Tulsa Men’s Tennis Team Falls To No. 25-Ranked Northwestern

Friday, January 22

Champaign, Ill.

2:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Northwestern

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Team Falls To No. 25-Ranked Northwestern

1/22/2016 5:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

TULSA, Okla. – The Univeristy of Tulsa men's tennis team fell to No. 25-ranked Northwestern in a 4-1 decision Friday afternoon at the Akins Tennis Center in Champaign, Ill. as part of the 2016 ITA Kick-Off Weekend.

There are 60 schools around the nation that are competing for 15 vacant spots at the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship, hosted next month in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The No. 24-ranked Golden Hurricane, 2-1 overall, dropped the first two matches in doubles play giving Northwestern a 1-0 match advantage, which allowed for the final doubles match not to finish play. In singles play, Juan Matias Gonzalez was the only Hurricane to pick up a win giving TU its only point before Northwestern went on to win three straight to end the dual 4-1. There were two singles matches that did not finish play.

TU will take on the loser of the Illinois vs. Notre Dame dual, which starts at 6:00 p.m.

Live scoring for the matches can be found here.

Tulsa 1, Northwestern 4
SINGLES
1. Konrad Zieba (Northwestern) defeated Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-2
2. Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) vs. Sam Shropshire (Northwestern), 6-2, 4-6, 3-5 DNF
3. Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) defeated Majed Kilani (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-3
4. Fedor Baev (Northwestern) defeated Matthew Kirby (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Juan Matias Gonzalez (Tulsa) defeated Alp Horoz (Northwestern), 7-5, 6-2
6. Mitchell Prichard (Tulsa) vs. Ben Vandixhorn (Northwestern), 6-3, 5-7, 2-3 DNF

DOUBLES
1. Baev/Kirchheimer (Northwestern) defeated Kirby/McCloskey (Tulsa), 6-3
2. Zieba/Shropshire vs. F.Kellerman/O.Kellerman (Tulsa), 5-5 DNF
3. Kumar/Horoz defeated Gonzalez/Bautista (Tulsa), 6-3

Records: Tulsa 2-1, Northwestern 3-0

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The University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center is host site for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Championships, May 19-30