Louisville Set for Mid-Week Match at Notre Dame

Wednesday, April 10

South Bend, Ind.

4 p.m.

University of Louisville

Notre Dame

Andre Steinbach hits the ball against Florida State at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on March 1.

Photo by: Chris Carter | Louisville Athletics

April 09, 2024 | Men's Tennis

Match Notes

The Cardinals are slated for a 4 p.m. match on Wednesday in South Bend

By: Sara Miller

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team is on the road for a midweek matchup against Notre Dame on Wednesday, April 10. The match will begin at 4 p.m. ET at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

The Cards (13-12, 2-8 ACC) dropped both of their matches over the weekend, falling 4-2 to Georgia Tech and 4-0 to Clemson at home. UofL is ranked at No. 46 in the latest ITA team rankings. In the singles rankings, Etienne Donnet ranked at No. 47, Will Mayew is at No. 112 and Natan Rodrigues is at No. 117. The duo of Donnet and Rodrigues are ranked at No. 15 and are 11-4 on the season.

Louisville started the match against Georgia Tech by earning the doubles point with the pair of Donnet and Kosuke Nakanishi winning 6-4 on court two and the tandem of Rodrigues and Miguel Avendaño winning 6-3 on court three. The lone singles point was Nakanishi's three-set battle on court five, where he defeated the Yellow Jackets' Krish Arora 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

Cards vs. Notre Dame (11-13, 2-8 ACC)
Series Record: The all-time series is tied 14-14
Last Meeting: April 20, 2023 | Louisville won 4-3 in the opening round of the ACC Tournament
Scouting the Fighting Irish: Notre Dame is ranked No. 55 by ITA team standings and has one individual ranked, Sebastian Dominko at No. 46. Doubles tandem Dominko and Jean Marc Malkowski are ranked at No. 11 and own a 12-5 record. The Fighting Irish split their matches this weekend at home, falling to Georgia Tech and defeating Clemson, earning its second ACC win of the season.