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Men’s tennis falls to rival No. 19 Kentucky

By Riley Vance —

The University of Louisville’s men’s tennis team (4-1) lost their first match of the season (4-2) to the No. 19 ranked Kentucky Wildcats (10-1) on Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Cards started off strong by securing the doubles point with wins on courts one and three.

Junior Fabien Salle and sophomore Matthew Fung defeated Kentucky’s Cesar Bourgois and Gabriel Diallo 6-3 at the No. 1 spot.

To clinch the doubles point, juniors Alex Wesbrooks and Josh Howard-Tripp took down Yasha Zemel and Ying-Ze Chen (6-4) at the No.