Oklahoma State University Athletics
No. 42 Cowboys Set to Host Boise State
April 05, 2001 | Cowboy Tennis
April 5, 2001
Oklahoma State's 42nd-ranked men's tennis team will host Boise State on Sunday at 10:30 at the DeBois Tennis Center.
The Cowboys (9-7, 2-3 Big 12) are coming off a 6-1 victory over Wichita State, snapping its three-match losing skid.
Boise State is coming off a two-match win streak where they defeated Portland (5-2) and Weber State (7-0), improving to 8-10.
The match will mark the second meeting between the two, with Boise State winning the first match, 7-0, in Boise, Idaho.
In the match against Wichita State, OSU won four of its five singles matches in straight sets and swept the doubles matches.
Junior Fran Krepelka won his seventh consecutive match by defeating Juan Escalante, 6-1, 6-2, improving his record to 10-2.
The Cowboys' 40th-ranked Matt Prentice, a junior from New Zealand, held off Mark Mullins at the No. 1 spot, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, snapping a three-match losing skid.
The Broncos are led by sophomore Mark Roberts, freshman Guillaume Bouvier and sophomore Marcus Berntson. Roberts, currently ranked 91st nationally, is 26-9 overall in singles and teams up with Berntson.
The Cowboys will return to action on Tuesday, April 10, when they travel to Norman to take on the Sooners.
