No. 72 Tulsa Men Host New Mexico State in Doubleheader, Face Shockers in Wichita

TULSA, Okla. — After a two-week break, the Tulsa men's tennis team swings back into action on Thursday, March 28, in a home doubleheader at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center against New Mexico State, with start times of 12 noon and 6 p.m. The Golden Hurricane will follow with a road match at American Athletic Conference Wichita State on Monday, April 1, at noon.

This will be the fifth meeting between Tulsa and New Mexico State in a series that dates to the 2000 season. Tulsa owns the series 4-0 and is 2-0 at home against the Aggies.

NMSU is currently 6-9 on the year. The Aggies are coming off a pair of 4-0 and 4-2 neutral wins over Morgan State and Omaha, respectively, before dropping a 4-3 decision at Abilene Christian.

Tobias Wallin leads the Aggie singles lineup with a 6-7 overall record in the first and second positions. Aggie players are a combined 7-4 in the No. 2 position. In doubles play, Wallin and teammate Gustavo Campos lead the charge with a 6-3 mark atop the lineup. They will likely face their first ranked opponents this season in No. 30 Pierce Rollins and Timothy Carlsson Seger.

This will be the 47th meeting in the longtime rivalry between Tulsa and Wichita State. The Shockers lead the series 25-21, but Tulsa has won 18 of the last 20 meetings, including the last four matches.

The Shockers' eight-match losing skid has them at the bottom of the American Athletic Conference standings at 3-16 overall. Last time out, Wichita State took on Rice and UAB in the 65th Annual Ralph O'Connor Invitational. The Shockers fell 4-0 to the hosting 58th-ranked Owls before suffering a 4-3 heartbreaker to the Blazers.

Misha Kvantaliani leads Wichita State this spring with a 6-10 record across the top three singles positions. In doubles action, two Shocker pairs lead with three wins. Kvantaliani and Richey King are 3-10 in the No. 1 position, while Jacome Alejandro and Marcelo Sepulveda are 3-2 in the third spot.

Senior Thiago Pernas has recently found his rhythm in singles play, cruising to a 7-4 record fueled by victories in his last three completed matches. The Argentine holds Tulsa's best record in dual-match action and has held down the second and third positions.

Senior Pierce Rollins and sophomore Timothy Carlsson Seger have found their chemistry this year to form Tulsa's premier doubles tandem. With a team-leading overall record of 11-5, including a 3-1 mark against nationally ranked doubles teams, the duo has risen 25 spots to No. 30 in the latest ITA poll, due in part to a 6-4 win over the nation's then-third-ranked doubles team from Illinois in their last outing.

No. 72 Tulsa Men Host New Mexico State in Doubleheader, Face Shockers in Wichita

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Timothy Carlsson Seger

Thiago Pernas

Pierce Rollins