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Cowboys Travel to Norman for Regular Season Finale
April 17, 2015 | Cowboy Tennis
The Basics
OSU's men's tennis team, ranked No. 29, will finish off the regular season this weekend, taking on top-ranked Oklahoma in Norman at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
Keep Up with the Matches
Fans can follow all the action this weekend through updates on Twitter by following@CowboyTennis. Live stats for Sunday's match can be found on soonersports.com.
In the ITA Rankings
The Cowboys enter the weekend ranked No. 29 in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings. OU is the nation's No. 1 team this week.
Two Cowboys are featured in the ITA singles rankings including Senior All-American Jakob Sude at No. 40 and sophomore Lucas Gerch at No. 114. The Sooners are represented by top-ranked Axel Alvarez, No. 6 Andrew Harris, No. 34 Dane Webb and No. 78 Alex Ghilea.
Arjun Kadhe and Sude enter the weekend cemented as the 33rd-ranked doubles team in the nation. OU has three ranked doubles teams including No. 8 Alvarez and Webb, No. 66 Harris and Spencer Papa and No. 70 Harris and Ghilea.Â
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State faced No. 23 Texas Tech and No. 2 Baylor last weekend in true road matches. The Cowboys fought hard but were outlasted by both teams to fall to 04 in conference play.
No. 2 Baylor 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 0
April 12, 2015 :: Waco, Texas (Hurd Tennis Center and Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center)
Doubles | Order of finish: 2,3,1
1. #54 Diego Galeano/Julian Lenz (BU) def. #26 Jakob Sude/Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 7-6 (7-4)
2. Nicolai Ferrigno/Lucas Gerch (OKST) def. #51 Tony Lupieri/Mate Zsiga (BU) 6-2
3. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios (BU) def. Lukas Finzelberg/Jurence Mendoza (OKST) 7-6 (7-2)
Singles | Order of finish: 6,3,4*
1. #39 Jakob Sude (OKST) vs. #1 Julian Lenz (BU) 5-7, 5-2
2. #98 Lucas Gerch (OKST) vs. #31 Tony Lupieri (BU) 6-4, 3-6, 0-2
3. #61 Max Tchoutakian (BU) def. #118 Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 7-5, 6-1
4. Diego Galeano (BU) def. Lukas Finzelberg (OKST) 6-3, 6-4
5. Nicolai Ferrigno (OKST) vs. #117 Mate Zsiga (BU) 5-7, 3-4
6. Felipe Rios (BU) def. Jurence Mendoza (OKST) 6-1, 6-2
Know the Foe
OU has been a top contender all year, compiling a 21-2 record so far this season. With 19 of those wins coming over ranked opponents. OU has spent 13 total weeks at the No. 1-spot of the ITA Rankings. This week marks the Sooners 11th-straight week as No. 1. OU has two notched key wins over Baylor and knocked off No. 1 USC early in the season.
Cowboys Home Wrap-Up
Oklahoma State completed its season at home with a 10-2 record. The mark not only gives the Cowboys back-to-back winning seasons at home, but also double-digits in the wins column. In 2014, Oklahoma State ended with an 11-4 record at the Greenwood Tennis Center. This season, the Cowboys improved their home win percentage from .733 to .833.
Scheduling Tough
The Cowboys have faced 16 ranked opponents this season. Against those opponents, Oklahoma State is 9-7. Most recently, the Cowboys took down No. 57 Wichita State, 4-0. The Cowboys also notched a win over No. 17 Tennessee earlier this season.
Cowboys vs. Opponents
OSU has compiled a 42-29 series lead over the Sooners; however OU has won the last seven matches. The Cowboys last win against OU was in 2009, when they took a 4-3 win in Norman.
Sude Puts Mark On Cowboy CareerÂ
Oklahoma State has been home to many great tennis players, but few have accomplished all that Cowboy senior Jakob Sude has. The German native has a singles record of 28-22 during his two years at Oklahoma State. Sude faced nine ranked opponents this spring with victories against No. 1 Soran Hess-Olsen of Texas, No. 37 Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame and No. 37 Cameron Norrie of TCU. The senior has been ranked in the singles poll all year and has been in the top-40 for the past two weeks at No. 39 and 40.
The All-American has accomplished even more success in doubles with partner Arjun Kadhe. The two have grown to become one of the top doubles teams' in the country compiling a record of 29-17 over the past two seasons. The two have defeated four ranked doubles teams this spring, which earned them a spot in the top-40 of the doubles rankings at No. 33.
Big 12 Strongest in the Nation
The Big 12 conference is one of the most competitive men's tennis leagues in nation, with all six teams ranked in the top 30. Four teams sit in the top 10: Oklahoma (1), Baylor (2), TCU (7) and Texas (10). Texas Tech is ranked 16th and OSU rounds out the conference in the 29th spot.
Gerch and Ferrigno Win Doubles Championship
For the first time in the 126-year history of the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship, an Oklahoma State doubles team has won the tournament.
In the semifinals, the two Cowboys faced the Bacharach/McKelvie team of Davis. With a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over the Davis duo, Ferrigno and Gerch advanced to the finals, where they met up with top-seeded Thibault Forget and Roberto Quiroz of USC. In the finals, the OSU tandem produced another straight-set victory, taking the championship title with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
They join names like Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe and Peter Fleming as Pacific Coast Champions.
Former Cowboy Nedovyesov Earns Biggest Pro Win of Career
Oleksandr Nedovyesov, a former Cowboy Tennis star, defeated Italian Fabio Fognini in the Davis Cup to advance Kazakhstan to the quarterfinals.
Nedovyesov was trailing two sets to one, before storming back to defeat the World's No. 22 player in five sets. The former OSU standout is currently ranked No. 130 in the World.
Fall Review
Oklahoma State is coming off a fall season, where several Cowboys gained experience, playing all over the country. The Pokes had a strong showing as three players picked up at least one win at the ITA All-American Championship, which is considered the most prestigious tournament of fall.
Arjun Kadhe produced a runner-up finish at the Cajun Classic early in the fall and finished out his fall advancing to the round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Championships.
Nicolai Ferrigno also made his way to the round of 16 of the ITA Central Regional, notching a dominant straight-set win over Amar Saletovic (ORU).
All-American Jakob Sude competed in only two events this fall: ITA All-American Championship and ITA Central Region Championship.
The Team
Coach Jay Udwadia enters the 2015 spring season with a full roster of 10 Cowboys. He returns two All-Americans in senior Jakob Sude and sophomore Arjun Kadhe as well as the team's Most Valuable Player for the 2014 season, Lucas Gerch. Denmark native and senior Nicolai Ferrigno returns for his second and final season with the Cowboys, while youngsters Nathan Roper and Lukas Finzelberg round out the returners for the Pokes.
New to the lineup is Jurence Mendoza, who enters his second semester as a Cowboy. Joining the squad in January was Trent Botha of South Africa, Leonard Gerch of Germany and Tristan Meraut of France.
Feldman Joins the Coaching Staff
This summer, the Pokes welcomed Nate Feldman to the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
Feldman joins the Cowboys after spending the last three years at Norfolk State, where he coached both the men's and women's tennis squads.
Before taking over at Norfolk State, Feldman gained invaluable coaching experience as an assistant at multiple top-tier programs, including a role with the 2010 North Carolina women's team, which reached the NCAA Semifinals and spent four weeks as the nation's top-ranked team. He helped guide the Middle Tennessee State men's squad to a Sun Belt tournament title, earning him a nomination for the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Assistant Coach of the Year award.
Feldman also served as an ITF travel coach, which took him all over the US and South America.
ITA Introduces New Dual Match Format
In December, the ITA Division I Operating Committee made changes to the dual match format so that it shortens the length of the match. Changes include:
-No-ad scoring in singles and doubles.
-Three doubles matches played, each match one set to 6, with a tie-break at 6-all.
-Followed (after a 5-minute intermission) by six singles matches, each match 2 out of 3 sets, with tie-breaks at 6-all.
-No warm-up with opponents (in doubles and in singles)
Follow Cowboy Tennis
Stay up to date with the Oklahoma State men's tennis team on the following social media sites:
Twitter: @CowboyTennis
Facebook: Oklahoma State Cowboy Tennis
Snapchat: OSUathletics
YouTube: youtube.com/osuathletics
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OSU's men's tennis team, ranked No. 29, will finish off the regular season this weekend, taking on top-ranked Oklahoma in Norman at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
Keep Up with the Matches
Fans can follow all the action this weekend through updates on Twitter by following@CowboyTennis. Live stats for Sunday's match can be found on soonersports.com.
In the ITA Rankings
The Cowboys enter the weekend ranked No. 29 in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings. OU is the nation's No. 1 team this week.
Two Cowboys are featured in the ITA singles rankings including Senior All-American Jakob Sude at No. 40 and sophomore Lucas Gerch at No. 114. The Sooners are represented by top-ranked Axel Alvarez, No. 6 Andrew Harris, No. 34 Dane Webb and No. 78 Alex Ghilea.
Arjun Kadhe and Sude enter the weekend cemented as the 33rd-ranked doubles team in the nation. OU has three ranked doubles teams including No. 8 Alvarez and Webb, No. 66 Harris and Spencer Papa and No. 70 Harris and Ghilea.Â
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State faced No. 23 Texas Tech and No. 2 Baylor last weekend in true road matches. The Cowboys fought hard but were outlasted by both teams to fall to 04 in conference play.
No. 2 Baylor 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 0
April 12, 2015 :: Waco, Texas (Hurd Tennis Center and Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center)
Doubles | Order of finish: 2,3,1
1. #54 Diego Galeano/Julian Lenz (BU) def. #26 Jakob Sude/Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 7-6 (7-4)
2. Nicolai Ferrigno/Lucas Gerch (OKST) def. #51 Tony Lupieri/Mate Zsiga (BU) 6-2
3. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios (BU) def. Lukas Finzelberg/Jurence Mendoza (OKST) 7-6 (7-2)
Singles | Order of finish: 6,3,4*
1. #39 Jakob Sude (OKST) vs. #1 Julian Lenz (BU) 5-7, 5-2
2. #98 Lucas Gerch (OKST) vs. #31 Tony Lupieri (BU) 6-4, 3-6, 0-2
3. #61 Max Tchoutakian (BU) def. #118 Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 7-5, 6-1
4. Diego Galeano (BU) def. Lukas Finzelberg (OKST) 6-3, 6-4
5. Nicolai Ferrigno (OKST) vs. #117 Mate Zsiga (BU) 5-7, 3-4
6. Felipe Rios (BU) def. Jurence Mendoza (OKST) 6-1, 6-2
Know the Foe
OU has been a top contender all year, compiling a 21-2 record so far this season. With 19 of those wins coming over ranked opponents. OU has spent 13 total weeks at the No. 1-spot of the ITA Rankings. This week marks the Sooners 11th-straight week as No. 1. OU has two notched key wins over Baylor and knocked off No. 1 USC early in the season.
Cowboys Home Wrap-Up
Oklahoma State completed its season at home with a 10-2 record. The mark not only gives the Cowboys back-to-back winning seasons at home, but also double-digits in the wins column. In 2014, Oklahoma State ended with an 11-4 record at the Greenwood Tennis Center. This season, the Cowboys improved their home win percentage from .733 to .833.
Scheduling Tough
The Cowboys have faced 16 ranked opponents this season. Against those opponents, Oklahoma State is 9-7. Most recently, the Cowboys took down No. 57 Wichita State, 4-0. The Cowboys also notched a win over No. 17 Tennessee earlier this season.
Cowboys vs. Opponents
OSU has compiled a 42-29 series lead over the Sooners; however OU has won the last seven matches. The Cowboys last win against OU was in 2009, when they took a 4-3 win in Norman.
Sude Puts Mark On Cowboy CareerÂ
Oklahoma State has been home to many great tennis players, but few have accomplished all that Cowboy senior Jakob Sude has. The German native has a singles record of 28-22 during his two years at Oklahoma State. Sude faced nine ranked opponents this spring with victories against No. 1 Soran Hess-Olsen of Texas, No. 37 Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame and No. 37 Cameron Norrie of TCU. The senior has been ranked in the singles poll all year and has been in the top-40 for the past two weeks at No. 39 and 40.
The All-American has accomplished even more success in doubles with partner Arjun Kadhe. The two have grown to become one of the top doubles teams' in the country compiling a record of 29-17 over the past two seasons. The two have defeated four ranked doubles teams this spring, which earned them a spot in the top-40 of the doubles rankings at No. 33.
Big 12 Strongest in the Nation
The Big 12 conference is one of the most competitive men's tennis leagues in nation, with all six teams ranked in the top 30. Four teams sit in the top 10: Oklahoma (1), Baylor (2), TCU (7) and Texas (10). Texas Tech is ranked 16th and OSU rounds out the conference in the 29th spot.
Gerch and Ferrigno Win Doubles Championship
For the first time in the 126-year history of the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship, an Oklahoma State doubles team has won the tournament.
In the semifinals, the two Cowboys faced the Bacharach/McKelvie team of Davis. With a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over the Davis duo, Ferrigno and Gerch advanced to the finals, where they met up with top-seeded Thibault Forget and Roberto Quiroz of USC. In the finals, the OSU tandem produced another straight-set victory, taking the championship title with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
They join names like Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe and Peter Fleming as Pacific Coast Champions.
Former Cowboy Nedovyesov Earns Biggest Pro Win of Career
Oleksandr Nedovyesov, a former Cowboy Tennis star, defeated Italian Fabio Fognini in the Davis Cup to advance Kazakhstan to the quarterfinals.
Nedovyesov was trailing two sets to one, before storming back to defeat the World's No. 22 player in five sets. The former OSU standout is currently ranked No. 130 in the World.
Fall Review
Oklahoma State is coming off a fall season, where several Cowboys gained experience, playing all over the country. The Pokes had a strong showing as three players picked up at least one win at the ITA All-American Championship, which is considered the most prestigious tournament of fall.
Arjun Kadhe produced a runner-up finish at the Cajun Classic early in the fall and finished out his fall advancing to the round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Championships.
Nicolai Ferrigno also made his way to the round of 16 of the ITA Central Regional, notching a dominant straight-set win over Amar Saletovic (ORU).
All-American Jakob Sude competed in only two events this fall: ITA All-American Championship and ITA Central Region Championship.
The Team
Coach Jay Udwadia enters the 2015 spring season with a full roster of 10 Cowboys. He returns two All-Americans in senior Jakob Sude and sophomore Arjun Kadhe as well as the team's Most Valuable Player for the 2014 season, Lucas Gerch. Denmark native and senior Nicolai Ferrigno returns for his second and final season with the Cowboys, while youngsters Nathan Roper and Lukas Finzelberg round out the returners for the Pokes.
New to the lineup is Jurence Mendoza, who enters his second semester as a Cowboy. Joining the squad in January was Trent Botha of South Africa, Leonard Gerch of Germany and Tristan Meraut of France.
Feldman Joins the Coaching Staff
This summer, the Pokes welcomed Nate Feldman to the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
Feldman joins the Cowboys after spending the last three years at Norfolk State, where he coached both the men's and women's tennis squads.
Before taking over at Norfolk State, Feldman gained invaluable coaching experience as an assistant at multiple top-tier programs, including a role with the 2010 North Carolina women's team, which reached the NCAA Semifinals and spent four weeks as the nation's top-ranked team. He helped guide the Middle Tennessee State men's squad to a Sun Belt tournament title, earning him a nomination for the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Assistant Coach of the Year award.
Feldman also served as an ITF travel coach, which took him all over the US and South America.
ITA Introduces New Dual Match Format
In December, the ITA Division I Operating Committee made changes to the dual match format so that it shortens the length of the match. Changes include:
-No-ad scoring in singles and doubles.
-Three doubles matches played, each match one set to 6, with a tie-break at 6-all.
-Followed (after a 5-minute intermission) by six singles matches, each match 2 out of 3 sets, with tie-breaks at 6-all.
-No warm-up with opponents (in doubles and in singles)
Follow Cowboy Tennis
Stay up to date with the Oklahoma State men's tennis team on the following social media sites:
Twitter: @CowboyTennis
Facebook: Oklahoma State Cowboy Tennis
Snapchat: OSUathletics
YouTube: youtube.com/osuathletics
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