Francois and Okkie Kellerman to Represent Tulsa Men’s Tennis in the ITA Regional Doubles Semifinals
10/22/2016 4:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis
STILLWATER, Okla. –– Francois and Okkie Kellerman will represent Tulsa Men's Tennis in the doubles semifinals of the ITA Central Region Championships at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center on the Oklahoma State campus after winning their third match in as many days to move to the final four.
After playing a tightly contested 8-6 match yesterday, the Kellerman duo found themselves in a similar situation this afternoon against Southern Illinois' Piotr Baranski and Alex Pozo as the Tulsa pair battled their way to a 9-7 victory. Their semifinal match is slated for tomorrow afternoon against the Oracle/ITA Preseason No. 20 pair of Alex Ghilea and Spencer Papa from Oklahoma.
The duo will look to represent Tulsa in the doubles finals for the first time since the 2011 event, when current assistant and former Golden Hurricane Clifford Marsland and teammate Ashley Watling won the championship.
Freshman Jarod Hing won his second and third consecutive consolation matches, defeating Alex Woodword of Nebraska-Omaha 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-2) before downing Minnesota's Jeremy Lynn in his second match of the day, 6-1, 6-1. Hing will continue consolation play tomorrow.
Chase Gordon and Dominic Bechard wrapped up consolation singles play early in the afternoon, both dropping their matches 6-2, 6-4 to Minnesota's Josip Krstanovic and Kareem Allaf of Iowa, respectively.
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