Leopards Boys Tennis Finishes Historic 17-2 Season
The Leopards Boys Tennis team wrapped up the 2013 season with a 17-2 overall team record and completed a perfect 10-0 run through the NBC.
This year’s squad becomes the first team to reach 17 victories since the perfect 17-0 squad of 1979. The only other Louisville tennis team to have more victories in a single season was the 1977 Leopards who finished 19-3. This year’s .895 winning percentage is also second only to the 1979 team.
Louisville has now won NBC Titles in 9 of the 12 years that Boys Tennis has been an NBC sport in holding an 81-13 all-time record in NBC matches. The Leopards have also had a perfect run through the conference 6 times overall, but this is the first time any NBC team has ever gone 10-0. The only other time Louisville won 10 league games in a season was in 1979 when they went 10-2 in the Federal League.
After clinching the NBC at Canton South, Louisville defeated the Wildcats at home the next day 4-1. They then blanked Alliance 5-0 on May 2 to complete a perfect 10-0 run through the NBC.
Perry defeated Louisville 3-2 on May 6 to end the Leopards 15-game winning streak. The streak was the third longest in team history:
- 24 – 1978-80
- 16 – 2003-04
- 15 – 2013
- 14 – 2012
- 13 – 1983
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Box Scores
5/14: Louisville 5, Ravenna 0
Singles:
#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. S. Stennett (R) 6-1,6-1
#2 Adam Sullivan (L) d. B. Van Hoose (R) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
#3 Ryan Shepherd (L) d. L. Baker (R) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Doubles:
#1 Vic Knebl & Nick Knebl (L) d. N. Chrin & P. Zapolskyy (R) 6-2, 7-5
#2 Andy Hall & Alex Hall (L) d. M. Lohr & J. Dues (R) 6-3, 6-0
5/8: Louisville 3, Green 2
Singles:
#1 T. Saunders (G) d. Jake Pukys (L) 6-3, 6-3
#2 Adam Sullivan (L) d. A. Jasso (G) 6-2, 6-1
#3 Ryan Shepherd (L) d. K. Cozby (G) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
#1 Alex Hall & Nick Knebl (L) d. J. Fehr & I. Lampner (G) 6-3, 7-5
#2 J. Moresea & C. Hammes (G) d. Andy Hall & Kyle Robinson (L) 6-1, 6-3
5/6: Perry 3, Louisville 2
Singles:
#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Adam Ranalli (P) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Adam Sullivan (L) d. Joe Moline (P) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
#3 Collin Burick (P) d. Ryan Shepherd (L) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles:
#1 Alec Bowen & Winston Davis (P) d. Alex Hall & Nick Knebl (L) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Matt Kilmer & Noah Ott (P) d. Hunter Williams & Vick Knebl (L) 6-1, 6-4
5/2: Louisville 5, Alliance 0
Singles:
#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Will Draves (A) 6-1, 6-4
#2 Adam Sullivan (L) d. Ben Kelley (A) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
#3 Ryan Shepherd (L) d. Grant Clunk (A) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles:
#1 Alex Hall & Nick Knebl (L) d. Cody Cook & Nick Hilbert (A) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Hunter Williams & Vic Knebl (L) d. Yizhong Wang & Colton Shearrow (A) 6-0, 6-1
4/30: Louisville 4, Canton South 1
Singles:
#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Devon Koehler (CS) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Adam Sullivan (L) d. Alex Rohr (CS) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
#3 Ryan Shepherd (L) d. Jan Almasy(CS) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles:
#1 Alex Hall & Nick Knebl (L) d. Kishan Patel & Keith Biedenbach (CS) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Tanner Stelluto & Ryan Giavasis (CS) d. Andy Hall & Kyle Robinson (L)1-6, 6-4, 7-5