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Second Serve: Cowboy Tennis Opens Season With Doubleheader Sweep
January 23, 2017 | Cowboy Tennis
STILLWATER – The 14th-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team began its spring season with victories over Texas Rio Grande Valley, 6-1, and Oral Roberts, 7-0, on Saturday at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center.
The victories push the Cowboys to 8-1 on opening day under head coach Jay Udwadia, with their only loss coming against 19th-ranked Tennessee in 2013.
Before the action began on Saturday, Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe spoke earlier in the week about their goals for the upcoming season. The pair is coming off of a historic 2016 that saw them capture the Pacific Coast Doubles and ITA Central Regional titles, record the most single-season doubles victories in team history (34), earn All-America honors and become the first Oklahoma State tandem to be ranked No. 1 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Not ones to rest on their laurels, Cash and Kadhe opened the spring season for the Cowboys with a pair of victories at the Greenwood Tennis Center, rolling through UTRGV's Elliot Johnstone and Clement Sarradin, 6-1, before dropping Oral Roberts' Jan Pehnec and Kenneth Boykin, 6-2, in the nightcap.
Their victory over Johnstone and Sarradin was the pair's 11th this season and the one that secured the Cowboys' first doubles point of the year.
Saturday's triumphs also saw senior Arjun Kadhe continue to climb up Oklahoma State's all-time doubles wins list. The Pune, India native is currently third on that list with 79 victories and needs just one more to tie Cliff Price for second place. If the Cowboy can win 13 more matches during the spring, he will match Charlie Laster's team record of 92 doubles victories.
Coach Udwadia spoke with the media after the Cowboys' first action of the spring and his thoughts on Mathieu Scaglia's first collegiate dual match. Take a listen to what he said in the video below.
Lukas Finzelberg, ranked No. 30 in the nation, was another Cowboy who starred on Saturday for OSU as he picked up his 10th victory of the season, besting Jan Pehnec in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. It was all smiles in Stillwater for Finzelberg and his teammates after Saturday's victories.
OSU will be back in action this weekend when the Cowboys host the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Kickoff Weekend at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center. They're set to face No. 23 Columbia at 3:30 p.m. on Friday while in-state foe Tulsa and 15th-ranked Kentucky make up the other half of the field.
No. 14 Oklahoma State def. Texas Rio Grande Valley, 6-1
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
C1: No. 5 Cash/Kadhe (OSU) def. Johnstone/Sarradin (UTRGV), 6-1
C2: Finzelberg/Meraut (OSU) def. Hernandez/Schmit (UTRGV), 6-3
C3: UTRGV - incomplete lineup
Singles (Order of finish: 6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4)
C1: Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-2
C2: Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Matteo Schmit (UTRGV), 6-1, 6-2
C3: Jurence Mendoza (OSU) def. Andres Hernandez (UTRGV), 6-0, 6-1
C4: Clement Sarradin (UTRGV) def. Mathieu Scaglia (OSU), 0-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10)
C5: Nathan Roper (OSU) def. Rodrigo Del Pozo (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-1
C6: UTRGV - incomplete lineup
No. 14 Oklahoma State def. Oral Roberts, 7-0
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 3)
C1: No. 5 Cash/Kadhe (OSU) def. Pehnec/Boykin (ORU), 6-2
C2: Gerch/Mendoza (OSU) vs. Koncz/Saletovic (ORU), 4-3 unf.
C3: Finzelberg/Scaglia (OSU) def. Santamaria/Sosnowski (ORU), 6-3
Singles (Order of finish: 2, 6, 4, 1, 3, 5)
C1: No. 41 Julian Cash (OSU) def. Bernard Koncz (ORU), 6-2, 6-2
C2: No. 30 Lukas Finzelberg (OSU) def. Jan Pehnec (ORU), 6-2, 6-0
C3: Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. Kenneth Boykin (ORU), 6-0, 6-4
C4: Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU), 6-2, 6-0
C5: Jurence Mendoza (OSU) def. Michael Sosnowski (ORU), 6-4, 6-3
C6: Tristan Meraut (OSU) def. Alvaro Santamaria (ORU), 6-1, 6-0
The victories push the Cowboys to 8-1 on opening day under head coach Jay Udwadia, with their only loss coming against 19th-ranked Tennessee in 2013.
Before the action began on Saturday, Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe spoke earlier in the week about their goals for the upcoming season. The pair is coming off of a historic 2016 that saw them capture the Pacific Coast Doubles and ITA Central Regional titles, record the most single-season doubles victories in team history (34), earn All-America honors and become the first Oklahoma State tandem to be ranked No. 1 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
.@cash_julian and @ArjunKadhe are ready to take the nation by storm once again. Come see the fifth-ranked duo in action today at 1 and 6 PM! pic.twitter.com/IcBD13xGS3
— OSU Cowboy Tennis (@CowboyTennis) January 21, 2017
Not ones to rest on their laurels, Cash and Kadhe opened the spring season for the Cowboys with a pair of victories at the Greenwood Tennis Center, rolling through UTRGV's Elliot Johnstone and Clement Sarradin, 6-1, before dropping Oral Roberts' Jan Pehnec and Kenneth Boykin, 6-2, in the nightcap.
Their victory over Johnstone and Sarradin was the pair's 11th this season and the one that secured the Cowboys' first doubles point of the year.
WATCH: @ArjunKadhe smashes an ace and captures the Cowboys' first doubles point of 2017! #okstate pic.twitter.com/9TZym4Q4Ew
— OSU Cowboy Tennis (@CowboyTennis) January 21, 2017
Saturday's triumphs also saw senior Arjun Kadhe continue to climb up Oklahoma State's all-time doubles wins list. The Pune, India native is currently third on that list with 79 victories and needs just one more to tie Cliff Price for second place. If the Cowboy can win 13 more matches during the spring, he will match Charlie Laster's team record of 92 doubles victories.
After his second triumph of the day, @ArjunKadhe is just one win shy of second place on OSU's doubles wins list. #KadheCounter #okstate pic.twitter.com/V4pu252EBf
— OSU Cowboy Tennis (@CowboyTennis) January 22, 2017
Coach Udwadia spoke with the media after the Cowboys' first action of the spring and his thoughts on Mathieu Scaglia's first collegiate dual match. Take a listen to what he said in the video below.
Take a listen to what head coach Jay Udwadia said after today's doubleheader sweep. #okstate pic.twitter.com/gPcB9hMRE8
— OSU Cowboy Tennis (@CowboyTennis) January 22, 2017
Lukas Finzelberg, ranked No. 30 in the nation, was another Cowboy who starred on Saturday for OSU as he picked up his 10th victory of the season, besting Jan Pehnec in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. It was all smiles in Stillwater for Finzelberg and his teammates after Saturday's victories.
That first win feeling... ?? #okstate pic.twitter.com/uxriweQkut
— OSU Cowboy Tennis (@CowboyTennis) January 21, 2017
OSU will be back in action this weekend when the Cowboys host the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Kickoff Weekend at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center. They're set to face No. 23 Columbia at 3:30 p.m. on Friday while in-state foe Tulsa and 15th-ranked Kentucky make up the other half of the field.
No. 14 Oklahoma State def. Texas Rio Grande Valley, 6-1
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
C1: No. 5 Cash/Kadhe (OSU) def. Johnstone/Sarradin (UTRGV), 6-1
C2: Finzelberg/Meraut (OSU) def. Hernandez/Schmit (UTRGV), 6-3
C3: UTRGV - incomplete lineup
Singles (Order of finish: 6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4)
C1: Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-2
C2: Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Matteo Schmit (UTRGV), 6-1, 6-2
C3: Jurence Mendoza (OSU) def. Andres Hernandez (UTRGV), 6-0, 6-1
C4: Clement Sarradin (UTRGV) def. Mathieu Scaglia (OSU), 0-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10)
C5: Nathan Roper (OSU) def. Rodrigo Del Pozo (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-1
C6: UTRGV - incomplete lineup
No. 14 Oklahoma State def. Oral Roberts, 7-0
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 3)
C1: No. 5 Cash/Kadhe (OSU) def. Pehnec/Boykin (ORU), 6-2
C2: Gerch/Mendoza (OSU) vs. Koncz/Saletovic (ORU), 4-3 unf.
C3: Finzelberg/Scaglia (OSU) def. Santamaria/Sosnowski (ORU), 6-3
Singles (Order of finish: 2, 6, 4, 1, 3, 5)
C1: No. 41 Julian Cash (OSU) def. Bernard Koncz (ORU), 6-2, 6-2
C2: No. 30 Lukas Finzelberg (OSU) def. Jan Pehnec (ORU), 6-2, 6-0
C3: Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. Kenneth Boykin (ORU), 6-0, 6-4
C4: Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU), 6-2, 6-0
C5: Jurence Mendoza (OSU) def. Michael Sosnowski (ORU), 6-4, 6-3
C6: Tristan Meraut (OSU) def. Alvaro Santamaria (ORU), 6-1, 6-0
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