University of Louisville
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Cards Defeat No.36 Indiana and IUPUI in Saturday Doubleheader
February 24, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Louisville improves to 9-3 on the season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -Â The 29-ranked University of Louisville men's tennis team defeated No. 36 Indiana and IUPUI in a Saturday afternoon doubleheader at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.Â
Louisville (9-3) only dropped four sets on the day with three players earning multiple wins.Â
The Cards will be back in action next Friday, March 1st to take on Florida State to kick off conference play. First serve is slated for 5 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.Â
Louisville 6, Indiana 1
After Indiana's Carson Haskins and Sam Landau defeated UofL's Andre' Steinbach and Miguel Avendaño 6-4 to open the scoring on Court 2, Will Mayew and Matthew Fung earned the Cards their first doubles point, defeating IU's Luc Boulier and Facundo Yunis 6-4 at the three-spot. With the doubles point on the line, Louisville's top doubles duo of Etienne Donnet and Natan Rodrigues fell just short of a comeback, dropping a tight match with Michael Andre and Ilya Tiraspolsky 7-6 (8-6) on Court 1.Â
As the match shifted to singles play the Cards began to heat up. No. 72-ranked Mayew earned Louisville a quick point, rolling past IU's Jagger Saylor 6-0, 6-1 on Court 4. He improves to 8-1 on the season.Â
Rodrigues, on Court 2, and Fung, on Court 3, kept the momentum in Louisville's favor winning their matches 6-2, 6-2 against Facundo Yunis and 6-2, 6-3 against Andre respectively. Fung secured his first singles victory of the year after battling injuries earlier in the season.
No. 40 Donnet came out victorious at the one-spot after beating No. 41 Landau 7-5, 6-1 to clinch the match for the Cards.
 Louisville wrapped up the match with wins on Courts 5 and 6, with Steinbach topping Tiraspolsky 3-6, 6-2, 10-5, and Piet Steveker defeating IU's Nikola Kolyachev 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Louisville 7, IUPUI 0
Andre Steinbech and Miguel Avendano got the doubles action started with a comfortable 6-1 win on Court 2. No. 20 Natan Rodrigues and Etienne Donnet clinched the doubles point on Court 1 with a 6-2 victory over Blessing Benibo and Kamil Kozerski.
Moving to singles play, it was No. 72 Will Mayew on Court 2 who picked up the Cards' second point of the match defeating Emil Jankowski 6-0, 6-4. Steinbach followed it up in dominant fashion with a victory on Court 3 where he downed Noah Viste 6-1, 6-2.Â
No. 40 Donnet clinched the match for the Cardinals defeating Kozerski 6-2, 6-2 at the one-spot. This marked Donnet's sixth singles win of the season.
Having the match already clinched, Evan Duggal kept the momentum going as he defeated Eli Mercer at the six-spot 6-3, 6-2. This marked Duggal's first win of his collegiate career.
Kosuke Nakanishi followed suit and earned a victory on Court 4 over Steven Paz 6-3, 6-4. To finish off the day, Enrique Peña helped ensure the Jaguars never got on the scoreboard by defeating Nate Day 6-2, 6-2.
Tennis Match Results
Louisville Men's Tennis 6, Indiana 1
February 24, 2024 at Louisville, Ky. | Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
SinglesÂ
1. #40 Etienne Donnet (LOU) def. #41 Sam Landau (IU) 7-5 6-1
2. Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Facundo Yunis (IU) 6-2 6-2Â
3. Matthew Fung (LOU) def. Michael Andre (IU) 6-2 6-3
4. #72 Will Mayew (LOU) def. Jagger Saylor (IU) 6-0 6-1Â
5. Andre' Steinbach (LOU) def. Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) 3-6 6-2 10-5Â
6. Piet Steveker (LOU) def. Nikola Kolyachev (IU) 4-6 6-3 6-0
DoublesÂ
1. Michael Andre and Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) def. #20 Natan Rodrigues and Etienne Donnet (LOU) 7-6 [8-6]Â
2. Carson Haskins and Sam Landau (IU) def. Andre' Steinbach and Miguel Avendano (LOU) 6-4
3. Will Mayew and Matthew Fung (LOU) def. Luc Boulier and Facundo Yunis (IU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Louisville Men's Tennis 8-3, Indiana 9-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,2,31,5,6)
Louisville Men's Tennis 7, IUPUI 0
February 24, 2024 at Louisville, Ky. | Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
Singles
2. #72 Will Mayew (LOU) def. Emil Jankowski (IUPUI) 6-0 6-4
3. Andre' Steinbach (LOU) def. Noah Viste (IUPUI) 6-1 6-2
4. Kosuke Nakanishi (LOU) def. Steven Paz (IUPUI) 6-3 6-4
5. Enrique Pena (LOU) def. Nate Day (IUPUI) 6-2 6-2
6. Evan Duggal (LOU) def. Eli Mercer (IUPUI) 6-3 6-2
DoublesÂ
1. #20 Etienne Donnet and Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Kamil Kozerski and Blessing Benibo (IUPUI) 6-2
2. Miguel Avendano and Andre' Steinbach (LOU) def. Emil Jankowski and Will Thurin (IUPUI) 6-2
3. Enrique Pena and Russell Lokko (LOU) Noah Viste and Steven Paz (IUPUI) 4-3 uf
Match Notes:
Louisville Men's Tennis 9-3, IUPUI 4-8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (2,3,1,6,4,5)
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
4,2,3,1,5,6
Players Mentioned
