Cowboy Tennis Downs Abilene Christian, 6-1

Saturday, April 5

Waco, TX

3 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Abilene Christian

April 05, 2025 | Cowboy Tennis

WACO, Texas – Oklahoma State's men's tennis team got back on the winning track, defeating Abilene Christian, 6-1, in a non-conference match on Saturday afternoon at the Watkins Tennis Center.

The win improves the Cowboys to 8-12 overall, while the loss drops the Wildcats to 11-10. Oklahoma State is now 3-0 all-time against ACU. Additionally, the victory was the Cowboys' sixth-straight win over a non-conference opponent.

OSU claimed the opening point of the afternoon in doubles action, as Nicolas Kobelt and Finn Hopfe defeated Merse Deli and Dennis Dutine, 6-1, and Ian Bracks and Thomas Gadecki bested Ethan Scribner and Alejandro Verdacaso, 6-3.

OSU's No 107 Becroft made quick work of his match on court one, taking down Morozov, 6-1, 6-2, for the captain's seventh win of the season.

Gadecki picked up his first win since Feb. 22 after a 6-1, 6-4 win on court five to push the match to the brink.

Bracks clinched the match for the Cowboys, defeating Merse Deli, 6-1, 6-2. Bracks joins Derek Pham with a double-digit win total on the year.

After the match was clinched, Ben Stecker picked up a 6-2, 7-5 win over Tomas Tischner for his fifth win in his last six completed matches.

Derek Pham picked up the final point of the afternoon, defeating Dutine, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (4). Pham trailed 4-1 in the tiebreak before rallying with nine-straight points to win the match.

Matei Onofrei dropped OSU's only match of the night in a 10-point tiebreaker.

OSU concludes its five-match road trip against No. 16 Baylor tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center.

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Singles competition

No. 107 Isaac Becroft (OSU) def. Daniel Morozov (ACU), 6-1, 6-2
Derek Pham (OSU) def. Dennis Dutine (ACU), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (4)
Ian Bracks (OSU) def. Merse Deli (ACU), 6-1, 6-2
Ben Stecker (OSU) def. Tomas Tischner (ACU), 6-1, 7-5
Thomas Gadecki (OSU) def. Martin Delnido (ACU), 6-1, 6-4
Benjamin McDonald (ACU) def. Matei Onofrei (OSU), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (8)

Doubles competition

Alessio Basile and Isaac Becroft (OSU) vs. Daniel Morozov and Bejamin McDonald (ACU), 5-4, unf.
Ian Bracks and Thomas Gadecki (OSU) def. Ethan Scribner and Alejandro Verdacaso (ACU), 6-3
Nicolas Kobelt and Finn Hopfe (OSU) def. Merse Deli and Dennis Dutine (ACU), 6-1

Order of finish:
Doubles (3, 2); Singles (1, 5, 3, 4, 6, 2)