No. 40 Tulsa Drops Home Match to No. 49 UCF

Friday, April 8

Tulsa, Okla.

5:00 PM

Tulsa

UCF

Photo by: Bill Powell

No. 40 Tulsa Drops Home Match to No. 49 UCF

4/8/2022 8:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 2021-22 Tulsa Men's Tennis Season Stats

TULSA, Okla. ― The 40^th ranked Tulsa men's tennis team dropped Friday night's match to conference foe and 49^th ranked UCF 4-1. The loss snapped Tulsa's nine-match home win streak.

The Hurricane started off with an early advantage, winning the doubles point. The tandem of Connor Di Marco/Kody Pearson, who played at No. 1 doubles, knocked off No. 47 Hilderbrand/Pavel 6-3 for their first ranked win of the season, while Adham Gaber/Ezequiel Santalla, playing together for the first time, clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Callum Gale and Gaber were able to take their first sets, while Pearson battled back to tie it up at 5-5 in the third set, but UCF won No. 2, 3, 4, and 5 singles to claim the victory.

Tulsa will look to bounce back against No. 51 South Florida on Sunday at 9 a.m., and coffee and bagels will be given out to the first 50 students.

No. 49 UCF 4, No. 40 Tulsa 1
Singles:
1. #96 Kody Pearson (TLS) vs. Lleyton Cronje (UCF) 4-6, 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
2. Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. Stefan Hampe (TLS) 6-4, 6-3
3. Alan Rubio (UCF) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TLS) 6-4, 6-2
4. #77 Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) def. Connor Di Marco (TLS) 6-1, 7-5
5. JC Roddick (UCF) def. Adham Gaber (TLS) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
6. Callum Gale (TLS) vs. Quinn Snyder (UCF) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 3-4, unfinished

Doubles:
1. Connor Di Marco/Kody Pearson (TLS) def. #47 Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) 6-3
2. #77 Lleyton Cronje/Cooper White (UCF) def. Daniel Siddall/Tom Thelwall-Jones (TLS) 6-1
3. Adham Gaber/Ezequiel Santalla (TLS) def. JC Roddick/Alan Rubio (UCF) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,2,3,5)