Two of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference tangled on Sunday in New Orleans as No. 27 Tulane hosted No. 22 South Florida. South Florida picked up a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles while Tulane won 6-3 at No. 2. South Florida served for the match at No. 3 doubles up 5-4 but Tulane’s Alex and Ian Van Cott broke and then held for 6-5. South Florida’s Robert Cid and Ignacio Gonzales-Muniz held for 6-6 and then the Bulls duo broke a 4-4 tie in the breaker by winning the final 3 points to take it 7-4.
Each team would take three first sets in singles and the guy who won the first set ended up winning on every court except No. 1.
South Florida’s Dominic Cotrone, Peter Bertran, and Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz would each win in straight sets with Cotrone clinching the match at No. 3. The teams played the remaining matches out with Tulane’s Constantin Schmitz winning 7-6 in the third at No. 2 while Tulane’s Tyler Schick won 7-5 in the third at No. 6.
The featured singles matchup at No. 1 between the ITA No. 1 Dominik Koepfer and ITA No. 5 Roberto Cid ended up going to a third set supertiebreak after each claimed a 7-6 set. Cid would hand Koepfer his first dual-match loss of the year and snap his 21-match winning streak by taking the supertiebreak 10-3.
It’s too bad that match didn’t get to play out to a full conclusion but maybe we’ll see a rematch in two weeks at the conference tournament in Memphis.
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Second-ranked TCU won its 26th straight match at home and 15th straight match overall with a fairly routine 4-0 win over short-handed Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were playing without Julian Cash (No. 1 singles/doubles) and Lukas Finzelberg (No. 5 singles/No. 3 doubles) due to injury so everybody else had to move up at least one spot in the lineup.
TCU took the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 and then the Horned Frogs took the opening set in singles on five of six courts.
Jerry Lopez and Trevor Johnson each picked up quick wins at No. 5 and No. 6 and then Guillermo Nunez clinched the match at No. 3. The total match time was just under two hours.
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Post-Match Quotes from head coach David Roditi via TCU’s recap
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Ninth-ranked Oklahoma was able to rebound from a tough loss to TCU by knocking off No. 17 Texas 4-0. Texas’s John Mee and Harrison Scott won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles while OU’s Spencer Papa and Alex Ghilea won 6-4 at No. 2. OU’s Axel Alvarez and Andrew Harris won the deciding match at No. 1 by a 7-5 score to give the Sooners the doubles point and early 1-0 lead.
Each team won three first sets in singles with Oklahoma claiming sets at 2, 4, and 6 while Texas took sets 1, 3, and 5.
Andrew Harris (University of Oklahoma) |
OU junior Andrew Harris was the first to finish with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Harrison Scott at No. 2 and then less than 10 minutes later OU freshman Maxime Mora would extend the lead to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over John Mee at No. 6.
OU sophomore Spencer Papa, two days removed from losing the decider against TCU, clinched the win by coming from behind to defeat Adrian Ortiz 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3.
The other matches were abandoned with Texas up a set at No. 1 and No. 5 while OU led at No. 4.
Kentucky freshman Austin Hussey, who clinched the win over A&M, rolled over Simon Freund 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 and then fellow freshman Ryo Matsumura put the Wildcats ahead with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Justin Butsch at No. 2.
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LSU senior Boris Arias tied the match at 2-2 with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Enzo Wallart at No. 4 and sophomore Gabor Csonka put the Tigers ahead with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Nils Ellefsen at No. 3.
LSU junior Jordan Daigle would clinch the team win by taking the final three games in the third set to defeat William Bushamuka 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. The remaining match at No. 5 was abandoned with it even at 2-2 in the third.
New Mexico had lost three of its last four coming into Sunday match against No. 18 Tulsa but that didn’t stop the Lobos from pulling off a stunning 4-3 upset. New Mexico took the doubles point when Jorge Escutia and Ricky Hernandez-Tong won a tiebreak at No. 3 and then each team took three opening sets in singles.
New Mexico’s Bart Van Leijsen and Jorge Escutia won in straight sets at No. 2 and No. 3 to put the Lobos 3-0. Tulsa’s Majed Kilani put the Golden Hurricane on the board with a three set win at No. 4 but New Mexico’s Hayden Sabtaka clinched the match with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 win over Or Ram-Harel at No. 1.
Sabatka clinches the match for UNM! Lobos beat No. 14 Tulsa 4-1!!! #GoLobos pic.twitter.com/AxLgZA3wVlUNM Men’s Tennis (@UNMMenTennis) April 10, 2016
Note: Tulsa’s Carlos Bautista (No. 3 singles/doubles) did not play for unknown reason.
IU took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 and then IU asserted itself in singles by taking five opening sets. IU senior Sam Monette was the first off the court with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Leonard Stakhovsky at No. 1 (both recaps referred to him as Leonardo).
IU freshman Afonso Salgado made it 3-0 with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Ben Lieb at No. 6 and IU junior Matt McCoy clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Tomas Hanzlik at No. 4.
IU will re-enter the rankings with the win and may be as high as No. 63 while the loss will knock Penn State down to around No. 39.
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Due to rain the match was moved indoors to a three-court facility with singles play starting first. UMKC swept the top three courts but GC swept the bottom three with No. 4 and No. 5 going three sets.
The doubles point was played to decide the match and UMKC won all three courts within 60 seconds to take the point and the match. Both teams ended up sharing the regular season WAC title with New Mexico State.
UMKC had a pretty good recap so give it a read.
Post-Match Quotes from GCU’s recap
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Other Sunday Scores
ACC:
#1 North Carolina def. Boston College 6-1 – UNC recap – BC’s lone point was in a 10-pt TB at No. 6
#3 Virginia def. Clemson 7-0 – UVA recap – close doubles point not so close singles
#23 Florida State def. #41 NC State 7-0 – FSU recap – Noles won 12 of 13 sets in singles – final home match for seniors Benjamin Lock, Marco Nunez, & Michael Rinaldi (top 3 singles players)
#23 Florida State def. Bethune-Cookman 0 – singles only – FSU won all but 1 set
#31 Georgia Tech def. #40 Virginia Tech – GT recap – Big win for GT/rough loss for VT – 4 of 6 singles matches went three sets – final home match for seniors Nathan Rakitt and Casey Kay
#75 Miami FL def. Louisville 5-2 – Miami recap – L’Ville took doubles & the U took three singles matches in straight sets and Jesse Flores clinched 7-6 in the third at No. 3.
Big Ten
#5 Ohio State def. #57 Purdue 4-0 – OSU recap – Buckeyes won all 9 completed singles sets
#13 Northwestern def. #63 Iowa 4-0 – NU recap – Wildcats won 9 of 10 completed sets in singles
#15 Illinois def Nebraska 4-1 – ILL recap – Neb took dubs but ILL took 10 of 12 sets in singles
#21 Michigan def. #44 Wisconsin 5-2 – UM recap – Knight clinched 6-1 in the third at No. 1
Minnesota def. Michigan State 4-0 – MN recap – Gophers won 9 of 10 completed sets in singles
Pac 12:
#4 UCLA def. #72 Utah 4-0 – UCLA recap – Bruins won 8 of 9 completed sets in singles
#8 USC def. Arizona 4-0 – USC recap – doubles not played due to weather – USC won all sets
#19 Cal def. #36 Oregon 4-1 – Cal recap – dubs not played – Cal won 9 of 12 sets in singles
SEC:
#7 Georgia def. #59 Auburn 4-0 – UGA recap (includes video highlights) – Dawgs clinched a share of the SEC title and can win it outright with 1 more win or a Florida loss.
#10 Texas A&M def. Tennessee 5-2 – aTm recap – Rinderknech clinched to make it 4-0
#14 Florida def. #64 South Carolina – 6-1 – FLA recap – Gators won courts in straight sets
#24 Mississippi State def. #32 Alabama 5-2 – MSU recap – Bama led 2-0 before MSU took five of six singles matches with three going three sets
#35 Ole Miss def. #43 Vanderbilt 5-2 – Miss recap – Hansson clinched to make it 4-1 – four singles matches went three sets
Ivy:
#26 Columbia def. Brown 6-1 – CU recap – Miguel Alda clinched to make it 4-1
#38 Dartmouth def. Penn 4-0 – Dart recap – Big Green won 8 of 10 completed sets in singles
#50 Harvard def. #37 Princeton 4-3 – Harv recap – Sebastian Beltrame won the decider 6-4 in the third at No. 2 after breaking at love.
#54 Cornell def. Yale 5-2 – CU recap – 5 of 6 singles matches went the distance
Other Ranked:
#28 Rice def. #25 SMU 4-2 – Rice recap – David Warren clinched 6-3 in the third at No. 5
#47 UC Santa Barbara def. UC Riverside 7-0 – UCSB recap – Gauchos cleaned up everywhere
#48 Old Dominion def. #69 UNC Wilmington 6-1 – ODU recap – UNCW won the doubles point and ODU swept singles – Monarchs have won 16 of their last 17
#52 East Tennessee State def. Mercer 7-0 – ETSU recap – Bucs won 12 of 13 sets in singles
#53 Pepperdine def. Portland 4-0 – PEP recap – Waves won 8 of 9 completed sets in singles
#56 Utah State def. Fresno State 4-0 – USU recap – USU coach Clancy Shields outdueled his brother, Fresno State coach Luke Shields
Nevada def. #64 Boise State 4-3 – NEV recap – Robert Margitfalvi won the decider 6-1 in the third – Wolf Pack was just 4-13 coming into this match
#73 Cal Poly def. UC Irvine 4-1 – CP recap – Corey Pang clinched the win 6-3, 7-6 at No. 3 – the other two remaining courts had just split sets
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