Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to SMU, 4-0, Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, March 6

Dallas, TX

4:30 p.m.

Tulsa

Southern Methodist University

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to SMU, 4-0, Sunday Afternoon

3/7/2016 12:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

DALLAS, Texas – The University of Tulsa men's tennis team lost to American Athletic Conference foe SMU in a 4-0 decision Sunday afternoon at the SMU Tennis Complex. The No. 20-ranked Golden Hurricane falls to an overall 7-5 record, while the Mustangs improve to 10-4 overall.

SMU's Nate Lammons and Arkadijs Slobodkins (No. 2) defeated Carlos Bautista and Juan Matias Gonzalez, 6-4, before Tulsa bounced back to tie the doubles match score at 1-1 as Dominic Bechard and Dylan McCloskey (No. 3) defeated Markus Kerner and Samm Butler, 7-5. With the doubles point on the line, Yates Johnson and Hunter Johnson (No. 1) defeated Matthew Kirby and Okkie Kellerman, 7-6, to take a 1-0 match lead going into singles play.

SMU regulated singles play as Samm Butler (No. 3) defeated Dylan McCloskey, 6-1, 6-2, before Nate Lammons (No. 2) defeated Carlos Bautista, 7-6, 6-2, to extend the Mustang match lead to 3-0. The Mustang's Markus Kerner (No. 4) defeated Majed Kilani, 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the match at 4-0.

Tulsa 0, SMU 4
SINGLES
1. Hunter Johnson (SMU) vs. Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), DNF
2. Nate Lammons (SMU) defeated Carlos Bautista (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-2
3. Sam Butler (SMU) defeated Dylan McCloskey (Tulsa), 6-1, 6-2
4. Markus Kerner (SMU) defeated Majed Kilani (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-3
5. Ronald Slobodchilkov (SMU) vs Juan Matias Gonzalez (Tulsa), 6-7, 4-3
6. Yates Johnson (SMU) vs. Francois Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-2, 2-6, 2-2

DOUBLES
1. Y.Johnson/H.Johnson (SMU) defeated Kirby/O.Kellerman (Tulsa), 7-6
2. Lammons/Sllobodkins (SMU) defeated Bautista/Gonzalez (Tulsa), 6-4
3. Bechard/McCloskey (Tulsa) defeated Kerner/Butler (SMU), 7-5

Records: Tulsa 7-5, SMU 10-4

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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