Oklahoma State University Athletics
Trio of Cowboys Enter ITA National Rankings
February 11, 2014 | Cowboy Tennis
Feb. 11, 2014
STILLWATER, Okla. -
Three members of the No. 29 Oklahoma State men's tennis team were inserted into this week's ITA National Rankings on Tuesday, marking the first time a Cowboy individual has been represented in the polls this season.
Junior Jakob Sude received the first individual ranking of his career, coming in at No. 70 in ITA's National Singles Rankings. Sude has compiled a 3-0 singles record in six appearances, highlighted by his straight sets victory over Tennessee's Mikelis Libietis, formerly the nation's 34th-ranked singles standout, as well as a strong performance in an unfinished match against No. 12 Danii Proskura.
Sude's ranking is the highest in singles since former Cowboy Vlad Bondarenko's No. 60 position on Jan. 3, 2012.
In the ITA National Doubles Rankings, undefeated Arjun Kadhe and Brady Bohrnstedt premiered at the No. 38 spot after racking up six consecutive wins to open the 2014 season. The duo also boasts a win over a highly-ranked opponent in Tennessee's 28th-ranked Fickey/Chaplin doubles squad, and becomes the highest-ranked Cowboy Tennis tandem since Rifat Biktyakov and Aleksey Bessonov finished the 2011 season at No. 27.
The Cowboys will take their 8-0 record to Wichita, Kan., on Thursday to take on 61st-ranked Wichita State at the Genesis Health Club. For more updates and information, follow @CowboyTennis on Twitter.
