LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team wrapped up the second leg of their season-opening road trip with a doubleheader against the University of Louisville Cardinals on Wednesday.

The Colonels (0-4, 0-0 ASUN) come away from the road stint empty-handed after dropping both halves of the doubleheader to the Cardinals (2-0, 0-0 ACC). 

MATCH ONE - EKU 1, LOU 6

The duo of Nuno Pinheiro and Christian Cantos Siemers picked up their second doubles win of the season on court two with a clean 6-3 victory, but the Cardinals took the matches on courts one and three to secure the doubles point.

Pinheiro claimed his first singles win of the season as well, also on court two, in a hard-fought battle that went the distance. Pinheiro and his opponent traded 6-4 wins in sets one and two then battled back-and-forth in set three before managing to pull out the win, 10-8. 

DOUBLES
1. Enrique Pena and Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Fernando Bulnes and Mario Monclus Martin (EKU) 6-3
2. Nuno Pinheiro and Christian Cantos Siemers (EKU) def. Will Mayew and Piet Steveker (LOU) 6-3
3. Miguel Avendano and Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Adrian Contreras and Ryan Kitchin (EKU) 6-3

SINGLES
1. Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Fernando Bulnes (EKU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nuno Pinheiro (EKU) def. Andre Steinbach (LOU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
3. Will Mayew (LOU) def. Christian Cantos Siemers (EKU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Miguel Avendano (LOU) def. Romeo Elfving Navarro (EKU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Pepe Miralles (EKU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Piet Steveker (LOU) def. Ryan Kitchin (EKU) 6-1, 7-5

MATCH TWO - EKU 0, LOU 4

Louisville claimed the doubles point once again with wins on courts one and two to take an early 1-0. Adrian Contreras and Ryan Kitchin were tied 4-4 on court three before the match was called.

The Cardinals secured the win with three victories in singles play on courts two, four, and six. On court three, Siemers was tied 5-5 in the second set while, on court one, Fernando Bulnes was tied 1-1 in set two after narrowly dropping set one 6-7 (5-7) before the remaining matches were called early.

DOUBLES
1. Miguel Avendano and Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. Fernando Bulnes and Mario Monclus Martin (EKU) 6-3
2. Kosuke Nakanishi and Piet Steveker (LOU) def. Christian Cantos Siemers and Nuno Pinheiro (EKU) 6-3
3. Russell Lokko and Enrique Pena (LOU) vs. Adrian Contreras and Ryan Kitchin (EKU) 4-4, unfinished

SINGLES
1. Andre Steinbach (LOU) vs. Fernando Bulnes (EKU) 7-6 (7-5), 1-1, unfinished
2. Will Mayew (LOU) def. Adrian Contreras (EKU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Miguel Avendano (LOU) vs. Nuno Pinheiro (EKU) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
4. Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Mario Monclus Martin (EKU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Piet Steveker (LOU) vs. Christian Cantos Siemers (EKU) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
6. Enrique Pena (LOU) def. Darko Kolevski (EKU) 6-2, 6-0

UP NEXT

EKU welcomes Northern Kentucky and Cumberlands to Richmond for a doubleheader to open the Colonels' home schedule. First, the squad takes on NKU at 12 p.m. before squaring off against Cumberlands at 6 p.m.

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