Tulsa
Va Commonwealth
VCU Dominates Tulsa Men's Tennis Team, 7-0
2/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 28, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - The 56th-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team fell, 7-0, to 19th-ranked Virginia Commonwealth Friday night at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the University of Tulsa campus.
Florian Marquardt and Pedro Nieto upset Tulsa's 48th-ranked doubles tandem, Ryan Livesay and Dustin Taylor, in the top doubles slot, 8-5, as Tom Murray and John Matthews fell at the No. 2 position, 8-0. Alejandro Tejerina and Aleksander Charpantidis also fell to VCU, 9-8.
Virginia Commonwealth's Marquardt upset Tulsa's 38th-ranked Tejerina in the No. 1 singles position, 7-5, 6-4, while Marton Ott upset TU's 70th-ranked Taylor in the No. 2 position, 6-3, 6-0. Also in the top half of the lineup Tulsa's Livesay fell, 7-6, 6-0, to 125th-ranked Nieto.
In the bottom half of the lineup VCU's 111th-ranked Daniel Casquero defeated Olof Sjolund, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 5 position.
#56 Tulsa vs. #19 Virginia Commonwealth - February 28, 2003 - Home - L, 7-0 Singles - #53 Florian Marquardt (VCU) def. #38 Alejandro Tejerina (TU), 7-5, 6-4 Marton Ott (VCU) def. #70 Dustin Taylor (TU), 6-3, 6-0 #125 Pedro Nieto (VCU) def. Ryan Livesay (TU), 7-6, 6-0 Mats Norin (VCU) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (TU), 6-3, 6-3 #111 Daniel Casquero (VCU) def. Olof Sjolund (TU), 6-1, 6-1 Francesc Lleal (VCU) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (TU), 6-2, 6-2 Doubles - Marquardt/Nieto (VCU) def. #48 Taylor/Livesay (TU), 8-5 Ott/Norin (VCU) def. Murray/Matthews (TU), 8-0 Casquero/Lleal (VCU) def. Charpantidis/Tejerina (TU), 9-8
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