TU Follows Upset of No. 46 Drake with a Victory Against Omaha

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TU Follows Upset of No. 46 Drake with a Victory Against Omaha

3/11/2018 7:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. – Tulsa (9-10) opened the day with a 4-2 upset of No. 46 ranked Drake (11-8) on Sunday morning. The Hurricane went on to defeat Omaha (9-10), 5-2, in the nightcap at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Majed Kilani, Joshua Goodger and Jarod Hing each collected two singles victories on the day.

Tulsa 4, #46 Drake 2

Tom Hands and Ben Clark knocked off the Tulsa tandem of Louis Corker and Mitchell Pritchard, 6-3, in the No. 3 doubles match.
Kilani and Baptista collected a win at the No. 2 doubles position, as they bested Ben Wood and Finley Hall, 6-3. Goodger and Hing came up big with a 7-5 victory in the No. 1 doubles match against Vinny Gillespie and Barny Thorold. The Golden Hurricane took a 1-0 lead into singles play.

Boriss Kamdem fell to Wood in the No. 6 singles match, 6-4 and 6-2. Drake tied the match at 1-1.

The No. 71 ranked Goodger claimed the opening stanza of the No. 2 singles match, 6-4, against Hands. Goodger managed to break Hands' serve in the 10th game of the second set, to tie the set at 5-5. After getting a game on serve, Goodger broke Hands once again and won the second set, 7-5. Goodger's victory put TU up, 2-1.

Clark tied the match when he defeated Baptista, 6-4 and 6-4, in the No. 4 singles position.

Hing started the No. 3 singles match with a 6-4 victory against Thorold. The two needed a tiebreaker to decide the winner of the second. Hing notched a 7-4 victory in the tiebreaker, on his way to winning the second set and the match. Hing put Tulsa back on top, 3-2.

The No. 118 ranked Kilani squared off with Gillespie at the No. 1 spot. The two battled each other to a tiebreaker in the opening set, which Kilani won, 7-5. After Kilani took the first set, 7-6 (7-5), Gillespie claimed the second stanza, 6-4. Kilani was resilient as he went on to capture a 6-3, third-set victory. Kilani clinched the 4-2 upset victory over Drake.

Tulsa 5, Omaha 2
Pritchard and Corker ran away with 6-1 victory in the No. 3 doubles match against Matt Dunn and Luke Moorhead. Kilani and Baptista claimed a 7-5 victory over Abdoul Ouattara and Alex Woodward at the No. 2 spot.

Razvan Grigorescu and Nathan Reekie beat Goodger and Hing, 6-4 in the No. 1 doubles match. However, the Hurricane held a 1-0 lead at the conclusion of doubles play.
No. 71 ranked Goodger breezed through Ouattara in the No. 2 position and captured a 6-2 victory in both sets. Goodger put Tulsa up 2-0 and improved to 11-4 on the year in dual singles matches.

Hing stormed away with a 6-0 victory in the first set of the No. 4 singles match against Dunn. Hing continued his success in the second, as he surrendered just one game in his 6-1 victory. Hing improved to 8-10 on the season for dual singles matches and put the Golden Hurricane up 3-0.

Kilani, ranked No. 118, won the first set of the No. 1 singles match against Grigorescu, 6-2. Kilani used the momentum from the first in the second, as he triumphed with the same score from the first, 6-2. Kilani clinched the match victory for the Hurricane and improved to 11-4 mark in dual singles matches.

Marko Minic bested Kamdem at the No. 6 spot, 4-6, 7-5 and 10-6. The third set was a super tiebreaker due to Tulsa having already clinched the match. Woodward knocked off Corker in the No. 5 match, 6-2, 5-7, and 10-7. These two matches made the score 4-2, in favor of TU.

Baptista claimed the first set, 7-6 (7-3), after Reekie forced a tiebreaker in the No. 3 singles match. Baptista managed to distance himself in the second, as he capitalized on a break point, for a 6-4 victory. Baptista made the final match score 5-2 and improved his record to 10-8 in dual singles competition.

With the two victories, Tulsa is now 9-10 on the season. The Golden Hurricane returns to action March 16-18, as it travels to Palm Springs, California, for the Oracle Collegiate Tennis Challenge. Match times and opponents will be announced at a later date.

Tulsa 4, #46 Drake 2
Singles competition
1. #118 Majed Kilani (TU) def. Vinny Gillespie (DU) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-3
2. #71 Joshua Goodger (TU) def. Tom Hands (DU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Jarod Hing (TU) def. Barny Thorold (DU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Ben Clark (DU) def. Lucca Baptista (TU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Mitchell Pritchard (TU) vs. Finley Hall (DU) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 4-2, unfinished
6. Ben Wood (DU) def. Boriss Kamdem (TU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Joshua Goodger/Jarod Hing (TU) def. Vinny Gillespie/Barny Thorold (DU) 7-5
2. Lucca Baptista/Majed Kilani (TU) def. Ben Wood/Finley Hall (DU) 6-3
3. Tom Hands/Ben Clark (DU) def. Louis Corker/Mitchell Pritchard (TU) 6-3

Drake 11-8; National ranking #46
Tulsa 8-10
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,4,3,1)
Official: Bob Holland T-2:57 A-97

Tulsa 5, Omaha 2
Singles competition
1. #118 Majed Kilani (TU) def. Razvan Grigorescu (Omaha) 6-2, 6-2
2. #71 Joshua Goodger (TU) def. Abdoul Ouattara (Omaha) 6-2, 6-2
3. Lucca Baptista (TU) def. Nathan Reekie (Omaha) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
4. Jarod Hing (TU) def. Matt Dunn (Omaha) 6-0, 6-1
5. Alex Woodward (Omaha) def. Louis Corker (TU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-7
6. Marko Minic (Omaha) def. Boriss Kamdem (TU) 4-6, 7-5, 10-6

Doubles competition
1. Razvan Grigorescu/Nathan Reekie (Omaha) def. Joshua Goodger/Jarod Hing (TU) 6-4
2. Majed Kilani/Lucca Baptista (TU) def. Abdoul Ouattara/Alex Woodward (Omaha) 7-5
3. Mitchell Pritchard/Louis Corker (TU) def. Matt Dunn/Luke Moorhead (Omaha) 6-1

Omaha 5-11
Tulsa 9-10
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,4,1,6,5,3)
Official: Bob Holland T-2:50 A-107

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