Cards Return Home for Six Matches

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team returns home to host another three-match weekend. Friday will feature a match against No. 5 NC State with first serve set for 4 p.m. Then the Cards will host a Sunday doubleheader, facing top-ranked Wake Forest at noon and crosstown rival Bellarmine at 5 p.m.

Louisville (6-12, 0-6 ACC) traveled to the west coast over the weekend to face ACC newcomers, No. 14 California and No. 8 Stanford. The Cards were able to battle with the highly ranked teams, but dropped both matches in the end.

Junior Will Mayew is having a successful year, posting a 9-3 record in singles matches. His most recent win was a two-set victory over Hudson Rivera of No. 8 Stanford.

The Cards have found a strong pairing in Andre' Steinbach and Kosuke Nakanishi. The tandem is 1-1 against ranked opponents with their lone loss coming against the at-the-time No. 37-ranked duo of Samir Banerjee and Alexander Razeghi of the Cardinal. The match between the two pairings was the last to finish on Saturday and was determined by a tiebreaker where the Stanford tandem took a highly competitive 7-6 (9-7) win.

Cards vs. No. 5 NC State (14-4, 5-0 ACC)
Series Record: The all-time series is tied 7-7
Last Meeting: The Wolfpack defeated the Cardinals 4-0
Scouting the Wolfpack: ITA places NC State as the No. 5 team in the country with three singles players and one doubles pairing ranked in their respective ITA polls. The Wolfpack are on the seven-match win streak that includes five conference wins.

Cards vs. No. 1 Wake Forest (24-0, 6-0 ACC)
Series Record: Wake Forest leads the all-time series 17-2
Last Meeting: The Demon Deacons defeated the Cards 4-3
Scouting the Demon Deacons: Wake Forest is entering their match on Friday undefeated and is ranked as the No. 1 team in the country. Their roster is composed of three ranked singles players and five ranked doubles pairings.

Cards vs. Bellarmine (4-7)
Series Record: Louisville leads the all-time series 31-10
Last Meeting: The Cards beat the Knights 6-1
Scouting the Knights: Bellarmine is coming off a weekend of close losses, falling 4-3 in both matches against fellow ASUN opponents, Lipscomb and North Alabama.

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Players Mentioned

Will Mayew

Kosuke Nakanishi

Andre' Steinbach

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