Tulsa Men’s Tennis Suffer Road Loss to New Mexico Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, April 10

Albuquerque, NM

1:00 p.m.

Tulsa

University of New Mexico

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Suffer Road Loss to New Mexico Sunday Afternoon

4/10/2016 6:11:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Sunday afternoon, The University of Tulsa men's tennis team suffered a 4-3 road loss to the New Mexico Lobos at the McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium. The No. 18 Golden Hurricane falls to 14-11 overall, while New Mexico improves to 14-13 overall.

New Mexico controlled doubles play as Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen (No. 1) defeated Matthew Kirby and Okkie Kellerman, 6-3, to take a 1-0 doubles point lead. Jorge Escutia and Ricky Hernandez-Tong (No. 3) of New Mexico defeated Majed Kilani and Juan Matias Gonzalez, 7-6, to clinch the doubles point and take a 1-0 match lead going into singles play.

In singles play, the Lobos maintained momentum as Bart Van Leijsen (No. 2) defeated Juan Matias Gonzalez, 7-5, 6-3, to take a 2-0 match lead. Jorge Escutia (No. 3) gave New Mexico a 3-0 match lead when he defeated Dylan McCloskey, 6-4, 6-3. The Hurricane battled back as Majed Kiani (No. 4) defeated Ricky Hernandez-Tong, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, to bring the match score to 3-1. Hayden Sabatka (No. 1) defeated Or Ram-Harel, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, to clinch the New Mexico match victory. TU's Francois Kellerman (No. 5) defeated Michael Tran, 6-3, 7-6, before Dominic Bechard (No. 6) defeated Rodolfo Jauregui, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, to bring the final match score to 4-3.

The Hurricane returns to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on Friday, April 15, to take on USF at 6:00 p.m., before taking on UCF on Sunday, April 17, at 1:00 p.m. in the last scheduled match of the regular season.

New Mexico 4, Tulsa 3
SINGLES
1. Hayed Sabatka (New Mexico) defeated Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
2. Bart Van Laijsen (New Mexico) defeated Juan Matias Gonzalez (Tulsa), 7-5, 6-3
3. Jorge Escutia (New Mexico) defeated Dylan McCloskey (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-3
4. Majed Kilani (Tulsa) defeated Ricky Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
5. Francois Kellerman (Tulsa) defeated Michael Tran (New Mexico), 6-3, 7-6
6. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa) defeated Rodolfo Jauregui (New Mexico) , 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Order of singles finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6

DOUBLES
1. Sabatka/Van Leijsen (New Mexico) defeated Kirby/O.Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-3
2. Ge/Jauregui (New Mexico) vs. McCloskey/Bechard (Tulsa), DNF
3. Escutia/Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico) defeated Kilani/Matias Gonzalez (Tulsa), 7-6
Order of doubles finish: 1, 3

Records: Tulsa 14-11, New Mexico 14-13

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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