Leopards Tennis Earns 1000th All-Time Victory After Perfect Week

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The Louisville Leopards Boys Tennis team improved their winning streak to 12 as they defeated Beatty's Sports Spring 2014 - Hat LGlenOak, Canton South, United Local, and Marlington this week. Louisville now has a 12-1 overall record and a 7-0 record in NBC Play.

With these four wins, the Louisville Tennis Program as a whole (Boys & Girls) has now won 1,000 matches. The Boys have an all-time record of 507-187 (.731) and the Girls have an all-time record of 493-153 (.763). This makes their combined record 1000-340 (.746).

See Below of Recaps & Results from each match.

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next compete in the Louisville Doubles Classic on Saturday, April 26 at 9:00 PM. Their next dual match will come on April 29 at home against Salem.

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April 21: Louisville 3, GlenOak 2

The most hotly contested contest of the week came when Louisville traveled to GlenOak on April 21. The Leopards came away with a 3-2 victory winning all three singles matches in straight sets.

With the victory, Louisville has now downed GlenOak in three consecutive meetings. However, the Golden Eagles still lead the all-time series 20-11.

Singles

#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Nick Comune (GO) 6-1, 6-2

#2 Nick Knebl (L) d. Christian Kellamis (GO) 6-0, 6-1

#3 Vic Knebl (L) d. Jack Werren (GO) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

#1 Scott Fletcher & Matt Zoyhofski (GO) d.  Alex Hall & Hunter Williams (L) 6-1, 6-4

#2 Nate Curry & Tony Mazzaferri (GO) d. Chris Miller & Kyle Shepherd (L) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0

April 22: Louisville 5, Canton South 0

The Leopards won every match in straight sets against visitingCanton South on April 22. #1 Singles Player Jake Pukys, #3 Singles Player Vic Knebl, and the #2 Doubles Team of Kyle Robinson & Kyle Shepherd held their opponents to no set points for the entire match.

The victory was Louisville’s 50th overall Canton South as they lead the all-time series 50-14. The Leopards have now won six straight over the Wildcats and 11 out of the last 13 in the series overall.

Singles

#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Ethan Bennet (CS) 6-0, 6-0

#2 Nick Knebl  (L) d. Noah Franks (CS) 7-5, 6-0

#3 Vic Knebl  (L) d. Simon Fornash  (CS) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

#1 Alex Hall & Hunter Williams (L) d. Ryan Giavasis & Connor Lang (CS) 6-1, 6-3

#2 Kyle Robinson & Kyle Shepherd (L) d. Shawn McMyler & Dylan Miller (CS) 6-0, 6-0

April 23: Louisville 5, United Local 0

For the second consecutive night, Louisville won all their matches in straight sets against visiting United Local. Jake Pukys led the Leopards with a perfect 6-0, 6-0 victory in #1 Singles.

The Leopards have never lost to the Eagles as they lead the all-time series 24-0. Louisville has shutout United Local in 14 of those victories.

Singles

#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Blake Montgomery (UL) 6-0, 6-0

#2 Nick Knebl  (L) d. Devin Minard (UL) 6-0, 6-4

#3 Vic Knebl  (L) d. Tucker Widlicka (UL) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

#1 Alex Hall & Hunter Williams (L) d. Ben Sell & Dillion Steed (UL) 6-0, 6-1

#2 Kyle Robinson & Kyle Shepherd (L) d. Kaleb Williams & Austin Voytek (UL) 6-1, 6-2

April 24: Louisville 4, Marlington 1

Louisville earned their 1,000 victory as a tennis program with a 4-1 win at Marlington Thursday. Jake Pukys remained undefeated on the season in #1 Singles with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Nick Knebl also won in #2 singles a perfect 6-0, 6-0 and Vic Knebl won #3 Singles 6-1, 6-2. Both Doubles matches went into the third set with Kyle Shepherd & Kyle Robinson coming out on top in #2 Doubles 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 for Louisville.

The Leopards have now defeated the Dukes 8 straight times and lead the all-time series 62-5.

Singles

#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Andrew Ackerman (M) 6-0, 6-0

#2 Nick Knebl  (L) d. Ryan McDermott (M) 6-0, 6-0

#3 Vic Knebl  (L) d. Adrian Vasu (M)  6-1, 6-2

Doubles

#1 Clayton Schrock  & Pot Siripanich (M) d. Alex Hall & Hunter Williams (L) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1

#2  Kyle Shepherd & Kyle Robinson (L) d. Jarret Ochsendorf & Tyler Redinger  (M) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

 

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