Tulsa Men's Tennis Cruises Past Indiana, 5-2

Friday, February 26

Case Tennis Center

6:00 PM

Tulsa

Indiana

Tulsa Men's Tennis Cruises Past Indiana, 5-2

2/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Feb. 26, 2010

Results

TULSA, Okla. - The 33rd-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team showed no signs of rust after a two-week layoff with a 5-2 win over 48th-ranked Indiana on Friday night at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The Hurricane breezed through doubles play winning all three matches, marking its first doubles sweep since the season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Jan. 14th.

Tulsa's 44th-ranked tandem of Philip Stephens and Ashley Watling quickly dispatched of Jeremy Langer and Stephen Vogl, 8-2, in No. 1 doubles, followed by Marko Ballok and Alastair Barnes defeating Maxime Armengaud and Lachlan Ferguson, 8-6, in the second flight. Grant Ive and Rusty Turpin topped Santiago Gruter and Isade Juneau, 8-5, in the No. 3 position to complete the sweep.

TU continued to storm through singles winning the first three matches and four-out-of-six total. Freshman Alastair Barnes snapped a three-match losing streak with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Josh MacTaggart in the No. 3 slot. Freshman Grant Ive defeated Maxime Armengaud, 6-4, 6-3, in No. 5 singles, followed by senior Philip Stephens beating Jeremy Langer 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 1 position.

Sophomore Ashley Watling capped off the 5-2 win with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Santiago Gruter in the No. 2 position after Tulsa suffered its only pair of losses in the No. 4 and 6 flights.

"I thought we played pretty consistent," Head Coach Vince Westbrook said. "We looked fresh after having a couple of weeks off and it showed tonight. One thing I like about this team is that we battle and we don't panic. Now we have to get ready for a very good Auburn team on Sunday. Eric Shore is one of the best coaches in America and it is always a battle against them."

Tulsa returns to the court against 35th-ranked Auburn at Noon Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.