Cowboy Tennis Falls To Huskers
LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 49 Oklahoma State men’s tennis team won two doubles and two singles matches, but fell to No. 37 Nebraska, 4-3, Saturday at the Nebraska Tennis Center.
The Cowboys, now 7-9 (0-3) on the year, started the day with a pair of wins at No. 1 and 3 doubles to go up, 1-0.
Oleksandr Nedovyesov and Aleksey Bessonov, the 16th-ranked doubles team, defeated Nebraska’s Andre Stenger and Chris Aumueller, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles in the first match completed, followed by a win from Maxi Kuhn and Ilija Martinoski at the No. 3 spot.
In singles play, Nedovyesov improved his record at No. 1 to 13-3 (2-1), with a win over Nebraska’s No. 96 Aumueller, who retired early with an injury.
Aleksey Bessonov also scored for the Cowboys with a three set win over David Bendheim at the No. 3 spot, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
The Cowboys scored three team points in the match, but were unable to get the fourth point needed for the win as they dropped matches at the No. 2, 4, 5 and 6 matches to give the Huskers the win, 4-3.
returns to action for a Bedlam matchup April 7, facing Oklahoma at the DeBois Tennis Complex in Stillwater at 2 p.m.
No. 37 Nebraska 4, No. 44 Oklahoma State 3
DOUBLES
No. 1 – #16 Oleksandr Nedovyesov/Aleksey Bessonov () def. Andre Stenger/Chris Aumueller (Neb), 8-4
No. 2 – Calin Paar/David Bendheim (Neb) def. Eric West/Anton Bobytskyi (), 8-6
No. 3 – Maxi Kuhn/Ilija Martinoski () def. Francois Van Impe/Benedikt Lindheim (Neb), 8-5
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
No. 1 – #14 Oleksandr Nedovyesov () def. #96 Chris Aumueller (Neb), 1-0 (ret. – injury)
No. 2 – #92 Calin Paar (Neb) def. #98 Anton Bobytskyi (), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 – Aleksey Bessonov () def. David Bendheim (Neb), 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 – Francois Van Impe (Neb) def. Ilija Martinoski (), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 – Benedikt Lindheim (Neb) def. Eric West (), 0-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 – Andre Stenger (Neb) def. Maxi Kuhn (), 6-2, 6-3
Updated 04-04-2010
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