Cowboy Tennis To Face UNLV, SDSU in Las Vegas

February 09, 2012 | Cowboy Tennis

Feb. 9, 2012

STILLWATER, Okla. – The Oklahoma State men's tennis team travels to Las Vegas this weekend for a pair of match ups between UNLV and San Diego State.

The Cowboys (2-0) are fresh off of a shutout victory against Oral Roberts on Tuesday night.

OSU features a slew of players in the national rankings, with senior Vlad Bondarenko ranked as the No. 60 singles player, freshman Chris Haworth ranked No. 77 and sophomore Rifat Biktyakov coming in at No. 89. Biktyakov and Bondarenko team up as the 56th-ranked doubles pairing in the national polls.

The Cowboys will take on No. 57 UNLV at 1 p.m. on Friday. The Rebels (3-3) are coming off a 2-1 performance during three matches last weekend after beating UC Riverside and Loyola Marymount and falling to New Mexico State.

On Saturday, OSU will face off against No. 63 San Diego State at 1 p.m. The Aztecs (3-0) take on No. 8 UCLA Thursday afternoon before playing the Pokes on Saturday.