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Cowboy Netters Shut Out Wichita State, 5-0
April 27, 2005 | Cowboy Tennis
The Cowboys (19-5, 5-2) took the doubles poins quickly with a pair of dominating victories. Senior Boris Kuharic and junior Felipe Diaz scored the first point by defeating Carlo Contente and Moti Eisikovits at the No. 2 position.
Just seconds later, junior Tomas Bohunicky and sophomore Artie Burmistrau notched their 18th win of the year with an 8-2 triumph over Gabriel Loredo and Thiago Santos.
Burmistrau scored first in singles action, picking up a 6-1, 5-0 default win over Loredo at the fourth spot. Kuharic extended the OSU lead to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 straight set victory over Boris Gubic in his final home match as a Cowboy. The win improved his record to 17-3 on the year.
Senior Mark Van Elden provided the clinching point with his 6-4, 6-1 win over Contente. Sophomore Daniel Byrnes was serving for his match when Van Elden clinched, and was allowed to finish his game, defeating Santos, 6-1, 6-4.
Oklahoma State returns to action on Friday for a noon match against Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament in Austin, Texas. The third-seeded Cowboys defeated the sixth-seeded Sooners 4-3 on April 20 in Norman.
Doubles
No. 1 - Byrnes/Van Elden (OSU) vs. Vujaklija/Gubis (WSU); 6-3 (DNF)
No. 2 - No. 47 Kuharic/Diaz (OSU) def. Contente/Eisikovits (WSU); 8-1
No. 3 - Bohunicky/Burmistrau (OSU) def. Loredo/Santos (WSU); 8-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles
No. 1 - No. 27 Mark Van Elden (OSU) def. Carlo Contente (WSU); 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 - No. 88 Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) vs. Goran Vujaklija (WSU); 6-2, 3-3 (DNF)
No. 3 - Boris Kuharic (OSU) def. Boris Gubic (WSU); 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Artsem Burmistrau (OSU) def. Gabriel Loredo (WSU); 6-1, 5-0 (default)
No. 5 - Daniel Byrnes (OSU) def. Thiago Santos (WSU); 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 - Moti Eisikovits (WSU) vs. Jason Wright (OSU); 6-4, 1-0 (DNF)
Order of finish: 4, 3, 1, 5
