Cowboys Sweep Season Openers

Sunday, January 14

Stillwater, OK

2 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Lamar University

Mathieu Scaglia and Jurence Mendoza celebrate the win

Photo by: Bruce Waterfield

January 14, 2018 | Cowboy Tennis

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STILLWATER- The 15th-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team kicked its spring season into high gear with victories over both Lamar, 7-0, and Bryant, 7-0, on Sunday at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center.

Saturday's victories push the Cowboys to 10-1 on opening day under head coach Jay Udwadia, with their only loss coming against 19th-ranked Tennessee in 2013 - Udwadia's first year at the helm.

"It was really good to get a couple good wins," Udwadia said. "Lamar and Bryant are great opponents. I like to play coaches that I like and teams that are really well behaved. I thought that both teams were great players and personalities. It was a good day for our guys to get some confidence going. We've got a couple big matches next weekend with UMKC and Arkansas so that's going to help us get ready for those two matches as well."

OSU would complete a sweep of doubles action as Mathieu Scaglia and Jurence Mendoza recorded the first doubles win of the year, defeating Carlos Paton and Roy Stepanov, 6-1 on court three. Eleftherious Theodorou and Dubinski, secured the doubles point for the Cowboys defeating Nicolas Mayr and Benny Schweizer, 6-1.

In singles action against Lamar Freshman Luke Hammond was the first Cowboy to tack on another point for his team, as the Birmingham, UK native posted a decisive 6-1, 6-0 victory over Carlos Paton. Just seconds later No. 93 ranked Mathieu Scaglia racked up another point for the Cowboys defeating Nicolas Mayr in dominating fashion, 6-1, 6-3. Freshman Brady Draheim locked up the Oklahoma State victory as the Freshman dropped Roy Stepanov, 6-2, 6-3. The win was the six of the year thus far for Draheim.

The remaining matches were completed shortly thereafter as senior Theodorou bested Arthur Serafim, 6-3, 6-4, to win his third singles contest as a Cowboys. Dubinski, tallied OSU's sixth point of the day with his 10th career singles victory. Senior Tristan Meraut completed the Cowboys' sweep with a definitive 6-2, 6-2 win over Sebastian Santibanez. This gave Meraut his 44th career singles victory, and first start in the No. 1 position.

In the second half of Saturday's doubleheader, Oklahoma State secured its second ever program victory over Bryant.

Oklahoma State excelled in doubles action for the second time on Saturday as the duo of Mendoza and Draheim cruised to a 6-0 victory over Bryant's Wilson Dong and Nick Lamart. The Cowboys clinched the doubles point for the second time in as many matches when Julian Cash and Luke Hammond toppled Matt Kuhar and Artur Jakubowski, 6-3.

OSU continued to assert itself in the ensuing singles action, led by Luke Hammond at the No. 5 position. Hammond was the first Cowboy to secure victory in singles play, and after the he polished off his straight-set shutout victory over Bryant's Philip Belmatch, he began a flurry of finishes in the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center.

Just moments after Hammond's match, Eleftherious Theodorou, capped off an impressive 6-1, 6-3 effort against Grant Pertile. Theodorou's triumph was quickly followed by a Mendoza win on court four before Scaglia and Dubinski followed with victories of their own just minutes after. Senior Julian Cash was the final Cowboy to secure victory Sunday night as he captured a 6-4 victory in the first set against Matt Kuhar. The second set provided a dramatic ending for the Cowboys as the set went to tiebreak and Cash won 7-6, (7-2).

OSU will be back in action this Friday when the Cowboys host the University of Missouri at Kansas City at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center. They're set to face the Roos at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.

No. 15 Oklahoma State def. Lamar, 7-0
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 2)
C1: Cash/Hammond (OSU) vs. Santibanez/Serafim (LU), 4-2, unfinished
C2: Dubinski/Theodorou (OSU) def. Mayr/Schweizer (LU), 6-1
C3: Scaglia/Mendoza (OSU) def. Paton/Stepanov (LU), 6-1

Singles (Order of finish: 4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 1)
C1: Tristan Meraut (OSU) def. Sebastian Santibanez (LU), 6-2, 6-2
C2: Artur Dubinski (OSU) def. Benny Schweizer (LU), 7-5, 6-1
C3: No. 93 Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) def. Nicolas Mayr (LU), 6-1, 6-3
C4: Luke Hammond (OSU) def. Carlos Paton (LU), 6-1, 6-0
C5: Eleftherious Theodorou (OSU) def. Arthur Serafim (LU), #-#, #-#
C6: Brady Draheim (OSU) def. Roy Stepanov (LU), 6-2, 6-3

No. 15 Oklahoma State def. Bryant, 7-0
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1)
C1: Cash/Hammond (OSU) def. Kuhar/Jakubowski (BRY), 6-3
C2: Dubinski/Theodorou (OSU) vs. Lorenz/Pertile (BRY), unfinished
C3: Mendoza/Draheim (OSU) def. Dong/Lamart (BRY), 6-0

Singles (Order of finish: 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)
C1: Julian Cash (OSU) def. Matt Kuhar (BRY), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
C2: Artur Dubinski (OSU) def. Artur Jakubowski (BRY), 6-4, 6-2
C3: No. 93 Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) def. Jorge Isaias Ortiz-Garcia (BRY), 6-3, 6-0
C4: Jurence Mendoza (OSU) def. Scott Plutt (BRY), 6-0, 6-1
C5: Luke Hammond (OSU) def. Philip Belmatch (BRY), 6-0, 6-0
C6: Eleftherious Theodorou (OSU) def. Grant Pertile (BRY), 6-1, 6-3