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Cowboy Netters Down No. 26 Arizona
January 28, 2005 | Cowboy Tennis
The Cowboys (3-0) started the match off by winning the doubles point. At the No. 1 position, OSU's Mark Van Elden and Daniel Byrnes lost to No. 18 Colin O'Grady and Roger Matalonga, 8-5.
At No. 3, Tomas Bohunicky and Artsem Burmistrau defeated Arizona's Paul Warkentin and Christen Claudio, 8-3. At the No. 2 position, the 40th-ranked pair of Boris Kuharic and Felipe Diaz held off Bruno Alcala and Daniel Andrus, 9-8, to seal the point for the Cowboys.
At No. 1 singles, 44th-ranked Van Elden defeated No. 57 Matalonga in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. The match was Matalonga's first since defeating the country's top-ranked player, Mississippi's Catalin Guard, last week.
No. 117 Kuharic got the win for the Cowboys at No. 3 singles, cruising past Alcala, 6-2, 6-2. Sophomore Artie Burmistrau continued his winning ways at the No. 4 spot, topping Warkentin, 6-2, 6-7 (10-5).
Felipe Diaz improved to 3-0 on the year at the No. 5 position, knocking off Jason Labrosse, 7-6, 6-4.
Oklahoma State will have a week off before facing Memphis on February 4 at 6 p.m. in Tulsa.
Doubles
No. 1 - O'Grady/Matalonga (UA) def. Van Elden/Byrnes (OSU); 8-5
No. 2 - No. 40 Kuharic/Diaz (OSU) def. Alcala/Andrus (UA); 9-8
No. 3 - Bohunicky/Burmistrau (OSU) def. Warkentin/Claudio; 8-3
Singles
No. 1 - No. 44 Mark Van Elden (OSU) def. No. 57 Roger Matalonga (UA); 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 - Colin O'Grady (UA) def. No. 115 Tomas Bohunicky (OSU); 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)
No. 3 - No. 117 Boris Kuharic (OSU) def. Bruno Alcala (UA); 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 - Artsem Burmistrau (OSU) def. Paul Warkentin (UA); 6-2, 6-7 (10-5)
No. 5 - Felipe Diaz (OSU) def. Jason Labrosse (UA); 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 - Christen Claudio (UA) def. Daniel Byrnes (OSU); 7-6, 2-6, ret.
