CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Cleveland State men's tennis team closed out the weekend at Louisville Sunday afternoon, dropping a 5-2 contest against the Cardinals.

PDF BOX SCORE | Louisville 5, Cleveland State 2

Quick Hits
· The Vikings were able to pick up the doubles point for the sixth straight match, picking up 7-6 tiebreak wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

· With the 7-6 (4) win at No. 2 doubles against Louisville, Matthew Terry and Kade Mindry kept their record perfect this spring, improving to 6-0.

· Nico Mostardi notched the lone singles win of the day for the Vikings, earning a 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory against #66 Tin Chen of Louisville, marking his sixth straight singles win.

· Mostardi's win marked his second against a ranked opponent this year, and moved him into a tie for fourth place on the CSU Singles Wins List with 82 career wins.

From The Sidelines
"This was another day of growth for us, and despite the result, I think we came away with a lot of positive things from this match. We played another great doubles point, and battled back to gain the early advantage. Jack stepped into the doubles lineup once again and got us a good win at No. 3 with Clark who fought through an injury to stay on the court, while Kade and Matt picked up a hard fought win at No. 2 to keep their record perfect this spring."

"In singles, we were hanging around in a lot of first sets, but we weren't able to convert all of them which led us to digging a hole that we couldn't get out of. Nico picked up a great win over a ranked opponent today, and is playing some of his best tennis ever right now, and is playing with such a strong mental game which is great to see. We will now turn our attention to next weekend's matches against Ball State and Valparaiso, as we are looking forward to getting the entire team healthy again." – head coach Brian Etzkin

Up Next
Cleveland State will return to action with a pair of matches next weekend, traveling to Ball State on Friday, February 14 and Valparaiso on Saturday, February 15.

The Results
Doubles (1, 3, 2)
1. Hernandez/Chen (UL) def. Mostardi/Phillips (CSU), 7-5
2. Terry/Mindry (CSU) def. Fainblum/Fung (UL), 7-6 (4)
3. Bilinovich/Santilli (CSU) def. Salle/Wesbrooks (UL), 7-6 (3)

Singles (6, 3, 2, 4, 5, 1)
1. #86 Nico Mostardi (CSU) def. #66 Tin Chen (UL), 7-6 (1), 6-4
2. Sergio Hernandez (UL) def. Matthew Terry (CSU), 7-5, 6-1
3. Fabien Salle (UL) def. Luke Phillips (CSU), 6-4, 6-1
4. David Mizrahi (UL) def. Clark Bilinovich (CSU), 7-6 (8), 6-3
5. Daniel Fainblum (UL) def. Kade Mindry (CSU), 6-3, 6-4
6. Alex Wesbrooks (UL) def. Jack Santilli (CSU), 6-0, 6-1