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Wildcats Fall to Louisville, 5-2
1/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 14, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Northwestern's men's tennis team fell to No. 32 Louisville Friday, 5-2. Junior Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Gymnasium Lohbrügge) notched a win at the No. 1 singles position while Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) earned a win at the No. 5 singles spot for the Wildcats.
After the Cardinals took the doubles point, Tempke started the 'Cats out on the right note in singles play, topping the Cardinals' Damar Johnson 6-1, 7-6. With the win, Tempke improves his record to 8-4 on the season, 2-0 in doubles competition.
After suffering setbacks at the No. 2 through No. 4 singles positions, Christian came through with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Louisville's Robert Rotaru at No. 5 singles. Christian evens his record at 5-5 this year and earns his first dual win of the season.
With the loss, Northwestern falls to 1-1 on the season. The Wildcats return to action at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 at Ball State.
#32 Louisville 5 * # 51 Northwestern 2 Singles No. 1 * Christian Tempke (NW) def. Damar Johnson (UL) 6-1, 7-6 No. 2 * Slavko Radman (UL) def. Willy Lock (NW) 7-6, 6-3 No. 3 * Jakob Gustafsson (UL) def. Marc Dwyer (NW) 6-3, 6-4 No. 4 * Jeremy Clark (UL) def. Juan Gomez (NW) 6-4, 6-4 No. 5 * Matt Christian (NW) def. Robert Rotaru (UL) 6-4, 7-5 No. 6 * Jhonny Berrido (UL) def. Alexey Evstratenkov (NW) 6-0, 6-1Doubles No. 1 * #47 Clark/Gustafsson (UL) def. Adam Schaechterle/Christian 8-4 No. 2 * Johnson/Berrido (UL) def. Tempke/Dwyer (NW) 8-6 No. 3 * Radman/Tony Teufel (UL) def. Lock/Gomez 8-6
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