On Wednesday afternoon, the Bulldogs traveled to Louisville to take on the Cardinals, falling 7-0. The loss drops Butler to 0-3 on the season.  

Senior Nicolas Arts opened his match with a tightly contested first set, dropping a 7-6 (5) tiebreak before falling in the second set, 6-0.

The Bulldogs return to action on Friday, Jan. 23rd, as they host Western Michigan.  

LOUISVILLE 7, BUTLER 0 

Singles (order of finish: 1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2)
1. Walid Ahouda (LOU) def. Riccardo Baldi (BUT), 6-1, 6-1 

2. Hamza El Amine (LOU) def. Nicolas Arts (BUT), 7-6 (5), 6-0 

3. Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Ronin Kasday (BUT), 6-2, 6-2 

4. Pedro Cressoni (LOU) def. Nicolas Shirley (BUT), 6-2, 6-3 

5. Louis Chusseau (LOU) def. Siddhartha Lama (BUT), 6-1, 6-3 

6. Jerald Carroll (LOU) def. Nicholas Balthazor (BUT), 6-1, 6-4 

Doubles (order of finish: 3, 2)
1. Walid Ahouda/Hamza El Amine (LOU) vs. Riccardo Baldi/Arnesh Singh (BUT), 3-5, unfinished 

2. Pedro Cressoni/Russell Lokko (LOU) def. Nicolas Arts/Nicholas Shirley (BUT), 6-1 

3. Louis Chusseau/Andre Steinbach (LOU) def. Nicholas Balthazor/Siddhartha Lama (BUT), 6-1