Tulsa
LSU
Tulsa Splits Victories with LSU on Saturday
2/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 22, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - Tulsa's 50th-ranked women's tennis team and 54th-ranked men's tennis team went head-to-head against Louisiana State on Saturday at the W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In the women's competition, the Golden Hurricane defeated the 63rd-ranked Lady Tigers, 4-3, winning the all-important doubles point to win the dual. TU's 20th-ranked Alicia Pillay defeated 116th-ranked Rocio Fantilli, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 1 singles position, while 102nd-ranked Aleksandra Durska earned a victory over LSU's Jessica Ferguson, 6-3, 6-3, in the No. 2 slot. Also for Tulsa, Daniela Muscolino earned a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5, victory at the No. 4 position over Marina Chiarelli.
In the doubles action, Tulsa won the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots, as Pillay and Durska combined to defeat the 60th-ranked tandem, Fantilli and Lauren Seaman, and Mariana Barrios and Donata Majauskaite defeated Ferguson and Amanda Mang.
On the men's side, the Golden Hurricane suffered a 6-1 loss to the 24th-ranked Tigers. Senior Alejandro Tejerina, the 43rd-ranked player in the nation, overcame Peter Richman, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (1), at the No. 1 position to net Tulsa's lone point. Tejerina also won his doubles match with partner Aleksander Charpantidis, 8-5.
Tulsa's 19th-ranked doubles tandem, Ryan Livesay and Dustin Taylor, was upset, 8-4, by 24th-ranked Bryan Fisher and Jason Hazley at the No. 1 doubles position.
The Golden Hurricane continues men's and women's tennis action in Louisiana on Sunday, facing Tulane in Baton Rouge. The matches are set to begin at noon.
WOMEN'S #50 Tulsa vs. #63 LSU - February 22, 2003 Singles #20 Alicia Pillay (Tulsa) def. #116 Rocio Fantilli (LSU), 6-4, 6-2 #102 Aleksandra Durska (Tulsa) def. Jessica Ferguson (LSU), 6-3, 6-3 Amanda Mang (LSU) def. Donata Majauskaite (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-3 Daniela Muscolino (Tulsa) def. Marina Chiarelli (LSU), 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5 Daysi Espinal (LSU) def. Tiffany Smith (Tulsa), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Camila Caliari (LSU) def. Timberly Greenly (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-0 Doubles Durska/Pillay (Tulsa) def. #60 Fantilli/Seaman (LSU), 8-4 Barrios/Majauskaite (Tulsa) def. Ferguson/Mang (LSU), 8-6 Caliari/Espinal (LSU) def. Buhagiar/Muscolino (Tulsa), 8-2MEN'S #54 Tulsa vs. #24 LSU - February 22, 2003 Singles #43 Alejandro Tejerina (UT) def. Peter Richman (LSU), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (1) #74 Sebastian Rutka (LSU) def. Dustin Taylor (UT), 3-6, 7-6 (8), 1-0 (def) #124 Jason Hazley (LSU) def. Ryan Livesay (UT), 6-4, 6-1 #101 Bryan Fisher (LSU) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (UT), 6-2, 6-3 Cory Ross (LSU) def. Olof Sjolund (UT), 6-2, 6-0 Brandon Nicholson (LSU) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (UT), 7-6 (4), 6-3 Doubles #24 Fisher/Hazley (LSU) def. #19 Livesay/Taylor (UT), 8-4 #53 Ross/Rutka (LSU) def. Matthews/Shimizu (UT), 8-4 Charpantidis/Tejerina (UT) def. Nicholson/Richman (LSU), 8-5
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