Louisville Falls Short in Match Against No. 19 Florida State

Saturday, April 5

Tallahassee, Fla.

1 p.m.

University of Louisville

#19 Florida State

Louisville Falls Short in Match Against No. 19 Florida State

April 05, 2025 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Cards sweep doubles play, but fall 4-2 to the Seminoles

By: Sara Miller

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team earned a pair of strong doubles victories, but fell short in singles play, dropping the match 4-2 to No. 19 Florida State.

No. 19 Florida State 4, Louisville 2

Miguel Avedaño and Will Mayew got doubles competition started for the Cards with a 6-1 victory on Court 3 to extend their win streak to three matches as a pair. The No. 77-ranked Louisville pair of Hamza El Amine and Natan Rodrigues clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win on Court 2.

Florida State moved quickly in singles play and claimed the top two singles courts in straight sets.

Kosuke Nakanishi earned a hard-fought victory on Court 3 after a back-and-forth battle in the second set that ended in a 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) win for the Sophomore.

The Seminoles clinched the match on Court 6 where Youcef Rihane claimed a victory over Enrique Peña, taking it down to the wire in a fierce second set that finished at 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

Sophomore Piet Steveker was battling on Court 5 after winning the tiebreak in the first set, but the match was abandoned at 7-6 (9-7), 4-5.

Louisville (9-17, 1-11 ACC) will return home for its final homestand of the season. The Cards will face No. 44 Middle Tennessee on Thursday at 3 p.m. and then host a double header on Sunday with matches against No. 55 Notre Dame at noon and Dayton at 5 p.m.

No. 19 Florida State 4, Louisville 2
Singles Competition
1. #15 Corey Craig (FSU) def. #80 Will Mayew (LOU) 6-2, 7-5
2. #52 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Miguel Avendano (LOU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Kosuke Nakanishi (LOU) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
4. Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Hamza El Amine (LOU) 7-5, 6-2
5. J. Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. Piet Steveker (LOU) 6-7 (7-9), 5-4, unfinished
6. Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Enrique Pena (LOU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)

Doubles competition
1. #9 Alex Bulte/Youcef Rihane (FSU) vs. Andre Steinbach/Kosuke Nakanishi (LOU) 5-4, unfinished
2. #77 Natan Rodrigues/Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. J. Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) 6-3
3. Will Mayew/Miguel Avendano (LOU) def. Azariah Rusher/Jan Sebesta (FSU) 6-1

Match Notes:
Louisville 9-17 (1-11 ACC)
Florida State 16-7 (8-4 ACC); National ranking #19
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,4,1,3,6)