Tulsa Men’s Tennis Sends Duo to Quarterfinals of ITA Regionals

STILLWATER, Okla. – The University of Tulsa Men's Tennis team sent a doubles duo to the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Region Championships on Friday evening as Okkie Kellerman and Francois Kellerman won their second match of the weekend to move to the final eight pairs of the tournament. In singles play, Majed Kilani and Daniel Santos advanced after winning their round of 32 matches in the morning before bowing out of the tournament in their afternoon matches.

Okkie and Francois Kellerman teamed up in the doubles round of 16, defeating Meraut and Nathan Roper of Oklahoma State in a tightly contested 8-6 match to advance to the quarterfinals tomorrow. The Kellerman duo will look for a semifinal birth tomorrow against Piotr Baranski and Alex Pozo of Southern Illinois.

Jarod Hing and Santos could not replicate their team's prior doubles success against another duo from OSU as they fell 8-4 to the 52^nd-ranked pair of Lucas Gerch and Jurence Mendoza.

After receiving a first-round bye into the round of 64, Kilani put in a solid performance as he defeated Chris Dean of Nebraska in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Kilani fell behind in his round of 32 match against UMKC's Airam Castellano after falling in the first set 6-3, but bounced back in the second to send it the distance with a 6-3 win of his own. The sophomore could not pull off the rally as he fell to Castellano in the third, 6-2.

Santos' run continued after winning his opening round match yesterday as he dropped just three games in a straight sets win over Saint Louis' Oscar Pachon 6-2, 6-1 to move to the round of 32. Santos run would end in the round of 32 as he was defeated by Tristan Meraut of Oklahoma State 6-4, 6-3.

Francois Kellerman played a tight first set against Southern Illinois' Piotr Baranski, but ultimately fell 7-5 in the opening frame before dropping the second 6-1. Chase Gordon's weekend run also ended in the round of 64 as he was defeated by 50^th-ranked Spencer Papa of Oklahoma 6-2, 6-2.

Okkie Kellerman fell behind a set in his match against Felix Corwin of Minnesota, dropping the opening frame 6-1 before bouncing back with a 6-4 win in the second set. Kellerman could not repeat his second set performance as he was bested by Corwin in the third, 6-2.

Dominic Bechard bounced back in consolation play after dropping his opening match yesterday afternoon, defeating Oral Roberts' Zac Price in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Mitchell Pritchard split his first two sets in his consolation match against Jesse Sprinkle of Minnesota, taking the first set 6-2 before dropping the second 6-2. Pritchard went on to grind out a win in the third set tiebreak, 1-0 (13-11).

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Tulsa Men’s Tennis Sends Duo to Quarterfinals of ITA Regionals

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