Oklahoma State University Athletics
Men's Tennis Advances to Region V Finals
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Tennis
May 16, 1998
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TULSA, Okla. -- Oklahoma State's Cowboy tennis team advanced to the finals of the NCAA Region V Championships with a 4-0 win over the University of Tulsa on Saturday.
Oklahoma State (17-5) won three singles matches and two doubles matches in the victory. With Tulsa (15-12) up 7-4 in the No. 1 doubles match between second-ranked Pavel Kudrnac and Martin Dvoracek and Tulsa's 13th-ranked Gareth Williams and Louie Pranic, OSU won at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions to secure the doubles point. Fourth-ranked Kudrnac then defeated Tulsa's 51st-ranked Nenad Toroman 6-3, 6-3 in the top singles position. With Tulsa leading at the No. 2 and No. 3, the Cowboys wrapped up the victory by winning the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots to clinch the win.
Oklahoma State will face top-seeded California Sunday at noon in the championship game.
Oklahoma State 4, Tulsa 0 Singles No. 1-Pavel Kudrnac (OSU) def. Nenad Toroman, 6-3, 6-3 No. 2-abandoned No. 3-abandoned No. 4-abandoned No. 5-Rob Howarth (OSU) def. Haydn Wakefield, 6-3, 6-2 No. 6-Daniel Russo (OSU) def. Vishal Gupta, 6-1, 6-2Doubles No. 1-abandoned No. 2-Chris Bates/Brad Chiller (OSU) def. Toroman/Joel McGregor, 8-6 No. 3-Howarth/Russo (OSU) def. Gupta/Wakefield, 8-4
