Men's Tennis Loses Tough One at Oklahoma State

Saturday, April 17

Stillwater, Okla.

1:30 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

Oklahoma State

Men's Tennis Loses Tough One at Oklahoma State

April 17, 2004 | Men's Tennis

April 17, 2004

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team lost a tough match to No. 29 Oklahoma State, 4-3, in Stillwater, Okla., today. The 67th-ranked Red Raiders fall to 11-10 overall and 2-4 in the Big 12.

All three of Tech's points came in singles play. No. 72 junior Jakob Paulsen defeated No. 25 Mark Van Elden, 5-7, 6-4, 14-12, at the No. 1 position. At No. 2 singles, freshman Bojan Szumanski beat Yevgen Bondarchuk, 6-3, 6-2. Tech's other point came from the No. 4 spot as freshman Dinko Halachev defeated Boris Kuharic, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

The Red Raiders' doubles tandem of freshman Teddi DiBlasi and junior Michael Innerebner defeated Juan Felipe Diaz and Tomas Bohunicky, 9-8.

"Oklahoma State is a very good team that is ranked No. 29 in the country," said head coach Tim Siegel. "It was another close match for us. We were right in there. I felt the doubles was a key for us and I thought we should have won that point. Jakob had a very big win over a player who was ranked No. 25 in the nation."

Tech will play at Oklahoma tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in its final regular-season match of the year.

Men's Tennis

No. 67 Texas Tech at No. 29 Oklahoma State

April 17, 2004

OSU 4, TTU 3


Singles
No. 1 - Jakob Paulsen (TTU) def. Mark Van Elden (OSU), 5-7, 6-4, 14-12
No. 2 - Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. Yevgen Bondarchuk (OSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 - Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) def. Esat Tanik (TTU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Dinko Halachev (TTU) def. Boris Kuharic (OSU), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
No. 5 - Daniel Byrnes (OSU) def. Michael Innerebner (TTU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 - Juan Felipe Diaz (OSU) def. Dimitrio Martinez (TTU), 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 - Kuharic/Bondarchuk (OSU) def.  Halachev/Tanik (TTU), 8-6
No. 2 - Van Elden/Byrnes (OSU) def. Paulsen/Szumanski (TTU), 8-4
No. 3 - DiBlasi/Innerebner (TTU) def. Diaz/Bohunicky (OSU), 9-8