No. 25 Miami Drops Road ACC Match at No. 47 LouisvilleNo. 25 Miami Drops Road ACC Match at No. 47 Louisville

No. 25 Miami Drops Road ACC Match at No. 47 Louisville

Men's Tennis

The Hurricanes fell 4-2 to the Cardinals in an afternoon match on Friday.

CORAL GABLES, Fla.  – The University of Miami men’s tennis team fell to the No. 47 Louisville Cardinals (12-5, 4-1 ACC), 4-2, Friday afternoon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Hurricanes (12-5, 1-4 ACC) took an early 1-0 lead, tallying the doubles point with a pair of victories on courts two and three. The duo of graduate student Dan Martin and fifth-year senior Bojan Jankulovski posted the first win for Miami, taking down Louisville’s Sergio Hernandez and Tin Chen, 6-2.

Fifth-year senior Benjamin Hannestad and freshman Martin Katz clinched the doubles point for Miami with a 6-4 victory on court two. At the time on clinching, fourth-year juniors Juan Martin Jalif and Franco Aubone were trailing 3-4 on court one.

The Cardinals evened the match at one-all when Hannestad fell to Josh Howard-Tripp, 2-6, 2-6, in second singles. Jankulovski put Miami back on top with a decisive 6-1, 6-4 win on court three.

After playing a tough tiebreak in set one, 6-7 (5-7), Katz could not complete the comeback and ultimately fell to Louisville’s Hernandez, 6-7 (5-7), 3-6.

Tied at 2-2, the Hurricanes and the Cardinals went game-for-game on the final three courts. At sixth singles, Aubone came back from down a set to win set two 6-4, but fell just short of the victory, facing a 7-6 (7-5) defeat to David Mizrahi.

Louisville clinched the match on court five as Natan Rodrigues defeated Jalif in a three-set battle 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5.

The Hurricanes will turn their focus to another top-50 match when they take on No. 23 Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., on Sunday at 12 p.m.