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Tulsa
Wake Forest
#52 Tulsa Men's Tennis Team Wins Doubles Point but Falls to #27 Wake Forest
2/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 26, 2005
Tulsa, Okla. - The No.52-ranked University of Tulsa men's tennis team dropped its fourth straight match of the season to the #27-ranked Wake Forest, 5-2, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, despite getting out to the early lead after winning the doubles point. TU is now 9-5 on the season.
The Golden Hurricane jumped out to an early lead as it won the best of three in doubles action. Achim Roth and Aleksander Charpantidis defeated Derrick Spice and Brett Ross, 9-8. Diego Camacho and Andy Connelly paired up to defeat Todd Paul and Marius Adamski, 8-5.
Freshman Will Gray was TU's lone victory in singles competition. Gray defeated Marius Adamski, 6-3, 7-6. In the number one ladder position, Roth dropped his match to Spice in a three set thriller, with Spice winning 6-3, 0-6, 7-5. Federico Soriano lost to #71-ranked Todd Paul, 2-6, 2-6. #70 Andrew Hamar defeated Aleksander Charpantidis, 6-4, 6-2. And Wake Forest's third ranked player, #77 Brett Ross, posted a 7-6, 6-3 win over Ricardo Soriano.
TU returns to action March 5, as they travel for the first time this spring, to Mobile, Ala. to the Blue-Gray Classic.
Wake Forest 5, Tulsa 2 Doubles Achim Roth/Aleksander Charpantidis def. Derrick Spice/Brett Ross, 9-8 Diego Camacho/Andy Connelly def. Todd Paul/Marius Adamski, 8-5 Liron Strauss/Andrew Hamar def. Federico Soriano/Ricardo Soriano, 9-8
Singles Derrick Spice def. Achim Roth, 3-6 6-0 7-5 #71 Todd Paul def. Federico Soriano, 6-2 6-2 #70 Andrew Hamar def. Aleksander Charpantidis, 6-4 6-2 #77 Brett Ross def. Ricardo Soriano, 7-6 6-3 Will Gray def. Marius Adamski, 6-3 7-6 Liron Strauss def. Andy Connelly, 7-6 6-3
