By Riley Vance —
Newly No. 49-ranked men’s tennis (5-5, 1-4) hosted No. 1 UNC (9-0, 3-0) Mar. 5, and suffered a 4-1 loss.
The Cards lost the doubles point as UNC took over courts one and three.
Junior Fabien Salle and sophomore Matthew Fung fell 6-1 to UNC’s Benjamin Sigouin and Rinky Hijikata.
Louisville fought back on court two as junior Sergio Hernandez and senior Tin Chen secured a 6-4 win over Brian Cernoch and Adam Neff (UNC).
The doubles point went to UNC as Mac Kiger and Josh Peck (UNC) defeated juniors Josh Howard-Tripp and Alex Wesbrooks.