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Men's Tennis Advances to Second Round of NCAA Tournament
May 10, 2003 | Cowboy Tennis
The Cowboys jumped to an early 1-0 start after winning the doubles point. Sophomore Boris Kuharic and freshman Juan Felipe Diaz defeated Andy Metzler and Brad Pomeroy, 8-5, at No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Mark Van Elden and senior Jiri Jezek clinched the doubles point by defeating Trystan Meniane and Nicholas Monroe, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles.
OSU never looked back as they won three singles matches to capture the win. Kuharic recorded the second team point by defeating Metzler, 6-3,3-6,6-3, at No. 3 singles. Junior Yevgen Bondarchuk defeated Meniane, 6-4,6-4, at No. 2 singles giving the Cowboys their third team point.
The match was clinched when Jezek defeated Derek Porter in straight sets at No. 4 singles, 7-5,6-1.
The Cowboys will face No. 11 ranked Minnesota in the second round at 12 p.m. on Sunday.
Doubles No. 1 - van Elden/Jezek (OSU) def. Meniane/Monroe (NC), 8-3 No. 2 - Bondarchuk/Spousta (OSU) vs. Archer/Boyd (NC), 7-4 abd. No. 3 - Kuharic/Diaz (OSU) def. Metzler/Pomeroy (NC), 8-5 Order of Finish: 3,1 Singles No. 1 - Mark van Elden (OSU) led Nicholas Monroe (NC), 7-6, 3-6, 3-0 No. 2 - Yevgen Bondarchuk (OSU) def. Trystan Meniane (NC), 6-4, 6-4 No. 3 - Boris Kuharic (OSU) def. Andy Metzler (NC), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 No. 4 - Jiri Jezek (OSU) def. Derek Porter (NC), 7-5, 6-1 No. 5 - Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) led Geoff Boyd (NC), 4-6, 6-0, 5-2, abd. No. 6 - Brad Pomeroy (NC) led Jiri Spousta (OSU), 7-6 (8), 2-4, abd. Order of Finish: 3,2,4
