Ducks Beat Louisville, Stay Perfect at Home

Saturday, February 9

Eugene, OR

2:00 PM

University of Oregon

Louisville

02/09/19 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Oregon men's tennis team used a hard-fought doubles point to propel itself to a 6-1 win over Louisville Saturday afternoon at the Student Tennis Center. The Ducks are now 8-1 this season and remain undefeated on their home courts.

Up Next: Oregon will close out its home stand Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. (PT) against Loyola Marymount.

In doubles play, Oregon and Louisville (6-3) split courts two and three and all attention turned to court one where the visitors had a 5-4 advantage. However, the No. 42 team of Charles Roberts and Armando Soermarno rattled off the final three games to win the match—including two match points saved—and secured the opening point.

"We were down and I told Charles 'you have a big serve, use it and I'll try to get to everything I can up (at the net)," Soemarno said. "He did exactly what we talked about. It's like the pressure is on both teams in those situations."

Senior Thomas Laurent was the first Duck on the scoreboard with his 6-2, 6-1 win on court one. With the victory, he improved to 15-3 overall this season with five-straight wins. Laurent also becomes the third player in program history to reach 90 career wins, joining Jayson Amos (2013-17) and Robin Cambier (2010-14) on that short list.

Joshua Charlton won his seventh-consecutive match—6-1, 6-4 on court five—to push the Ducks to a 3-0 match lead. Roberts picked up his second win of the day, a three-set triumph on court six, to clinch the team's win.

With the victory in hand, play continued with Oregon winning two of the last three matches on court. Ty Gentry posted his ninth-straight with a 7-6(6), 6-2 decision. In the last match on court, No. 80 Emmanuel Coste picked up a win over Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff on court two. The Cardinals' No. 2 played in last year's NCAA Singles Championship.

Oregon 6, Louisville 1
Friday, February 8, 2019
Student Tennis Center (Eugen, Ore.)

Doubles
1. #42 Roberts/Soermarno (ORE) def. Morin-Kougoucheff/Salle (UL) – 7-5
2. Charlton/Gentry (ORE) def. Hedley/Lancaster (UL) – 6-4
3. Gomez/Wesbrooks (UL) def. Coste/Laurent (ORE) – 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. #3 Thomas Laurent (ORE) def. Brandon Lancaster (UL) – 6-2, 6-1
2. #80 Emmanuel Coste (ORE) vs Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff (UL)
3. Ty Gentry (ORE) def. Fabien Salle (UL) – 7-6(6), 6-2
4. Federico Gomez (UL) def. Riki Oshima (ORE) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
5. Joshua Charlton (ORE) def. Sergio Hernandez Ramirez (UL) – 6-1, 6-4
6. Charles Roberts (ORE) def. David Mizrahi (UL) – 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 6*, 3, 4, 2 (* - clinch)

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