Hampe Clinches the 4-3 Win in No. 56 Tulsa’s Fourth Straight Victory

Friday, April 14

Orlando, Fla. / USTA National Campus

12:30 p.m.

Tulsa

#58 South Florida

Photo by: Campbell Rogerson

Hampe Clinches the 4-3 Win in No. 56 Tulsa’s Fourth Straight Victory

4/14/2023 4:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Tulsa men's tennis team prevailed in a 4-3 dual match victory over the No. 58 South Florida Bulls (12-12) Friday at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. Senior Stefan Hampe scored the match-clinching point to secure Tulsa's fourth-straight win.

The win improves the Golden Hurricane to 11-11 on the year.

The doubles point came down to the No. 2 position after Ezequiel Santalla and Stefan Hampe closed out the third position 6-2 and Connor Di Marco and Kody Pearson dropped the first position 6-3. Timothy Carlsson Seger and Daniel Siddall battled to a 6-4 win at Doubles No. 2 to secure the Hurricane's first point.

Seger kicked off the scoring in singles play with a 6-1, 6-3 decision at the sixth position. He has won four straight and six of his last seven completed head-to-head matches.

After South Florida responded with a two-set decision at Singles No. 3, Adham Gaber extended Tulsa's lead to 3-1 after earning a 6-4, 6-4 win in the fifth position, improving his win streak to three in a row and earning his fifth win in his last six showings.

The Bulls would not back down as South Florida grabbed back-to-back wins in the first and third positions to tie up the dual match at 3-3, putting the fate of the dual match in the hands of senior Stefan Hampe in the second position. After dropping the first set 7-6 (11-9), Hampe bounced back in the next two stanzas, earning 7-5 and 6-2 set victories to clinch and end the dual match 4-3.

The streaking Hurricane will stay in Orlando and end the regular season against No. 49 UCF (9-11) on Sunday, April 16, at 11 a.m. The American Athletic Conference championships will kick off next Friday, April 21, at the USTA National Campus.

Singles
1. Davide Tortora (USF) def. #51 Kody Pearson (TU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2. Stefan Hampe (TU) def. Erik Grevelius (USF) 6-7 (9-11), 7-5, 6-2
3. Alvin Tudorica (USF) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Bruno Oliveira (USF) def. Volodymyr Zakharov (TU) 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 6-2
5. Adham Gaber (TU) def. Elijah Cham (USF) 6-4, 6-4
6. Timothy Seger (TU) def. Tom Pavlekovich (USF) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. #84 Alvin Tudorica/Erik Grevelius (USF) def. #89 Kody Pearson/Connor Di Marco (TU) 6-3
2. Daniel Siddall/Timothy Seger (TU) def. Davide Tortora/Bruno Oliveira (USF) 6-4
3. Stefan Hampe/Ezequiel Santalla (TU) def. Tom Pavlekovich/Samuel Frizelle (USF) 6-2

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

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