Cards Travel for ITA Kickoff Weekend

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville continues its stint of road tennis as it heads to Columbia, S.C., for the ITA Kickoff Weekend. A team win out of the four-team site would advance the Cardinals to the ITA Indoor Championships. The teams are seeded as follows: No. 2 South Carolina, UofL, LSU and Clemson.

Louisville (3-0) will first take on LSU, no earlier than 1 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. The winner will advance to the play the winner of South Carolina vs. Clemson at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. The consolation match is at 10 a.m. the same day.

The Cardinals earned their first road win of the season on Sunday with a 4-3 decision over Northwestern.

Freshman Miguel Avendaño was named ACC Men's Tennis Freshman of the Week after going 4-0 over the course of three matches, being a part of clinching the doubles point in each of those matches.

Cards vs. LSU (2-0)
Series Record: Louisville leads the all-time series 1-0
Last Meeting: January 29, 2010 | Louisville wins at home 4-2
Scouting the Tigers: LSU has not dropped a set yet in 2024, sweeping both Louisiana Lafayette and New Orleans 7-0 in matches on Wednesday. The Tigers have Chen Dong and Julien Penzlin, the No. 49-ranked duo in the latest ITA doubles poll. LSU finished the 2023 season at No. 39 and has yet to be ranked this year.

Cards vs. #2 South Carolina (1-0)
Series Record: Louisville trails the all-time series 0-1
Last Meeting: March 21, 2024 | Louisville loses 3-6 on the road
Scouting the Gamecocks: The Gamecocks have only played one match so far this season, but successfully knocked off defending, back-to-back national champion, the previous No.1, Virginia in a top-five match up. The Gamecocks beat the Cavaliers 4-3 in Charlottesville. South Carolina is also home to the No. 92 singles player in the nation, Casey Hoole.

Cards vs. Clemson (2-0)
Series Record: Louisville leads the all-time series 11-4
Last Meeting: April 9, 2023 | Louisville wins 4-2 on the road
Scouting the Tigers: ACC foe Clemson has started the year a perfect 2-0 with victories over Brown (6-1) and Citadel (7-0). Clemson finished the 2023 season ranked No. 68 as a team and have the No. 84 singles in Noa Vukadin. He teams up with Maxwell Smith to form the No. 30 doubles duo.

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Miguel Avendaño

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