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OSU Falls to No. 24 Cornell
February 26, 2023 | Cowboy Tennis
Ithaca, N.Y. – No. 30 Oklahoma State men's tennis fell to No. 24 Cornell, 4-2, on Sunday in Ithaca, New York.
With the loss, OSU moved to 8-3.
Starting with doubles, OSU picked up the point, with wins on courts two and three.
Oklahoma State's Chase Ferguson and Alex Garcia defeated Cornell's Vladislav Melnic and Radu Papoe, 6-1. OSU dropped court one, but Cowboys Carl Roothman and Alessio Basile took care of business on court three, defeating Petar Teodorovic and Samuel Paquette, 6-4, securing the team point.
Kicking off singles action, Ferguson lost to Cornell's Melnic, to even things up at one a piece. The Big Red took the lead when Paquette defeated Basile on court six. Nathan Mao added to the Cornell lead when he took down Francisco Pini, on court five.
Garcia trumped Teodorovic, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 for the lone Cowboy singles point.
The deciding point came on court one, when No. 99 Radu Papoe beat Tyler Zink.
The Cowboys return to action at home on Friday against Wichita State at 5 p.m. (CST)
For season-long coverage of Cowboy Tennis, visit okstate.com and follow @cowboytennis on Twitter and Instagram.
Doubles Competition
Singles Competition
Doubles: (2,1,3)
Singles: (2,6,5,3,1)
With the loss, OSU moved to 8-3.
Starting with doubles, OSU picked up the point, with wins on courts two and three.
Oklahoma State's Chase Ferguson and Alex Garcia defeated Cornell's Vladislav Melnic and Radu Papoe, 6-1. OSU dropped court one, but Cowboys Carl Roothman and Alessio Basile took care of business on court three, defeating Petar Teodorovic and Samuel Paquette, 6-4, securing the team point.
Kicking off singles action, Ferguson lost to Cornell's Melnic, to even things up at one a piece. The Big Red took the lead when Paquette defeated Basile on court six. Nathan Mao added to the Cornell lead when he took down Francisco Pini, on court five.
Garcia trumped Teodorovic, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 for the lone Cowboy singles point.
The deciding point came on court one, when No. 99 Radu Papoe beat Tyler Zink.
The Cowboys return to action at home on Friday against Wichita State at 5 p.m. (CST)
For season-long coverage of Cowboy Tennis, visit okstate.com and follow @cowboytennis on Twitter and Instagram.
Doubles Competition
- Sinha/Mao (COR) def. Becroft/Zink (OSU) 6-4
- Ferguson/Garcia (OSU) def. Melnic/Papoe (COR) 6-1
- Basile/Roothman (OSU) def. Teodorovic/Paquette (COR) 6-4
Singles Competition
- No. 99 Radu Papoe (COR) def. Tyler Zink (OSU) 6-2, 6-7(10), 6-2
- Vladislav Melnic (COR) def. Chase Ferguson (OSU) 7-6(5), 6-2
- Alex Garcia (OSU) def. Petar Teodorovic (COR) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3
- Isaac Becroft (OSU) v. Adit Sinha (COR) unf.
- Nathan Mao (COR) def. Francisco Pini (OSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Samuel Paquette (COR) def. Alessio Basile (OSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
Doubles: (2,1,3)
Singles: (2,6,5,3,1)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
272
Radu Papoe / 0 (99/-) [COR]
666
#2 Singles Match
12
62
Vladislav Melnic / 0 [COR]
76
#3 Singles Match
123
476
Petar Teodorovic / 0 [COR]
663
#4 Singles Match
1234
6610
Adit Sinha / 0 [COR]
742UF
#5 Singles Match
123
464
Nathan Mao / 0 [COR]
626
#6 Singles Match
123
362
Samuel Paquette / 0 [COR]
626
Order of Finish:
2,5,6,3,1
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