Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to USF Friday Night

Friday, April 15

Tulsa, Okla.

6:00 p.m.

Tulsa

University of South Florida

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls to USF Friday Night

4/15/2016 9:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

TULSA, Okla. – On Friday night, The University of Tulsa men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss to American Athletic Conference foe and No. 19 USF at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The No. 24 Golden Hurricane falls to 14-12 overall, while USF improves to 16-8 overall.

In doubles play, USF's No. 32 nationally ranked doubles team Sasha Gozun and Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (No. 1) defeated Okkie Kellerman and Matthew Kirby in a 6-3 decision. USF clinched the doubles point to take a 1-0 match lead going into singles play when Peter Bertran and Dominic Cotrone defated Dominic Bechard and Dylan McCloskey in a 6-2 decision.

USF controlled singles play as Robert Cid (No. 1) defeated Juan Gonzalez, 6-1, 6-4, before Ignacio Gonzalez (No. 5) defeated Dominic Bechard, 6-4, 6-3, to take a 3-0 match lead. Sasha Gozun (No. 2) defeated Carlos Bautista, 6-4, 6-4, to clinch the USF match victory. The Bulls went on to win the final three singles matches to bring the final match score to 7-0.

The Hurricane returns to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on on Sunday, April 17, to take on American Athletic Conference foe UCF at 1:00 p.m. in the last scheduled match of the regular season.

USF 7, Tulsa 0
SINGLES
1. Robert Cid (USF) defeated Juan Matias-Gonzalez (Tulsa), 6-1, 6-4
2. Sasha Gozun (USF) defeated Carlos Bautista (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-4
3. Dominic Cotrone (USF) defeated Majed Kilani (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-4
4. Peter Bertran (USF) defeated Francois Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-3, 7-6
5. Ignacio Gonzalez (USF) defeated Dominic Bechard (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-3
6. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) defeated Okkie Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
Order of singles finish: 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 6

DOUBLES
1. Gozun/Kalyuzhnyy (USF) defeated O.Kellerman/Kirby (Tulsa), 6-3
2. Bertran/Cotrone (USF) defeated Bechard/McCloskey (Tulsa), 6-2
3.Bautista/Kilani (Tulsa) vs. Cid/Gonzalez (USF), DNF 5-5
Order of doubles finish: 2, 1

Records: Tulsa 14-12, South Florida 16-8

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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