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Cowboys Fall To Bears, 7-0
April 15, 2013 | Cowboy Tennis
April 14, 2013
WACO, Texas -
Oklahoma State's men's tennis team was defeated 7-0 by No. 15 Baylor on Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
OSU (11-12) was unable to match Baylor's strong singles squad, as the Cowboys were defeated by four nationally ranked players. The loss moved OSU to under .500 for the first time since the first week of the season.
Chris Haworth and Brady Bohrnstedt nearly pulled off a doubles victory for the Cowboys, but fell to a Baylor comeback victory at No. 3 doubles. Bohrnstedt nearly recorded a come-from-behind win of his own, but was topped in a super tiebreaker by Baylor's Diego Galeano.
The loss moves OSU to 0-4 in Big 12 play, with the squad's conference finale coming on April 21 against OU in Norman. Baylor pushed its conference mark to 3-0 with the victory.
OSU will host its last match of the season on Thursday when the team hosts Oral Roberts at 3 p.m. The Cowboys will honor senior Rifat Biktyakov during Thursday's match as he will play his last home match as a Cowboy.
Complete Results
#15 Baylor 7, Oklahoma State 0
April 14, 2013 | Waco, Texas | Hurd Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Mate Zsiga/Diego Galeano (BU) def. Rifat Biktyakov/Matt Campbell (OSU) 8-4
2. Patrick Pradella/Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Denys Pume/Richard Del Nunzio (OSU) 8-2
3. Marko Krickovic/Robert Verzaal (BU) def. Chris Haworth/Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) 8-6
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. #29 Patrick Pradella (BU) def. Rifat Biktyakov (OSU) 6-2, 6-0
2. #91 Mate Zsiga (BU) def. Chris Haworth (OSU) 6-1, 6-1
3. #55 Julian Lenz (BU) def. Denys Pume (OSU) 7-5, 6-0
4. Diego Galeano (BU) def. Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
5. #77 Marko Krickovic (BU) def. Oleksiy Arovin (OSU) 6-2, 7-5
6. Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Trevor Horstmann (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5
Players Mentioned
