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Tulsa
No. 39 Rice
Tulsa Wins Clash Of Unbeatens With 5-2 Victory Over Rice
4/8/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2011
Final Stats
TULSA, OKLA. - The No. 35-ranked University of Tulsa men's tennis team handed No. 39 Rice its first loss in Conference USA action with a 5-2 victory at Case Tennis Center Friday night.
The Golden Hurricane (15-6, 6-0 C-USA) won the doubles point with a strong effort from the No. 1 team of junior Ashley Watling and sophomore Clifford Marsland, and TU captured four of the six singles matches against the highly-ranked Owls (13-7, 3-1 C-USA).
The No. 3 doubles team of junior Rusty Turpin and sophomore Grant Ive started doubles competition with an 8-3 loss to Sam Garforth-Bles and Christian Saravia.
That would be the only doubles match that Rice would claim as the No. 86-ranked pair of sophomore Marcelo Arevalo and freshman Japie de Klerk won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles over Michael Nuesslein and Peter Frank. They are now 14-0 in doubles action.
Marsland and Watling comprise the No. 24-ranked pair in the nation, and the No. 1 tandem won four of the last five games to capture a 9-7 victory over Harry Fowler and Oscar Podlewski to secure the doubles point for Tulsa.
The Golden Hurricane jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-2 win from sophomore Tristan Jackson, but the Owls cut the deficit to 2-1 with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 win from Frank at the second position over No. 99-ranked De Klerk. The loss for De Klerk was his first of the season, and he is now 19-1 this season.
Tulsa pumped its lead to 3-1 following a comeback victory from Watling at the third position after he dropped Garforth-Bles 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
The road side was again able to cut into the lead when Saravia posted a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win over Ive from the fifth position.
With the match hanging in the balance, Marsland came through for the home team with a 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 win over Podlewski at the fourth position.
Arevalo, the No. 46-ranked singles player in the nation, took down No. 97-ranked Fowler 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at the top of the lineup for an insurance point for the Golden Hurricane.
Arevalo has now won 12 of his last 14 matches.
Tulsa steps out of conference for a match in College Station, Texas, with No. 5 Texas A&M at 2 p.m. April 13.
Tennis Match Results
Apr 08, 2011 at Tulsa, Okla.
(Case Tennis Center)
#35 Tulsa 5, #39 Rice 2
Singles competition
1. #46 Marcelo Arevalo (TLS) def. #97 Harry Fowler (RICE) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
2. Peter Frank (RICE) def. #99 Japie de Klerk (TLS) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
3. #80 Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Sam Garforth-Bles (RICE) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Oscar Podlewski (RICE) 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4
5. Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Grant Ive (TLS) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
6. Tristan Jackson (TLS) def. Michael Nuesslein (RICE) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #24 Clifford Marsland/Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Harry Fowler/Oscar Podlewski (RICE) 9-7
2. #86 Marcelo Arevalo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Michael Nuesslein/Peter Frank (RICE) 8-3
3. Sam Garforth-Bles/Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Grant Ive/Rusty Turpin (TLS) 8-3
Match Notes:
Rice 13-7, 3-1 C-USA; National ranking #39
Tulsa 15-6, 6-0 C-USA; National ranking #35
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,3,5,4,1)
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