Tulsa Men Fight Hard in Road Loss to No. 25 South Florida

Wednesday, March 19

Tampa, Fla.

12:30 p.m.

Tulsa

South Florida

Photo by: Anais Moua

Tulsa Men Fight Hard in Road Loss to No. 25 South Florida

3/19/2025 5:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tulsa men's tennis team cruised to the doubles point and saw four players fight for three sets against the American Athletic Conference's top singles core but would ultimately fall 5-2 to the No. 25 South Florida Bulls Wednesday in Tampa. The Golden Hurricane dropped to 9-12 with just three dual matches left in the regular season.

TU was on autopilot during doubles play, running away with its fifth consecutive doubles point with 6-2 since in the second and third positions. The opening score was clinched in the two-spot by junior Luis Felipe Miguel fresh off his AAC Player of the Week award and redshirt sophomore Gus Tettamble.

South Florida jumped ahead in singles play 2-1 with a pair of straight-set decisions in the second and sixth courts. Shortly after, all four remaining matches went to a third set. South Florida forced three of them to enter a third set with second-set victories. The Bulls rode that momentum to wins in the first, third and fourth positions with the clinch coming from Gughi Verdese in the No. 4 position.

Junior Reiya Komagata survived a back-and-forth battle in the No. 5 court and would eventually prevail for Tulsa's only singles point in a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) tiebreaker win.

The Tulsa men will take an 11-day break before resuming action with their final home matches of the season, starting with Tulane (5-9) on Sunday, March 30, at 12:00 p.m. and wrapping up the home slate against Wichita State (7-8) on Sunday, April 6, at 12:00 p.m.

Singles
1. #48 Hugo Car (USF) def. #102 Alex Okonkwo (TU) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-3
2. Agustin Cuellar (USF) def. Luis Felipe Miquel (TU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Elijah Cham (USF) def. Timothy Carlsson Seger (TU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Gughi Verdese (USF) def. Nikola Puntaric (TU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Reiya Komagata (TU) def. Stepan Mruzek (USF) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Toto Llanes (USF) def. Connor Doig (TU) 6-0, 6-4

Doubles
1. Car/Danesi (USF) vs. #60 Okonkwo/Seger (TU) 3-4, unfinished
2. Miquel/Tettamble (TU) def. Hudson/Llanes (USF) 6-2
3. Pellegrini/Jestin (TU) def. Cuellar/Mruzek (USF) 6-2

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