Leopards Boys Tennis Finishes Historic 17-2 Season

Louisville Leopards Boys Tennis 2013 NBC Champions

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 Beatty's Sports Spring Sports 2013Leopards 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
Louisville finished out their season with two home victories over Green 3-2 and Ravenna 5-0.
Leopard Nation would also like to give a shout-out to our two Senior Tennis Players Ryan Shepherd and Adam Sullivan for all the work they have put in over the years to help take this program to the next level!

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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

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