Tulsa Tennis Falls 4-0 to Alabama

Sunday, February 4

Tulsa, Okla.

1 pm

Tulsa

Alabama

Tulsa Tennis Falls 4-0 to Alabama

2/4/2018 2:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: The University of Tulsa copyright

TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa men's tennis team fell 4-0 to the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sunday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Alabama claimed the doubles point and won singles points at the No. 1, 3 and 4 positions to move to 9-0 on the season, while the Golden Hurricane fell to 3-6 on the season.

Alabama took the 1-0 lead in the match, but it wasn't without a battle by the Hurricane for the doubles point. Tulsa lost at the No. 2 position in doubles, but evened the doubles score when Louis Corker and Mitchell Pritchard claimed a 6-4 win at the No. 3 slot.

At the No. 1 doubles position, Tulsa's Joshua Goodger and Jarod Hing took a 3-1 lead, but the Crimson Tide team of Edson Ortiz and Mazen Osama took the next three games for a 4-3 lead. The match was tied again at 4 and 5, before Alabama's tandem took the last two games for a 7-5 win.

In singles, Patrick Kaukovalta claimed a 6-4, 6-1 win over Jarod Hing at the No. 3 position for a 2-0 Alabama lead. The Crimson Tide went up 3-0 when the No. 4 position was decided by a 6-2, 6-0 win by Edson Ortiz over Tulsa freshman Lucca Baptista.

Fellow Hurricane freshman Joshua Goodger dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Mazen Osama at the No. 1 singles position, thus clinching the Alabama victory.

Tulsa will be back in action at the Case Tennis Center on Friday, February 9, to face the nation's 18^th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. Match time is set for 6:00 p.m.

Alabama 4, Tulsa 0
SINGLES
#1       Mazen Osama (Alabama) def. #82 Joshua Goodger (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-3
#2       Thibault Cancel (Alabama) vs. #56 Majed Kilani (Tulsa) 6-1, 2-5 unfinished
#3       Patrick Kaukovalta (Alabama) def. Jared Hing (Tulsa) 6-4, 6-1
#4       Edson Ortiz (Alabama) def. Lucca Baptista (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-0
#5       Riccardo Roberto (Alabama) vs. Louis Corker (Tulsa) 7-6 (7), 1-0 unfinished
#6       Mitchell Pritchard (Tulsa) vs. Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 7-6 (7) unfinished
DOUBLES
#1       Ortiz/Osama (Alabama) def. Goodger/Hing (Tulsa) 7-5
#2       Cancel/Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) def. Baptista/Kilani (Tulsa) 6-3
#3       Corker/Pritchard (Tulsa) def. Roberto/Zhou (Alabama) 6-4

Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3, 4, 1)
Records: Tulsa 3-6, Alabama 9-0