Cards Split Sunday Doubleheader

Sunday, March 9

LOUISVILLE, KY

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

#11 Duke University

March 09, 2025 | Men's Tennis

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Louisville earns a strong 7-0 victory over USI after falling 4-2 to No. 11 Duke

By: Sara Miller

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team ended the night on a high with a 7-0 victory over Southern Indiana after falling 4-2 to No. 11 Duke during the morning match of their Sunday doubleheader.

No. 11 Duke 4, Louisville 2

No. 11 Duke (11-3, 4-0 ACC) started off doubles competition hot with a 6-0 win on Court 3, but the Cards were able to battle head-to-head with the ranked Blue Devils.

Louisville's (6-10, 0-4 ACC) tandem of Andre' Steinbach and Kosuke Nakanishi battled on Court 1to defeat No. 71 Duke pair of Cooper Williams and Andreja Petrovic, 6-4.

The Cardinals pair of Hamza El Amine and Enrique Peña battled back-and-forth against Duke's duo of Connor Krug and Theo Winegar and went into a tiebreaker, but the duo dropped the heart breaker 7-6 (7-3).

Junior Will Mayew was the first player to finish in singles competition, defeating C. Krug 6-1, 6-3 and tying the score at 1-1.

Duke then won the next two points, taking down Louisville's four then five courts.

Natan Rodrigues earned a hard-fought victory on Court 1, defeating Petrovic in two sets with a score of 7-5, 6-2.

Second-year Piet Steveker fought until the end before dropping Court 6, 6-4, 7-5 to Duke's Saahith Jayaraman.

Steinbach rallied back and was the only court to go into three sets, but the match was abandoned 3-6, 6-3, 4-1.

Louisville 7, Southern Indiana 0

The Cards started off the second match strong in doubles competition. Peña and Russell Lokko were the first to finish, defeating Adam Koon and Mathys Bove 6-2 on Court 3. Nakanishi and Steveker clinched the point for Louisville with a 6-2 victory on Court 1 seconds before Rodrigues and Mayew claimed a 6-2 victory on Court 2.

Lokko was dominant in singles competition, defeating Bryce Rothschild and earning a double bagel with a score of 6-0, 6-0 on Court 6.

Peña finished shortly behind him with a 6-0, 6-2 victory on Court 5 before Nakanishi clinched the match on Court 2 with a hard-fought 6-2, 6-2 win.

After claiming a victory in the competition, Louisville decided to play on and secured wins on all three of the final courts. El Amine took home a 6-1, 6-2 win while Steinbach battled for a 6-2, 6-2 victory on Court 1. Steveker rounded out the competition with a battle of his own after he defeated Gillespie on Court 4 to end the night.

The Cards will travel to the west coast this week to face Cal on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. E.T. and Stanford on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.

#11 Duke 4, Louisville 2
Singles competition
1. Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Andreja Petrovic (DU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Will Mayew (LOU) def. Connor Krug (DU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Andre Steinbach (LOU) vs. Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 3-6, 6-3, 4-1, unfinished
4. Remy Dugardin (DU) def. Miguel Avendano (LOU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Alexander Visser (DU) def. Hamza El Amine (LOU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) def. Piet Steveker (LOU) 6-4, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Kosuke Nakanishi/ Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. #71 Andreja Petrovic/Cooper Williams (DU) 6-4
2. Connor Krug/ Theo Winegar (DU) def. Hamza El Amine/ Enrique Pena (LOU) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Remy Dugardin/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) def.Miguel Avendano/Natan Rodrigues (LOU) 6-0

Match Notes:
Louisville 5-10, 0-4 ACC
Duke 11-3, 4-0 ACC
Order of finish: Singles -- (2, 4, 5, 1, 6); Doubles -- (3, 1, 2)

Louisville 7, Southern Indiana 0
Singles Competition
1. Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Mathys Bove (USI) 6-2, 6-2
2. Kosuke Nakanishi (LOU) def. Axel Sabourin (USI) 6-2, 6-2
3. Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Jy Hibbert (USI) 6-1, 6-2
4. Piet Steveker (LOU) def. Quinten Gillespie (USI) 6-2, 6-3
5. Enrique Pena (LOU) def. Adam Koon (USI) 6-0, 6-2
6. Russell Lokko (LOU) def. Bryce Rothschild (USI) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Competition
1. Kosuke Nakanishi and Piet Steveker (LOU) def. Axel Sabourin and Jy Hibbert (USI) 6-2
2. Will Mayew and Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Quinten Gillespie and Eytan Michaeli (USI) 6-3
3. Russell Lokko and Enrique Pena (LOU) def. Mathys Bove and Adam Koon (USI) 6-2

Match Notes
Louisville: 6-10
Southern Indiana: 3-6
Order of finish: Singles -- (6, 5, 2, 3, 1, 4) ; Doubles -- (3, 1, 2)