Cards Sweep Third Doubleheader of the Season
January 21, 2026 | Men's Tennis
All ten singles victories were won in straight sets
Louisville 7, Butler 0
The Cards jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a 6-1 win by Andre' Steinbach and Louis Chusseau. Following the win on court 3, Pedro Cressoni and Russell Lokko had a dominating 6-1 victory to take the doubles point.
Entering singles competition with a point advantage, UofL junior No. 68 Walid Ahouda secured the first singles win, taking down Riccardo Baldi in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1.
Quickly following Ahouda, Jerald Carroll secured his first even collegiate singles win with a 6-1, 6-4 victory on Court 6.
Chusseau decided the match in his 6-1, 6-3 victory over Siddhartha.
Cressoni followed shortly after, securing a 6-2, 6-3 win for the fifth point of the match. Steinbach and No. 122 Hamza El Amine were the final two Cards to win their singles courts, pushing the Cards to a 7-0 sweep over Butler.
All six of the singles courts won by Louisville were won in straight sets.
Louisville 5, Xavier 0The Cardinals started out hot with doubles; Court 3 saw the Cards first-time duo Steinbach and Carroll go 6-0, not dropping a single game. Shortly after on Court 1 the ranked tandem of Ahouda and El Amine claimed a close 6-4 game against Xavier's Alex Kotarski and Max Pettingell.
Louisville headed into singles play with an advantage and stayed relentless while going one-on-one. Steinbach picked up the first win in straight sets going 6-2,6-1.
On Court 6, Lokko overcame his opponent 6-4, 6-3, finishing second on the singles courts and remaining undefeated in both singles and doubles on the season.
El Amine won his court 6-2,6-3 to clinch the win for the Cards.
With a close match on Court 4, Chusseau and Xavier's Bode Campbell finished their match in a tiebreaker in the second set. The sophomore from France won the tie break 7-5 to add an extra point to the Louisville win.
Louisville will continue its homestead on Saturday, January 24th against Notre Dame. The match is slated for 12 p.m. ET.
Louisville 7, Butler 0
Singles Competition:
- #68 Walid Ahouda (LOU) def. Riccardo Baldi (BUT) 6-1, 6-1
- #122 Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Nicolas Arts (BUT) 7-6, 6-0
- Andre' Steinbach (LOU) def. Ronin Kasday (BUT) 6-2, 6-3
- Pedro Cressoni (LOU) def. Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 6-2, 6-3
- Louis Chusseau (LOU) def. Siddhartha Lama (BUT) 6-1, 6-3
- Jerald Carroll (LOU) def. Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles Competition:
- #59 Walid Ahouda/Hamza El Amine (LOU) vs. Riccardo Baldi/ Arnesh Singh (BUT) unfinished
- Pedro Cressoni/Russell Lokko (LOU) def. Nicolas Arts/ Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 6-1
- Andre' Steinbach/Louis Chusseau (LOU) def. Siddhartha Lama/Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) 6-1
Singles Competition
- Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Nick Herdoiza (XU)
- #122 Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Max Pettingell (XU)
- Pedro Cressoni (LOU) vs. Andrew Spurck (XU), unfinished
- Louis Chusseau (LOU) def. Bode Campbell (XU)
- Jerald Carroll (LOU) vs. Kyle Totorica (XU), unfinished
- Russell Lokko (LOU) def. Lukas Grossman (XU)
- #59 Walid Ahouda/ Hamza El Amine (LOU) vs Alex Kotarski /Max Pettingell (XU) 6-4
- Jerald Carroll/Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Andrew Spurck/Kyle Totorica (XU) 6-0
- Pedro Cressoni/Russell Lokko (LOU) vs. Samuel Frizelle /Nick Herdoiza (XU) 3-5, unfinished
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