Tulsa
New Mexico
Hurricane Dominated Lobos, 5-2, in Men's Tennis Action
2/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 9, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - The 51st-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team (4-3) defeated 61st-ranked New Mexico, 5-2 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on The University of Tulsa campus.
TU's 19th-ranked doubles team, Dustin Taylor and Ryan Livesay, crushed UNM's Henry Gers and Brent Salazar, 8-2 at the No. 1 doubles slot. The Golden Hurricane, however, lost at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, losing the doubles point.
In singles competition, on the other hand, TU dominated, winning five of six points. Tulsa's 43rd-ranked Alejandro Tejerina defeated New Mexico's 60th-ranked Bart Scott, 6-3, 6-4 in the top slot, while Taylor defeated Lobos' 67th-ranked Divan Coetzee, 6-1, 6-4.
In the middle of the line up, Golden Hurricane teammates Livesay and Shunsuke Shimizu defeated David Kowalski and Salazar at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, respectively, while Olof Sjolund picked up an easy win at the No. 6 slot, defeating New Mexico's Nick Ames, 6-1, 6-3.
#51 Tulsa vs. #61 New Mexico - February 9, 2003 Singles - #43 Alejandro Tejerina (TU) def. #60 Bart Scott (UNM), 6-3, 6-4 Dustin Taylor (TU) def. #67 Divan Coetzee (UNM), 6-1, 6-4 Ryan Livesay (TU) def. David Kowalski (UNM), 6-2, 6-3 Shunsuke Shimizu (TU) def. Brent Salazar (UNM), 6-1, 6-2 Jasmin Hodzic (UNM) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (TU), 6-0, 6-3 Olof Sjolund (TU) def. Nick Ames (UNM), 6-1, 6-3 Doubles - #19 Taylor/Livesay (TU) def. Henry Gers/Salazar (UNM), 8-2 Scott/Hodzic (UNM) def. Sjolund/Shimizu (TU), 8-6 Kowalski/Coetzee (UNM) def. Tejerina/Charpantidis (TU), 8-2
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