Tulsa
Arkansas
TU Men's Tennis Falls to Razorbacks, 4-3
2/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 11, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - The 51st-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team fell 4-3 to 31st-ranked Arkansas tonight at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on The University of Tulsa campus.
TU's 19th-ranked doubles tandem, Dustin Taylor and Ryan Livesay, defeated the Razorback's Nathan Price and Eduardo Pacheco, 8-3. Alejandro Tejerina and Aleksander Charpantidis also earned a hard-fought victory, overcoming Arkansas' Rohan Gajjar and Matt Roberts, 8-6, to win the doubles point.
In single competition, Taylor continued his winning streak, defeating 57th-ranked Aleksey Bubis, 6-1, 7-6. He is now 7-0 during the Spring 2003 season and is 3-0 against ranked opponents. Netting a comeback win for the Golden Hurricane was Livesay, defeating 104th-ranked Pacheco, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
#51 Tulsa vs. #31 Arkansas - February 11, 2003 Singles - Nathan Price (Ark.) def. #43 Alejandro Tejerina (TU). 6-2, 7-5 Dustin Taylor (TU) def. #57 Aleksey Bubis (Ark.), 6-1, 7-6 Ryan Livesay (TU) def. #104 Eduardo Pacheco (Ark.), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Adrains Zguns (Ark.) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (TU), 6-3, 6-2 Rohan Gajjar (Ark.) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (TU), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Matt Roberts (Ark.) def. Olof Sjolund (TU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Doubles - #19 Taylor/Livesay (TU) def. Price/Pacheco (Ark.), 8-3 Bubis/Parker (Ark.) def. Shimizu/Sjolund (TU), 9-7 Tejerina/Charpantidis (TU) def. Gajjar/Roberts (Ark.), 8-6
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