Oklahoma State University Athletics
Men's Tennis Falls To Baylor
April 13, 2002 | Cowboy Tennis
April 13, 2002
Oklahoma State's men's No. 44 ranked men's tennis team fell to No. 9 ranked Baylor, 7-0, on Saturday, dropping them to 10-5 (2-2 Big 12) on the year.
The Cowboys fell behind early as Baylor took two of three doubles matches to gain an early 1-0 lead.
Seniors Matt Prentice and Fran Krepelka recorded the biggest upset of the day at No. 1 doubles. The duo defeated No. 10 ranked Markus Hornung and Nathan McGregor, 8-4.
Prentice came up short to No. 6 ranked Benjamin Becker, 6-2, 6-7,6-4, at No. 1 singles. Junior Jiri Jezek lost in a third set tiebreaker to Hornung at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6.
The Cowboys will return to action on April 17 when they travel to Austin, Texas to take on Texas at 5 p.m.
Doubles
1) Prentice/Krepelka (OSU) def. Hornung/McGregor (BU) 8-4
2) Papp/Becker (BU) def. Jezek/Diankov (OSU) 8-3
3) Neurohr/Marin (BU) def. Collins/McCarty (OSU) 8-5
Singles
1) Benjamin Becker (BU) def. Matt Prentice (OSU) 6-2,6-7,7-4
2) Zoltan Papp (BU) def. Fran Krepelka (OSU) 2-6,6-0,6-3
3) Markus Hornung (BU) def. Jiri Jezek (OSU) 6-3,0-6,7-6
4) Matia Marin (BU) def. Angel Diankov (BU) 6-1,6-3
5) Reiner Neurohr (BU) def. Mike McCarty (OSU) 6-1,6-3
6) Armando Carrascosa (BU) def. Loren Collins (OSU) 5-7,6-2,6-3
