No. 55 Tulsa Drops 5-2 Decision at No. 27 Texas A&M

Tuesday, March 14

College Station, Texas

6:00 p.m.

Tulsa

#27 Texas A&M

Photo by: Campbell Rogerson

No. 55 Tulsa Drops 5-2 Decision at No. 27 Texas A&M

3/14/2023 9:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BOX SCORE (PDF) | SEASON RESULTS (PDF)

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — The University of Tulsa men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision Tuesday against the No. 27 Texas A&M Aggies (9-7) at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station.

The loss drops the Golden Hurricane to 5-7 on the year.

TU came out strong to start the match, scoring the doubles point thanks to wins by Stefan Hampe and Ezequiel Santalla (6-2) in the No. 3 position and Timothy Carlsson Seger and Daniel Siddall (6-4) in the second position. Seger and Siddall are now 5-2 on the year and have won five of their last six matches.

Senior Kody Pearson highlighted singles action for the Hurricane at the No. 1 position. Against No. 31 Noah Schachter, 34^th-ranked Pearson battled to a 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 victory to score Tulsa's lone point in singles play. He is now 5-0 against nationally ranked singles players, 9-1 at the No. 1 spot and 11-1 overall, which includes wins from nine of his last 10 head-to-head matches.

Tulsa returns to action in Dallas this weekend for a doubleheader with Mississippi Valley State (0-4) on Saturday, March 18 at noon and 4 p.m. Then, the Hurricane will battle No. 50 SMU (9-8) on Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m.

Singles
1. #34 Kody Pearson (TU) def. #31 Noah Schachter (TAM) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
2. #66 Raphael Perot (TAM) def. Stefan Hampe (TU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Giulio Perego (TAM) def. Callum Gale (TU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
4. #100 Pierce Rollins (TAM) def. Volodymyr Zakharov (TU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
5. Guido Marson (TAM) def. Connor Di Marco (TU) 6-2, 6-2
6. #109 Luke Casper (TAM) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TU) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
1. #78 Noah Schachter/Trey Hilderbrand (TAM) def. Connor Di Marco/Kody Pearson (TU) 6-3
2. Timothy Seger/Daniel Siddall (TU) def. Pierce Rollins/Kenner Taylor (TAM) 6-4
3. Ezequiel Santalla/Stefan Hampe (TU) def. Raphael Perot/Giulio Perego (TAM) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,6,2,3,4,1)