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Cowboy Tennis Drops Match at No. 7 Baylor
April 17, 2011 | Cowboy Tennis
April 17, 2011
WACO, Texas – The Oklahoma State men's tennis team wrapped up Big 12 regular season play Sunday as the Cowboys fell at No. 7 Baylor, 6-1, at the Baylor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
The Bears, now 18-3 (5-0), swept doubles competition as they rolled at Nos. 1 and 2 behind the play of their fifth and 78th-ranked tandems, but OSU's No. 3 team of Vlad Bondarenko and Tomas Patiño narrowly lost in a tiebreaker, 8-7(5).
Baylor continued its impressive play in singles competition with its five ranked individual players, but Ilija Martinoski provided the Cowboy highlight of the day as he took down 87th-ranked Dennis Lengsfeld at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-4, in the last match finished.
The Cowboys, who fall to 5-12 (0-6), will take Monday off before facing Tulsa in Stillwater on Tuesday in their final tune-up before the Big 12 Championships, scheduled for April 29-May 1 in Waco.
No. 7 Baylor 6, Oklahoma State 1
April 17, 2011 | Waco, Texas | Baylor Tennis Center
DOUBLES | Order of finish: 1,2,3
No. 1 – #5 John Peers/Roberto Maytin (BU) def. #54 Maniel Bains/Eric West (OSU) 8-3
No. 2 – #78 Sergio Ramirez/Jordan Rux (BU) def. #20 Aleksey Bessonov/Rifat Biktyakov (OSU) 8-4
No. 3 – Dennis Lengsfeld/Robert Verzaal (BU) def. Vlad Bondarenko/Tomas Patiño (OSU) 8-7(5)
SINGLES | Order of finish: 4,3,2*,1,5,6
No. 1 – #19 John Peers (BU) def. #77 Maniel Bains (OSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – #73 Sergio Ramirez (BU) def. Rifat Biktyakov (OSU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 – Jordan Rux (BU) def. Vlad Bondarenko (OSU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 – #91 Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – #95 Kike Grangeiro (BU) def. Eric West (OSU) 7-6(0), 6-4
No. 6 – Ilija Martinoski (OSU) def. #87 Dennis Lengsfeld (BU) 6-4, 6-4
Match Notes:
Baylor 18-3 (5-0); National ranking #7
Oklahoma State 5-12 (0-6)
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