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Cowboys Defeat Louisville 4-1
January 23, 2005 | Cowboy Tennis
The Cowboys, ranked 32nd in the country, started the day by winning the doubles point. At the No. 2 position, 40th-ranked Boris Kuharic and Felipe Diaz cruised to an 8-5 victory over Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark. At the No. 3 position, Artsem Burmistrau and Tomas Bohunicky defeated Mark Kennedy and Jhonny Berrido 9-8 (7-5).
In singles play, 44th-ranked Mark Van Elden beat No. 124 Damar Johnson 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, playing in the No. 1 slot. At the No. 4 position, Artsem Burmistrau won handily over Jeremy Clark, 6-0, 7-6, and Felipe Diaz also won in straight sets at No. 5, 7-5, 6-1, over Jhonny Berrido. The lone point for Louisville resulted from a Daniel Byrnes injury default at No. 6 singles.
Oklahoma State (1-0) will stay in Tulsa to play New Mexico State tomorrow at 9 a.m.
Singles
1 #44 Mark Van Elden (OSU) d. No. 124 Damar Johnson (UL) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
2 #115 Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) vs. Slavko Radman (UL) * susp. (OSU led 7-6, 1-2)
3 #117 Boris Kuharic (OSU) vs. Nicolas Houard (UL) * susp. (UL led 6-4, 3-6, 3-2)
4 Artsem Burmistrau (OSU) d. Jeremy Clark (UL) 6-0, 7-6
5 Felipe Diaz (OSU) d. Jhonny Berrido (UL) 7-5, 6-1
6 Jakob Gustafsson (UL) d. Daniel Byrnes (OSU) 7-6, ret. (injury)
Doubles
1 Byrnes/Van Elden (OSU) vs.Gustafsson/Clark (UL) dnf
2 #40 Kuharic/Diaz (OSU) d. Radman/Johnson (UL) 8-5
3 Burmistrau/Bohunicky (OSU) d. Mark Kennedy/ Jhonny Berrido (UL) 9-8 (7-5)
