Louisville Downs Southern Miss, 5-0, in Men's Tennis
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Louisville Downs Southern Miss, 5-0, in Men's Tennis
FT. WORTH, Texas ? Louisville won the doubles point and four singles matches to post a 5-0 victory over Southern Miss, today, at the Conference USA Tennis Shootout, held at TCU. The Golden Eagles have posted a 1-1 record in the tournament and with today's result, drops its overall record to 3-5.
The Cardinals' Cody Conley and Octavian Nicodim defeated Southern Miss' Marc-Olivier Lux and Nicholas Carteret at No. 1 doubles, 8-5. Louisville's Matt Mayer and Harry Walsh defeated Golden Eagles Reid Bourgeois and Juanjo Martin at No. 2 doubles, 8-3, earning the doubles point. The No. 3 doubles match between Louisville's Paulo Carvalho and Jakob Gustafson and Southern Miss' Uwe Gneiting and David Canudes did not finish.
Carvalho (UL) downed Gneiting (USM) at No. 2 singles, 7-5 and 6-2, pushing the Cardinals' lead to 2-0. Louisville extended its lead to 3-0, when Mayer (UL) defeated Carteret (USM), 7-5, 6-3, at No. 4 singles. The Cardinals' Johnny Berrido won No. 5 singles over Southern Miss' Lux, 6-2, 6-2, and Walsh (UL) defeated Burgeois (USM) at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 7-6, giving Louisville the 5-0 victory.
The Golden Eagles will play one more round in the Conference USA shootout on Sunday at TCU.
Louisville 5, Southern Miss 0
Doubles
No. 1 Cody Conley/Octavian Nicodium (UL) d. Marc-Olivier Lux/Nicholas Carteret, 8-5
No. 2 Matt Mayer/Harry Walsh (UL) d. Reid Bourgeois/Juanjo Martin, 8-3
No. 3 Paulo Carvalho/Jakob Gustafson (UL) vs. Uwe Gneiting/David Canudas, DNF
Singles
No. 1 Conley (UL) vs. Canudas (USM), DNF
No. 2 Carvalho (UL) d. Gneiting (USM), 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 Nicodium (UL) vs. Martin (USM), DNF
No. 4 Mayer (UL) d. Carteret (USM), 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Johnny Berrido (UL) d. Lux (USM), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Walsh (UL) d. Burgeois (USM), 6-2, 7-6