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Cowboy Tennis Ready For NCAAs
May 07, 2015 | Cowboy Tennis
The Basics
OSU's men's tennis team, ranked No. 31, will travel to College Station, Texas, for the NCAA First and Second Rounds, hosted by Texas A&M. The Pokes will face No. 38 and third-seeded New Mexico on Friday, May 8, at 11 a.m. CT. Should they advance, the Cowboys will take on the winner of the Texas A&M/Eastern Kentucky match on May 9 at 3 p.m. in the second round. The winner of that match will move on to the Sweet 16 in Waco, Texas.
Keep Up with the Matches
Fans can follow all the action this weekend through updates on Twitter by following @CowboyTennis. Live stats for regional can be found on Texas A&M's hub site at http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=210054602&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=27300&DB_LANG=C&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=
In the ITA Rankings
The Cowboys enter the weekend ranked No. 31 in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings. The Lobos are No. 38 and Texas A&M holds the No. 5 ranking. Eastern Kentucky is not ranked.
Three Cowboys are featured in the ITA singles rankings including Senior All-American Jakob Sude at No. 32, No. 115 Lucas Gerch and No. 122 Arjun Kadhe. The Lobos are represented by No. 89 Samir Iftikhar. Texas A&M has five players in the poll including No. 47 Jeremy Efferding, No. 78 Harrison Adams, No. 80 Shane Vinsant, No. 84 Arthur Rinderknech and No. 92 AJ Catanzariti.
Kadhe and Sude enter the weekend cemented as the 24th-ranked doubles team in the nation. New Mexico has the No. 75 team in Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen. The Aggies are represented by No. 10 Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant and No. 56 Jeremy Efferding and Jordan Szabo.
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State faced TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship in Waco, Texas. With only singles contested, the Pokes started off slow but picked it up. However, it was not enough as the Cowboys fell, 4-0.
#3 TCU 4, #6 Oklahoma State 0
April 24, 2015 :: Hurd Tennis Center (Waco, Texas)
Singles | Order of finish: 6,3,4,5
1. #39 Jakob Sude (OKST) vs. #53 Nick Chappell (TCU) 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
2. #124 Lucas Gerch (OKST) vs. #59 Guillermo Nuñez (TCU) 3-6, 6-5 unfinished
3. #40 Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. #119 Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 6-2, 6-3
4. Facundo Lugones (TCU) def. Tristan Meraut (OKST) 6-1, 6-1
5. Arnau Dachs (TCU) def. Lukas Finzelberg (OKST) 6-3, 6-3
6. Will Stein (TCU) def. Nicolai Ferrigno (OKST) 6-0, 6-1
Two in a Row
The Cowboys are making their second-straight trip to the NCAA Championships this weekend. This is the Cowboys' 19th overall appearance and their first back-to-back appearance since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. At last year's event, the Pokes were paired up Michigan and claimed a 4-2 victory. They went on to meet up with the No. 1 overall seed USC in the second round, and fell in a 4-1 decision.
Sude and Kadhe Chosen to Compete in NCAA Singles Championship
Oklahoma State men's tennis players Jakob Sude and Arjun Kadhe have been selected to compete in this year's NCAA individual tennis championships. This is the first time since 2008 that the Cowboys have qualified both a singles player as well as a doubles team for the NCAA Championships.
Kadhe and Sude, who went 8-10 as a team, will compete in their second-consecutive doubles championship. Last season the Cowboys made it to the semifinals and earned All-American status.
Sude will cap off his collegiate career making his first singles appearance at the tournament. The senior put together a 9-8 singles record during an exciting spring season that saw him knock off the nation's No. 1 player Soren Hess-Olesen of Texas. Sude is the first Cowboy to qualify for the singles tournament since 2010 when Oleksandr Nedovyesov was selected.
Sude Named to All-Big 12 Singles Team
Oklahoma State men's tennis senior Jakob Sude was named to the All-Big 12 singles team for the second-straight year. Sude went 11-10 on the year and picked up two wins in Big 12 play, including a straight-set 6-4, 6-2 win over then-No.1 Soren Hess-Olesen of Texas and a 6-2, 6-3 dominating win over then-No. 37 Cameron Norrie of TCU.
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 18 ranked opponents season. Against those opponents, Oklahoma State earned nine wins. 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
The Cowboys are 3-5 against the New Mexico Lobos. The last time these programs met was in 1990, when OSU earned a 5-1 win.
Oklahoma State trails Texas A&M in the series, 22-10. The Pokes and Aggies last saw each other in 2012. OSU and Eastern Kentucky have never met.
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 35. Four teams sit in the top 10: Oklahoma (1), Baylor (2), TCU (6) and Texas (9). Texas Tech is ranked 19 and OSU rounds out the conference in the 31st 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 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.
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).
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OSU's men's tennis team, ranked No. 31, will travel to College Station, Texas, for the NCAA First and Second Rounds, hosted by Texas A&M. The Pokes will face No. 38 and third-seeded New Mexico on Friday, May 8, at 11 a.m. CT. Should they advance, the Cowboys will take on the winner of the Texas A&M/Eastern Kentucky match on May 9 at 3 p.m. in the second round. The winner of that match will move on to the Sweet 16 in Waco, Texas.
Keep Up with the Matches
Fans can follow all the action this weekend through updates on Twitter by following @CowboyTennis. Live stats for regional can be found on Texas A&M's hub site at http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=210054602&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=27300&DB_LANG=C&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=
In the ITA Rankings
The Cowboys enter the weekend ranked No. 31 in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings. The Lobos are No. 38 and Texas A&M holds the No. 5 ranking. Eastern Kentucky is not ranked.
Three Cowboys are featured in the ITA singles rankings including Senior All-American Jakob Sude at No. 32, No. 115 Lucas Gerch and No. 122 Arjun Kadhe. The Lobos are represented by No. 89 Samir Iftikhar. Texas A&M has five players in the poll including No. 47 Jeremy Efferding, No. 78 Harrison Adams, No. 80 Shane Vinsant, No. 84 Arthur Rinderknech and No. 92 AJ Catanzariti.
Kadhe and Sude enter the weekend cemented as the 24th-ranked doubles team in the nation. New Mexico has the No. 75 team in Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen. The Aggies are represented by No. 10 Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant and No. 56 Jeremy Efferding and Jordan Szabo.
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State faced TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship in Waco, Texas. With only singles contested, the Pokes started off slow but picked it up. However, it was not enough as the Cowboys fell, 4-0.
#3 TCU 4, #6 Oklahoma State 0
April 24, 2015 :: Hurd Tennis Center (Waco, Texas)
Singles | Order of finish: 6,3,4,5
1. #39 Jakob Sude (OKST) vs. #53 Nick Chappell (TCU) 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
2. #124 Lucas Gerch (OKST) vs. #59 Guillermo Nuñez (TCU) 3-6, 6-5 unfinished
3. #40 Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. #119 Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 6-2, 6-3
4. Facundo Lugones (TCU) def. Tristan Meraut (OKST) 6-1, 6-1
5. Arnau Dachs (TCU) def. Lukas Finzelberg (OKST) 6-3, 6-3
6. Will Stein (TCU) def. Nicolai Ferrigno (OKST) 6-0, 6-1
Two in a Row
The Cowboys are making their second-straight trip to the NCAA Championships this weekend. This is the Cowboys' 19th overall appearance and their first back-to-back appearance since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. At last year's event, the Pokes were paired up Michigan and claimed a 4-2 victory. They went on to meet up with the No. 1 overall seed USC in the second round, and fell in a 4-1 decision.
Sude and Kadhe Chosen to Compete in NCAA Singles Championship
Oklahoma State men's tennis players Jakob Sude and Arjun Kadhe have been selected to compete in this year's NCAA individual tennis championships. This is the first time since 2008 that the Cowboys have qualified both a singles player as well as a doubles team for the NCAA Championships.
Kadhe and Sude, who went 8-10 as a team, will compete in their second-consecutive doubles championship. Last season the Cowboys made it to the semifinals and earned All-American status.
Sude will cap off his collegiate career making his first singles appearance at the tournament. The senior put together a 9-8 singles record during an exciting spring season that saw him knock off the nation's No. 1 player Soren Hess-Olesen of Texas. Sude is the first Cowboy to qualify for the singles tournament since 2010 when Oleksandr Nedovyesov was selected.
Sude Named to All-Big 12 Singles Team
Oklahoma State men's tennis senior Jakob Sude was named to the All-Big 12 singles team for the second-straight year. Sude went 11-10 on the year and picked up two wins in Big 12 play, including a straight-set 6-4, 6-2 win over then-No.1 Soren Hess-Olesen of Texas and a 6-2, 6-3 dominating win over then-No. 37 Cameron Norrie of TCU.
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 18 ranked opponents season. Against those opponents, Oklahoma State earned nine wins. 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
The Cowboys are 3-5 against the New Mexico Lobos. The last time these programs met was in 1990, when OSU earned a 5-1 win.
Oklahoma State trails Texas A&M in the series, 22-10. The Pokes and Aggies last saw each other in 2012. OSU and Eastern Kentucky have never met.
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 35. Four teams sit in the top 10: Oklahoma (1), Baylor (2), TCU (6) and Texas (9). Texas Tech is ranked 19 and OSU rounds out the conference in the 31st 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 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.
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).
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