Cowboy Tennis Falls at Texas Tech
The Oklahoma State men’s tennis team faced its third consecutive top-25 opponent Sunday as the Cowboys dropped their match against No. 21 Texas Tech, 5-2, at the McLeod Tennis Center.
The Red Raiders picked up the doubles point as their two ranked doubles teams won at Nos. 1 and 2, but OSU’s Vlad Bondarenko and Tomas Patiño earned a win on the No. 3 court over Tech’s David Gonzalez and Raphael Pfister, 8-6.
The Cowboys earned two team points in singles play as Aleksey Bessonov defeated Vitor Manzini at No. 4 and Eric West defeated Gabriel Wanderley at No. 5, but Texas Tech claimed the remaining matches for the 5-2 dual victory.
Oklahoma State returns to action April 6 for a Bedlam matchup with Oklahoma in Norman.
No. 21 Texas Tech 5, Oklahoma State 2
April 3, 2011 | McLeod Tennis Center | Lubbock, Texas
DOUBLES
No. 1 – #26 Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TT) def. #18 Aleksey Bessonov/Rifat Biktyakov () 8-5
No. 2 – #46 Gonzalo Escobar/Vitor Manzini (TT) def. #74 Maniel Bains/Eric West () 8-3
No. 3 – Vlad Bondarenko/Tomas Patiño () def. David Gonzalez/Raphael Pfister (TT) 8-6
SINGLES
No. 1 – #20 Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. #72 Maniel Bains () 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 – #23 Raony Carvalho (TT) def. Vlad Bondarenko () 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2
No. 3 – Rafael Garcia (TT) def. Rifat Biktyakov () 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 – Aleksey Bessonov () def. Vitor Manzini (TT) 6-4, 6-7 (7), 10-8
No. 5 – Eric West () def. Gabriel Wanderley (TT) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 – Raphael Pfister (TT) def. Ilija Martinoski () 6-4, 7-5
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,3,5,2,6,4)
Oklahoma State (3-9, 0-3 Big 12)
Texas Tech (14-6, 1-1 Big 12)
Updated 04-05-2011
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