Tulsa
Rice
TU Men's Tennis Loses to #32 Rice, 5-2
2/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 12, 2005
Tulsa, Okla. - The No.47-ranked University of Tulsa men's tennis team lost its second match of the season to No. 32 Rice Saturday, 5-2, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane is 9-2 on the season.
In doubles competition, Rice won the doubles point as they swept the three matches. TU's No. 41-ranked Achim Roth and Aleksander Charpantidis fell to Robert Searle and Ben Harknett, 8-6.
In singles competition, Federico Soriano got the first win for the Golden Hurricane, as he beat Ben Harknett, 6-3, 6-3, to tie the match at one. Brother Ricardo Soriano followed suit, winning 6-1, 6-4 over Jason Mok, giving the Hurricane a 2-1 advantage. Aleksander Charpantidis lost to Tony Haerle, 6-3, 6-4, to tie the match back two.
Rice then took charge of the match. Ralph Knupfer knocked off Will Gray, 7-5, 6-1. After leading 4-0 in the second set, Lucques Maasdorp lost to Hoony Shin, 6-2, 6-4. Rice's #11-ranked player Robert Searle went three sets with Achim Roth, to win, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
Tulsa hosts #28-ranked Texas at 12 noon, Sunday, February 13.
Doubles Robert Searle/Ben Harknett def. #41 Achim Roth/Aleksander Charpantidis, 8-6 Filip Zivojinovic/Tony Haerle def. Will Gray/Lucques Maasdorp, 8-2 Take Morita/Jason Mok def. Diego Camacho/Ricardo Soriano, 8-6Singles #11 Robert Searle def. Achim Roth, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 Tony Hearle def. Aleksander Charpantidis, 6-3, 6-4 Federico Soriano def. Ben Harknett, 6-3, 6-3 Ricardo Soriano def. Jason Mok, 6-1, 6-4 Ralph Knupfer def. Will Gray, 7-5, 6-1 Hoony Shin def. Lucques Maasdorp, 6-2, 6-4
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