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Cowboys Roll Past UAB, 4-2
March 22, 2013 | Cowboy Tennis
March 22, 2013
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -
Oklahoma State's No. 72 men's tennis team defeated UAB 4-2 on Friday in the second round of the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic at the Aztec Tennis Center.
OSU (8-6) opened play in the spring tournament on Thursday, when they fell to No. 37 San Diego State, while UAB was defeated by 23rd-ranked Harvard.
The Cowboys' continuous doubles supremacy halted the red-hot Blazers, who had won ten of the team's last 12 matches. The 43rd-ranked pairing of Richard Del Nunzio and Denys Pume improved to 8-0 on the season, helping the Cowboys to their 26th consecutive doubles victory.
In singles play, Chris Haworth provided a crucial comeback win for the Cowboys at the No. 2 spot after losing the first set. The sophomore fired back to win the next two sets and put OSU at a sizeable advantage.
After UAB closed the gap and won at Nos. 1 and 4, Brady Bohrnstedt clinched the win for the Cowboys with a hard-fought 7-6(3), 7-5 victory over Lucas Dirube.
The win places Cowboy Tennis in the fifth place match tomorrow against either Denver or No. 38 San Diego. The match will be played at 4 p.m. CST at San Diego's Hogan Tennis Center.
Complete Results
No. 72 Oklahoma State 4, UAB 2
March 22, 2013 | San Diego, Calif. | Aztec Tennis Center
Doubles
- Rifat Biktyakov/Matt Campbell (OSU) vs. David Zimmerman/Tom Puetz (UAB) 6-5 uf.
- #43 Richard Del Nunzio/Denys Pume (OSU) def. Chris Helliar/Lucas Dirube (UAB) 8-3
- Brady Bohrnstedt/Oleksiy Arovin (OSU) def. Rafael Rondino/Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 8-3
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
- David Zimmerman (UAB) def. Rifat Biktyakov (OSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
- Chris Haworth (OSU) def. Tom Puetz (UAB) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Matt Campbell (OSU) vs. Rafael Rondino (UAB) 1-6, 6-4, 4-4 uf.
- Chris Helliar (UAB) def. Denys Pume (OSU) 7-6(4(, 7-5
- Richard Del Nunzio (OSU) def. Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-3, 6-1
- Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) def. Lucas Dirube (UAB) 7-6(3), 7-5
Order of finish: 5, 2, 1, 4, 6
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