LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This weekend Tiger tennis traveled to the University of Louisville to take on several NCAA DI schools at the three-day UofL Invitational. The Tigers held their own during the last competition of the fall season, sending doubles pair Vladyslav Ladygin and Alejandro Soriano and individual Ladygin to their respective quarterfinals.

On Friday, Ladygin and Soriano represented Campbellsville in the singles A Division. Soriano took a first-round loss to Indiana University's Raheel Manji, and lost a tight consolation match with Will True of Morehead State, 6-3, 2-6, 10-4. Ladygin defeated opponents from Butler and Middle Tennessee State to advance to the quarterfinals, where he was knocked off by Louisville's own Brandon Lancaster, 6-3, 6-2.

In B Division singles action, Zach Baulch dropped a close first-round match with Nick Mercer of Morehead State, then could not hold up against Lipscomb's Daniel Cardenas in the consolation match. Eduardo Mendoza had a similar story, taking losses to Michael Apple of Middle Tennessee and Chad Woodham of Austin Peay in the first round and consolation match, respectively.

Johann Fuzellier was the lone Tiger in the C Division, and after a second-round defeat by Northwestern Ohio's Jean-Marc Krone, Fuzellier rallied to win the consolation bracket. Fuzellier beat out Murray State's Anyan Kashyab 6-1, 6-2 and then Butler's Temilope Adelakun 6-4, 1-6, and 10-3 to top the Division C consolation pool.

On Saturday, doubles play began, once again divided into three divisions. The pair of Soriano/Ladygin made it the furthest for CU, advancing to the quarterfinal round after picking up a first-round victory. Soriano/Ladygin's parade was ended as UofL's Brandon Lancaster and Christian Morin-Kougoucheff knocked them off, 8-5. Baulch/Fuzellier and Mendoza/Noah Swencki dropped their respective first-round doubles matches to pairs from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Northwestern Ohio.

The tournament also included a Red Division, where top players matched up in head-to-head matchups. Ladygin, Soriano, and Baulch represented CU in Red Division play, Soriano and Baulch picked up wins against Butler opponents. Ladygin was handed a defeat (6-4, 7-5) by University of Kentucky's Austin Hussey.

Participating teams in the three-day UofL Invitational included Austin Peay, Butler, Campbellsville, Indiana, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Louisville, Marquette, Middle Tennessee State, Morehead State, Murray State, Northwestern Ohio, Purdue and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Campbellsville results are shown below:

Singles
Flight A
1^st Round:

Raheel Manji (IU) def. Alejandro Soriano (CU) 6-1, 6-0
Vladyslav Ladygin (CU) def. Spencer Lang (BU) 6-3, 6 -1

Consolation: Will True (MS) def. Alejandro Soriano 6-3. 2-6, 10-4
2^nd Round: Vladyslav Ladygin def. Miguel Negre Fernandez (MTSU) 6-4, 6 -1

Quarterfinals: Brandon Lancaster (UL) def. Vladyslav Ladygin 6-3, 6-2
 

Flight B
1^st Round: Nick Mercer (MOR) def. Zach Baulch (CU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

Michael Apple (MTSU) def. Eduardo Mendoza (CU) 6-1. 6-1.

Consolation: Daniel Cardenas (LIP) def. Zach Baulch 6-2, 6-4

Chad Woodham (AP) def. Eduardo Mendoza 6-4, 6-2

Flight C
1^st round: Johann Fuzellier (CU) BYE

2^nd Round: Jean-Marc Krone (UNOH) def. Johann Fuzellier 6-1, 6-2

Consolation:

Quarterfinals: Johann Fuzellier BYE

Semifinals: Johann Fuzellier def. Anyan Kashyab (MS) 6-2. 6-1

Final: Johann Fuzellier def. Temilope Adelakun (BU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-3

Doubles
Flight A
1^st Round: Ladygin/Soriano (CU) def. Dragos/Gerstein (BU) 8-6
Quarterfinals: Lancaster/Morin-Kougoucheff (UL) def. Ladygin/Soriano 8-5

Flight B
1st Round: Desse/Hutchinson (SIUE) def. Baulch/Fuzellier (CU) 8-5

Consolation: Woodham/Drobysh (AP) def. Baulch/Fuzellier 8-6

Flight C:
Quarterfinals: Krone/Hammett (UNOH) def. Mendoza/Swencki (CU) 8-3

Red Division 
Alejandro Soriano (CU) def. Mikheil Khmiadashvili (BU) 3-6, 7-6(4), 10-8

Zach Baulch (CU) def. Alex Waldmoe (BU) 6-1, ret.

Austin Hussey (UK) d. Vladyslav Ladygin (CU) 6-4, 7-5