Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Sweep Nebraska
April 08, 2004 | Cowboy Tennis
OSU is now 13-2 overall and 2-1 in conference matches, while NU dropped to 8-10 and 0-6 in Big 12 play.
The Cowboys won all three doubles matches to give them a 1-0 lead going into singles' play.
OSU won four of the six singles matches in straight sets. Mark Van Elden kept his winning streak alive with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Gerhard Posch and is now 15-0 on the season.
Yevgen Bondarchuk and Juan Felipe Diaz showed that they are healthy with convincing straight set victories.
Daniel Byrnes improved to 12-3 at the No. 5 position with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over James Clow.
Tomas Bohunicky and Boris Kuharic each lost the first set of their match, but came back to win the next two. Bohunicky and Kuharic are both 14-1 on the season.
Oklahoma State will put all their records on the line when second-ranked Baylor comes to Stillwater on Apr. 11. The Bears and Cowboys will get things started at 2 p.m. at the DuBois Tennis Center.
No. 26 Oklahoma State 7, Nebraska 0
Singles
No. 1 No. 25 Mark Van Elden (OSU) def. Gerhard Posch (NU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Yevgen Bondarchuk (OSU) def. Joerg Barthel (NU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 No. 109 Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) def. Jose Rivera (NU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Boris Kuharic (OSU) def. Jeff Nabity (NU) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 Daniel Byrnes (OSU) def. James Clow (NU) 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Juan Felipe Diaz (OSU) def. Joel Reckewey (NU) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 Kuharic/Bondarchuk (OSU) def. Junck/Reckewey (NU) 8-1
No. 2 Byrnes/Van Elden (OSU) def. Barthel/Rivera (NU) 9-7
No. 3 Diaz/Bohunicky (OSU) def. Jay/Posch (NU) 8-6
