ORU Men’s Tennis Falls to Wichita State, 7-0
The ORU duo of Igor Sobolta (Kiev, Ukraine) and Mikhail Trukshanin (Minsk, Belarus) opened play with an 8-6 victory over Wichita State’s Vlad Marinescu and Sven Kasper at the No. 1 doubles position, but the Golden Eagles dropped matches at the remaining two spots to drop the opening point.
The Golden Eagles fell in straight sets at five of the six singles positions, as Trukshanin dropped a hard-fought 6-7(2), 6-4, 1-0(4) match to Valentin Mihai at the No. 2 spot.
ORU returns to play on Feb. 26 at Lamar.
Wichita State 7, Oral Roberts 0
SINGLES
1. Vlad Marinescu (WSU) def. Igor Sobolta (ORU), 6-1, 6-2
2. Valentin Mihai (WSU) def. Mikhail Trukshanin (ORU), 6-7 (2), 6-4, 1-0 (4)
3. Sven Kasper (WSU) def. Dmitry Suslov (ORU), 6-2, 6-2
4. David Cavalcanti (WSU) def. Dario Belsic (ORU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Adrian Chermaci (WSU) def. Matthew Tansil (ORU), 6-2, 6-0
6. Matheus Pereira (WSU) def.
DOUBLES
1. Sobolta/Trukshanin (ORU) def. Marinescu/Kasper (WSU), 8-6
2. Mihai/Pereira (WSU) def. Suslov/Tansil (ORU), 8-3
3. Jonathan Obrist/Cavalcanti (WSU) def. Salazar/Beslic (ORU), 8-1
Updated 02-13-2010
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