Tulsa Men’s Tennis Team Drops 4-2 Decision to #4-Ranked Baylor

Sunday, April 2

Tulsa, Okla.

1 p.m.

Tulsa

Baylor

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Team Drops 4-2 Decision to #4-Ranked Baylor

4/2/2017 4:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Stephanie Hall

Tulsa (10-14) clinched the doubles point and Okkie Kellerman earned a win in the No. 6 singles slot, but the Golden Hurricane dropped a 4-2 decision to #4 Baylor (19-3) on Sunday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Jarod Hing and Daniel Santos combined for a 6-2 win over the Bears' Jimmy Bendeck and Tyler Stayer at the No. 3 doubles position, but then Johannes Schretter and Max Tchoutakian knotted up the doubles point with a 6-3 win over the Hurricane's Dominic Bechard and Kellerman in the No. 2 slot. It all came down to the first doubles match, as TU's 54^th-ranked Majed Kilani and Or Ram-Harel upset 29^th-ranked Juan Benitez and Will Little, 6-4.

Baylor's 37^th-ranked Tchoutakian evened the score with his 6-3, 7-5 win at the No. 3 singles position over Hing, but moments later Kellerman recorded a 6-4, 6-2 victory in the No. 6 slot over Stayer to put Tulsa up 2-1.

The Bears came back and won three straight-set singles matches at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 2 positions, in that order, to clinch the 4-2 win.

BU's fifth-ranked Benitez battled TU's 25^th-ranked Ram-Harel to a 7-6, 5-3 lead in the No. 1 singles slot, but the match was unfinished.

The Golden Hurricane will return to action on Friday, April 7 against #29 Tulane. Match time is set for 4:00 pm at the City Park Pepsi Center in New Orleans, La.

#4 Baylor def. Tulsa, 4-2
Doubles
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
#54 Majed Kilani/Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) def. #29 Juan Benitez/Will Little (Baylor), 6-4
Johannes Schretter/Max Tchoutakian (Baylor) def. Dominic Bechard/Okkie Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-3
Jarod Hing/Daniel Santos (Tulsa) def. Jimmy Bendeck/Tyler Stayer (Baylor), 6-2
Singles
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 4, 5, 2
#5 Juan Benitez (Baylor) vs. #25 Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), 7-6, 5-3 DNF
#100 Johannes Schretter (Baylor) def. Majed Kilani (Tulsa), 6-3, 7-5
#37 Max Tchoutakian (Baylor) def. Jarod Hing (Tulsa), 6-3, 7-5
Will Little (Baylor) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-2
Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor) def. Daniel Santos (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-3
Okkie Kellerman (Tulsa) def. Tyler Stayer (Baylor), 6-4, 6-2