

March 30, 2023 | Men's Tennis

No. 35-rank Louisville returns to the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center to face Boston College Friday at 12 p.m., hits the road for No. 5 Michigan

By: Lori Harmon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After four straight matches on the road, the No. 35-ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team will return to the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center to face Boston College Friday at 12 p.m. Following that match, the Cards will go back on the road to face No. 5 Michigan Sunday at 12 p.m.

About Louisville
The Cardinals' lineup feature three nationally-ranked singles players and a top-15 doubles team. Etienne Donnet leads the way at No. 31, moving up five spots while carrying a 20-6 overall record and a 13-2 mark in dual matches. Graduate senior Fabien Salle is slotted at No. 55 with an 21-8 singles record and a 9-4 tally in dual matches. Sophomore Natan Rodrigues rounds out the ranked singles players at No. 76 with a 17-8 overall record while going 6-5 in dual matches.

The tandem Rodrigues and Salle stand at No. 15 in the doubles rankings, teaming for a 23-7 record and are 7-3 as Louisville's top-seeded team.

Up Next:
Following this weekend's matches, the Cardinals will travel to Georgia Tech and Clemson for a pair of ACC matches next weekend.

Cards against the opponents
Boston College
Series Record: Louisville leads 9-0
Last Meeting: April 10, 2022- Louisville won 6-1 in Chestnut Hill
Scouting the Eagles: Boston College enters the weekend with a 6-8 overall record and an 0-6 mark in ACC play. Most recently, the Eagles fell 5-2 to then-No. 75 Virginia Tech on Sunday, prior to that, BC earned the doubles point in a 6-1 loss to ninth-ranked Virginia.

The Eagles' duo of JJ Bianchi and Max Motlagh stands at No. 67 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released on March 21.

Michigan
Series Record: Michigan leads 2-1
Last Meeting: March 26, 2014 – Michigan won 4-3 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
Scouting the Wolverines: Fifth-ranked Michigan brings a 15-2 record into the week prior to a Thursday matchup at No. 75 Michigan State. The Wolverines' only losses of the season have come at the hands of then-No. 4 Ohio State and seventh-ranked Texas.

Michigan's roster features five players ranked among the top 125 in the March 21 ITA singles rankings.
Representing the Wolverine nationally in singles are: No. 10 Andrew Fenty, No. 14 Ondrej Styler, No. 23 Patrick Maloney, No. 40 Gavin Young, and No. 117 Will Cooksey. The tandem of Fenty and Young stands at No. 8 nationally while Fenty and Young stand at No. 8 in the national doubles rankings.