Cowboy Tennis Handles Western Michigan, 5-2
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 38 Oklahoma State men’s tennis team defeated the defending champion Western Michigan Broncos Friday, improving its record to 3-3 with a 5-2 victory at Louisville’s Bass-Rudd Rudd Tennis Center.
The Cowboys got on the board first after Aleksey Bessonov and Oleksandr Nedovyesov, the 18th-ranked doubles team, and Maxi Kuhn and Ilija Martinoski claimed wins at the No. 1 and 3 doubles spots, respectively, to go up 1-0.
After a loss at the No. 2 spot to start singles play, a two-set win from No. 10 Nedovyesov at the No. 1 position and a loss at No. 6 singles, the score was knotted up at 2-2.
With only three matches remaining, stormed to a win as Eric West, Martinoski and Bessonov all won their matches at No. 5, 3 and 4 singles, respectively.
Oklahoma State returns to action Saturday when it faces No. 10 Louisville at 5 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd Rudd Tennis Center.
No. 38 Oklahoma State 5, Western Michigan 2
DOUBLES
No. 1 – #18 Aleksey Bessonov/Oleksandr Nedovyesov () def. Zeyad Montasser/Kazuya Komada () 8-3
No. 2 – Casey Cullen/Pablo Olivarez () def. Eric West/Anton Bobytskyi () 8-6
No. 3 – Maxi Kuhn/Ilija Martinoski () def. Michael Calderone/Thomas Calderone () 9-8 (3)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
No. 1 – #10 Oleksandr Nedovyesov () def. Michael Calderone () 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Kazuya Komada () def. #65 Anton Bobytskyi () 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Ilija Martinoski () def. Pablo Olivarez () 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 – Aleksey Bessonov () def. Simon Blomberg () 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
No. 5 – Eric West () def. Casey Cullen () 7-6 (4), 6-4
No. 6 – Brad Noel () def. Maxi Kuhn () 7-5, 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4
Updated 02-27-2010
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