Tulsa’s No. 27 Men’s Tennis Team Defeats No. 42 Dartmouth, 4-3, Tuesday Afternoon

Tuesday, March 22

Tulsa, Okla.

1:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Dartmouth College

Tulsa’s No. 27 Men’s Tennis Team Defeats No. 42 Dartmouth, 4-3, Tuesday Afternoon

3/22/2016 3:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

Tulsa, Okla. – The University of Tulsa's No. 27 men's tennis team defeated No. 42 Dartmouth in a 4-3 thriller Tuesday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane snapped its five-match losing streak with the win improving to 8-8 overall, while Dartmouth falls to 11-7 overall.

TU's doubles team Majed Kilani and Carlos Bautista (No. 3) led 3-1 against Max Fliegner and Max Schmidt, before going on to score three straight points to win the match 6-1. Dartmouth's Brendan Tannenbaum and George Wall (No. 2) defeated Dylan McCloskey and Dominic Bechard in a 6-2 decision to tie the doubles score at 1-1. Matthew Kirby and Okkie Kellerman (No. 1) battled Dartmouth's No. 72 doubles team Roko Glasnovic and Dovydas Sakinis in a match that had three tying scores at 3-3, 4-4 and 5-5. Kirby and O. Kellerman went on to score back-to-back points to defeat Glasnovic and Sakinis, 7-5, to give the Hurricane a 1-0 match lead going into singles play.

In singles play, No. 53 Or Ram-Harel (No. 2) defeated Ciro Riccardi, 7-6, 6-2, to extend the Tulsa match lead to 2-0. Dartmouth's No. 81 Dovydas Sakinis (No. 1) defeated Juan Matias Gonzalez, 7-6, 6-2, before George Wall (No. 4) defeated TU's Dylan McCloskey, 6-4, 6-3, to tie the match score at 2-2. Francois Kellerman (No. 6) of Tulsa defeated Eddie Grabill, 6-3, 6-3, before Dartmouth's Max Schmidt (No. 5) defeated Majed Kilani, 6-4, 6-2, to tie the match score at 3-3. The match came down to the No. 3 singles match-up where Carlos Bautista defeated Max Fliegner, 7-6, 6-3, to clinch the Tulsa victory.

The Hurricane is back in action on Thursday, March 24, when it travels to Waco, Texas, to take on No. 30 Baylor at the Hurd Tennis Center.

Tulsa 4, Dartmouth 3
SINGLES
1. Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) defeated Juan Matias Gonzalez (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-2
2. Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) defeated Ciro Riccardi (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
3. Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) defeated Max Fliegner (Dartmouth), 7-6, 6-3
4. George Wall (Dartmouth) defeated Dylan McCloskey (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-3
5. Max Schmidt (Dartmouth) defeated Majed Kilani (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-2
6. Francois Kellerman (Tulsa) defeated Eddie Grabill (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-3
Order of singles finish: 2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 3

DOUBLES
1. Kirby/O.Kellerman (Tulsa) defeated Sakinis/Glasnovic (Dartmouth), 7-5
2. Tannenbaum/Wall (Dartmouth) defeated McCloskey/Bechard (Tulsa), 6-2
3. Kilani/Bautista (Tulsa) defeated Fliegner/Schidt (Dartmouth), 6-1
Order of doubles finish: 3, 2, 1

Records: Tulsa 8-8, Dartmouth 11-7

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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