Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Tennis upset by Hogs
March 06, 2001 | Cowboy Tennis
March 6, 2001
Oklahoma State's 17th-ranked men's tennis team was upset by the University of Arkansas on Monday in Fayetteville.
The Cowboys (5-4, 1-0) dropped all three doubles matches and four of the six singles matches before losing 4-2 to the Razorbacks.
Junior Matt Prentice led the Cowboys in the singles matches at the No. 1 position. The New Zealand native played the nation's top-ranked player, Oskar Johansson, close, but fell in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
Senior Chris Bates and sophomore Jiri Jezek secured the Cowboys' team points with victories at the No. 2 and 5 positions, respectively. Bates defeated Henrik Tofft in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, while Jezek ran by Oggie Kolev at the, 6-2, 6-1.
The Cowboys will return to action Friday when they take on the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV at the Corpus Christi Invitational in Corpus Chrisit, Texas.
Match Results
1) Oskar Johansson (UA) d. Matt Prentice (OSU) 6-4, 6-4
2) Chris Bates (OSU) d. Henrik Tofft (UA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
3) Tiago Azevedo (UA) d. Eru Lyndon (OSU) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6
4) Magnus Kullenberg (UA) d. Fran Krepelka (OSU) 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
5) Jiri Jezek (OSU) d. Oggie Kolev (UA) 6-2, 6-1
6) Aleksey Bubis (UA) vs. Anthony Zafiris (OSU) 6-4, 4-3, suspended (Ark)
1) Johansson/Tofft (UA) d. Bates/Krepelka (OSU) 8-6
2) Bubis/Kolev (UA) vs. Prentice/Lyndon (OSU) DNF
3) Kullenberg/Pacheco (UA) d. Jezek/Zafiris 8-3
