Louisville Tennis Halfway to NBC Title After Win at Alliance

Louisville Leopards Tennis 2014

Louisville 5, Alliance 0

The Louisville Leopards Boys Tennis team shutout the host Alliance Aviators 5-0 Thursday. With the victory, Louisville improves to 8-1 overall and remains a perfect 5-0 in NBC play.

Both #3 Singles and #1 Doubles went to a third set and the Leopards prevailed in both. After Beatty's Sports Spring 2014 Hat - Leopard Headfalling in the first set 3-6, Vic Knebl rebounded with set scores of 6-1 and 6-3 to take the #3 Singles match. The #1 Doubles Team of Alex Hall & Hunter Williams faced a similar scenario when they fell in the first set 4-6. However, they swept the final two sets 6-2, 6-4 to claim the contest.

Jake Pukys stayed undefeated in #1 Singles with a 6-1, 6-1 victory. Nick Knebl also stayed strong in #2 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 win. Finally, the #2 Doubles team of Kyle Shepherd and Kyle Robinson defeated their competition 6-3, 6-1.

Louisville has now won 30 out of the last 31 matches with Alliance including the last 15 overall. The shutout is their 22nd all-time against the Aviators and the Leopards lead that all-time series 42-5.

UP NEXT: Louisville will next travel to GlenOak to take on the Golden Eagles on Monday, April 21 at 4:30 PM.

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BOX SCORE

LEOPARDS 5, AVIATORS 0

Singles

#1 Jake Pukys (L) d. Will Draves (A) 6-1, 6-1

#2 Nick Knebl  (L) d. Ben Kelley (A) 6-1, 6-2

#3 Vic Knebl  (L) d. Grant Clunk  (A) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

#1 Alex Hall & Hunter Williams (L) d. Ben Draves & Cody Cook (A) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

#2  Kyle Shepherd & Kyle Robinson (L) d. Yihzong Wang & Carson Parmeter  (A) 6-3, 6-1

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