Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 4 Virginia, 6-1, Thursday Afternoon

Thursday, March 10

Tulsa, Okla.

5:00 p.m.

Tulsa

University of Virginia

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 4 Virginia, 6-1, Thursday Afternoon

3/10/2016 8:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa men's tennis team lost to No. 4 Virginia in a 6-1 decision Thursday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The No. 26-ranked Golden Hurricane falls to an overall 7-6 record, while the Cavaliers improve to 11-2 overall.

Or Ram-Harel and Juan Matias Gonzalez (No. 2) defeated Virginia's No. 7 nationally ranked doubles team Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger, 6-4, to give Tulsa an early advantage. Luca Corintelli and Ryan Shane of Virginia (No. 1) defeated Matthew Kirby and Dylan McCloskey, 6-4, to tie the doubles match at 1-1. With the doubles point on the line, Virginia's Collin Altamirano and J.C. Aragone (No. 3) defeated Carlos Bautista and Dominic Bechard in a 7-5 decision to take a 1-0 match lead going into singles play.

The Cavaliers momentum from the doubles point carried over to singles play as Henrik Wiersholm (No. 5) defeated Francois Kellerman, 6-1, 6-2, before Mac Styslinger (No. 6) defeated Dominic Bechard, 6-1, 6-4, to take a 3-0 match lead. Ryan Shane (No. 1) defeated TU's Or Ram-Harel, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch the Virginia win. Majed Kilani (No. 4) defeated J.C. Aragone, 6-2, 6-4, to give the Hurricane its lone win of the day.

Tulsa will play host to #15-ranked Southern Cal on Saturday at 12 noon.

No. 4 Virginia 6, No. 26 Tulsa 1
Singles
1. #14 Ryan Shane (UVA) def. #39 Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-3
2. #47 Collin Altamirano (UVA) def. Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) 6-4, 6-4
3. #3 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. Dylan McCloskey (Tulsa) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
4. Majed Kilani (Tulsa) def. #116 J.C. Aragone (UVA) 6-2, 6-4
5. Mac Styslinger (UVA) def. Francois Kellerman (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-4
6. Henrik Wiersholm (UVA) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 6,5,1,4,3,2
Doubles
1. #6 Shane/Corinteli (UVA) def. Kirby/McCloskey (Tulsa) 6-4
2. Ram-Harel/Gonzalez (Tulsa) def. No. 7 Kwiatkowski/Styslinger (UVA) 6-4
3. Aragone/Altamirano (UVA) def. Bechard/Bautista (Tulsa) 7-5
Order of finish: 2,1,3

Records: Tulsa 7-6, Virginia 11-2

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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