Tulsa
No. 50 USF
TU Wins Slugfest At USF, 5-2
3/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 17, 2011
TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Tulsa men's tennis team battled a tough atmosphere in Florida to defeat USF Thursday afternoon at the USF Varsity Courts.
The No. 27-ranked Golden Hurricane (13-4) came out of a treacherous five-game road stretch with a 4-1 mark and wins over three ranked opponents.
The No. 50-ranked Bulls (8-5) won the doubles point, but Tulsa fought through a rough road atmosphere to win five of six singles matches and claim the team victory.
Junior Rusty Turpin and sophomore Alastair Barnes kicked off doubles action with an 8-6 loss to Wael Kilani and Sebastian Hagn from the third position.
The No. 20-ranked tandem of junior Ashley Watling and sophomore Clifford Marsland defeated No. 62-ranked Lucas Jovita and Jamal Adderley 8-6 at the top of the lineup, but the No. 67-ranked pair of sophomore Marcelo Arevalo and freshman Japie De Klerk lost their first match as a team, 8-7 (8-6), to Romain Deridder and Yannick Yoshizawa at No. 2 doubles.
The duo is now 9-1 this season.
Watling, the No. 68-ranked singles player in the nation, evened the team score at 1-1 with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Adderley at No. 3.
The Golden Hurricane took the lead for good after sophomore Grant Ive took down Yoshizawa 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) from the fifth position. No. 123-ranked Marsland defeated Deridder 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-3 from the fourth spot, and No. 123-ranked De Klerk clinched the match for Tulsa with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 triumph for Kilani at No. 2 singles.
With TU leading 4-1, the two teams split the final two singles matches for the 5-2 Golden Hurricane victory.
No. 59 Arevalo defeated No. 73 Jovita 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 from the top of the order, and sophomore Tristan Jackson lost at No. 6 singles to Juan Carlos Gerad 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2.
The loss by Jackson was just the second for Tulsa this season from the sixth position.
The Golden Hurricane will return home at 1 p.m. March 26 for a matchup against Conference USA foe Tulane at Case Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
Mar 17, 2011 at Tampa, Fla.
(USF Varsity Courts)
#27 Tulsa 5, #50 USF 2
Singles competition
1. #59 Marcelo Arevalo (TLS) def. #73 Lucas Jovita (USF) 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
2. #123 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Wael Kilani (USF) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
3. #68 Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Jamal Adderley (USF) 6-2, 6-2
4. #123 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Romain Deridder (USF) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-3
5. Grant Ive (TLS) def. Yannick Yoshizawa (USF) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Juan Carlos Gerad (USF) def. Tristan Jackson (TLS) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #20 Ashley Watling/Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #62 Lucas Jovita/Jamal Adderley (USF) 8-6
2. Romain Deridder/Yannick Yoshizawa (USF) def. #67 Marcelo Arevalo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-7 (8-6)
3. Wael Kilani/Sebastian Hagn (USF) def. Rusty Turpin/Alastair Barnes (TLS) 8-6
Match Notes:
Tulsa 13-4; National ranking #27
USF 8-5; National ranking #50
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,5,4,2,6,1)
