Oklahoma State University Athletics
Friday, March 10
Stillwater, Okla.
3:30 P.M.
Oklahoma State University
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Memphis
Cowboys Return to Stillwater For Pair of Weekend Matches
March 08, 2017 | Cowboy Tennis
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STILLWATER – After a weekend of doubles action, the fourth-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team resumes the dual-match season on Friday at 3:30 p.m. when the Cowboys host No. 26 Memphis at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center.
OSU will continue its weekend of home matches on Sunday when the Cowboys welcome San Diego State to Stillwater. The showdown between the two squads is scheduled to begin at noon and is the first meeting between the Cowboys and Aztecs since 2014.
The Oklahoma State Lineup
- At the top of the Cowboys' doubles lineup is the returning All-American duo of Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe. Cash and Kadhe won 34 matches as a tandem last season and became the fourth team in OSU history to earn All-America honors.
- The Cowboys also return five other upperclassmen this season in Lukas Finzelberg, Lucas Gerch, Jurence Mendoza, Tristan Meraut and Nathan Roper. All five figure to play a key role in the OSU lineup this season, including Gerch, whose 69 career singles victories puts him in ninth place on OSU's all-time wins list.
- The final members of head coach Jay Udwadia's roster are newcomers Mathieu Scaglia and Artur Dubinski.
Match Updates
- For updates during matches, follow @CowboyTennis on Twitter and then check okstate.com for post-match results and a recap from the day's action.
Oklahoma State from a Distance
- Oklahoma State returns seven upperclassmen from a season that saw the Cowboys host an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2007 and advance to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in program history. The Cowboys racked up 20 duals wins for the second time under head coach Jay Udwadia, with 12 of those victories coming against ranked competition.
- Udwadia is currently in his fifth season in charge of the Cowboys. He earned his 75th win as OSU's head coach when his Cowboys blanked No. 14 Kentucky on January 28 to secure their spot in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. Udwadia is joined by first-year assistant coach Marek Michalicka.
Notable Streaks and Trends
- The Cowboys have been ranked in the top-30 of the ITA Rankings for 32 consecutive weeks. The last time OSU was outside of the top-30 was May 1, 2015.
- The Cowboys have won at least 15 matches in each of the last three seasons under head coach Jay Udwadia. Twice during that stretch OSU has hit the 20-win mark, winning 22 in 2014 and 20 a season ago.
- Oklahoma State has had a doubles tandem earn All-America honors in each of the past three seasons. Last season it was Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe achieving the feat, while Kadhe and Jakob Sude recorded the first two during the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments. Kadhe is the first OSU player to ever be named an All-American in doubles on three occasions.
- Since 2013, the Cowboys have made three-straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including advancing to the Round of 16 last season. That streak is the second longest in program history, trailing only a seven-year streak from 2003-09 that saw the Cowboys reach the Round of 16 on three occasions.
- Lucas Gerch has been instrumental in the Cowboys' success this spring. The senior has posted a 9-1 mark in dual-match play so far this spring and Oklahoma State is 8-1 this season when Gerch wins his singles matchup.
- Tristan Meraut has been a key cog in the OSU lineup in recent weeks. The junior has won five straight singles contests dating back to the Cowboys' shut-out victory over No. 14 Kentucky in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend final.
Record Watch
- Arjun Kadhe and Lucas Gerch are climbing up Oklahoma State's all-time singles wins list. Gerch is OSU's active singles wins leader, and his 74 career victories put him in a tie for sixth place. Kadhe, meanwhile, holds 68 singles wins for his career and is currently in 11th place on the all-time list.
- Julian Cash's record-setting 2015-16 season left him with 34 doubles wins as a Cowboy. If he and partner Arjun Kadhe were to replicate their success from last season, Cash would find himself in sixth place after his junior campaign.
- Arjun Kadhe currently sits with Oleksandr Nedovyesov and his former doubles partner Jakob Sude as the only three-time All-Americans in OSU history. With his senior campaign underway, Kadhe can become the first Cowboy to earn All-America honors on four occasions this year.
Cowboys in the ITA Rankings
- Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe have posted 20 wins in doubles play this season as they continue to cement themselves as one of OSU's greatest doubles tandems in team history. The duo moved up one spot to No. 3 in this week's rankings.
- Kadhe and fellow senior Lucas Gerch are now ranked in doubles, as they climbed all the way to No. 31 after their triumph at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship last weekend. Gerch, like Kadhe, holds a second doubles ranking, occupying the No. 71 spot with Jurence Mendoza.
- Cash is currently Oklahoma State's highest-ranked singles competitor, sitting at No. 22 this week. The junior is the first Cowboy to be ranked in the top-25 since Oleksandr Nedovyesov in 2010.
- A trio of seniors also occupy spots in the singles rankings this week, as Arjun Kadhe holds a career-best No. 54 ranking, while Lukas Finzelberg jumped up 40 spots to No. 62 this week. Lucas Gerch rounds out the group at No. 124.
Kadhe Becomes OSU's All-Time Doubles Wins Leader
- Arjun Kadhe made history during the Cowboys' trip to California, as he became Oklahoma State's all-time doubles wins leader thanks to his and Lucas Gerch's Pacific Coast Doubles semifinal victory over UCLA's Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu, ranked No. 24 in the nation by the ITA. The win was the 93rd of his career, pushing him past Charlie Laster and into the top spot on the all-time doubles wins list.
- Kadhe's monumental achievement further solidified his case as the most successful doubles competitor in program history. The senior has recorded victories with six different Cowboys over the years, earning three All-America honors in the process. More than a third of Kadhe's career doubles wins have come against ranked competition, as the senior has bested 33 tandems ranked by the ITA during his time in Stillwater.
Cowboys Win Third-Straight Pacific Coast Doubles Title
- Oklahoma State captured the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship for the third-straight year on March 5, as seniors Lucas Gerch and Arjun Kadhe recorded their sixth win in three days to lock up the title.
- Gerch and Kadhe had each previously won the tournament, albeit not with each other. Gerch began the Cowboys' streak when he won the tournament with Nicolai Ferrigno in 2015. Kadhe continued the trend last season, winning with Julian Cash. The senior tandem knocked off two ranked opponents during this year's event, including UCLA's No. 24-ranked Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu in the semifinals.
Off to a Flying Start
- Fast starts have become a trend under head coach Jay Udwadia. During his four-plus years the Cowboys have been unbeaten through their first six matches twice, posting a 9-0 mark to open the 2014 campaign and a 6-0 mark this season. Udwadia also led Oklahoma State to its best 15-match record last season, as the Cowboys posted a 14-1 mark to open the year.
- The Cowboys won, on average, 82 percent of their matches during seasons in which they were unbeaten through the first six matches. OSU also captured the conference title during four of those campaigns (1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963).
- Oklahoma State's best start to a season came in 1959 when Myron Roderick guided the Pokes to a 13-0 record in what was the first of two consecutive unbeaten seasons.
Dubinski Makes His Debut
- Artur Dubinski made his Oklahoma State debut against North Carolina State earlier this season. The sophomore teamed with Lukas Finzelberg and dropped NC State's Georgiy Malyshev and Michael Ogden, 6-4, to help the Cowboys secure the doubles point.
- Dubinski joined the Cowboys after finding success on the ITF Futures Tour, winning more than 70 matches and capturing one title during the early stages of his professional career. He is currently the only sophomore on the OSU roster.
- The sophomore picked up his first collegiate singles victory in the Cowboys' showdown against Alabama on February 10, as Dubinski dropped Spencer Richey, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch the win for Oklahoma State.
Cowboys Return to National Indoors
- The Oklahoma State men's tennis team, facing one of the nation's toughest regions, rolled past No. 22 Columbia, 4-1, and 14th-ranked Kentucky, 4-0, to capture the ITA Kick-Off Weekend title. OSU has now won 10 matches against top-25 opponents under head coach Jay Udwadia.
- The Cowboys' triumph at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Stillwater means that they will make their first appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship since 2008.
Cash and Kadhe Continue Their Historic Run
- Oklahoma State's Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe stormed through the field at this fall's ITA Central Regional Championships, as the duo became the first Cowboy tandem to win the event since Aleksey Bessonov and Cowboy legend Oleksandr Nedovyesov won the tournament in 2009.
- After a record-setting year last season, Cash and Kadhe have continued to cement themselves as one of the greatest Oklahoma State doubles duos of all time. The pair became the first doubles team in OSU history to earn the top spot in the ITA Rankings when they were named No. 1 on September 13.
The Udwadia Effect
- The Cowboys have been a resurgent program since head coach Jay Udwadia took over the program in June 2012. OSU's 71 wins during Udwadia's first four years marks the most in a four-year stretch since the Cowboys won 76 from 2005-08.
- The Cowboys have routinely faced the toughest the nation has to offer during Udwadia's four years at the helm, tallying 32 wins against ranked competition, including eight wins over top-25 foes.. This season the Pokes will again face one of the nation's toughest schedules as their 2016-17 slate includes 15 teams that earned NCAA Tournament a year ago.
Home, Sweet Home
- In the three-plus years since it first opened, the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center has provided an incredible home-court advantage to the Cowboys. During that time, OSU has won a staggering 40 matches when playing in the confines of the Greenwood Tennis Center.
STILLWATER – After a weekend of doubles action, the fourth-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team resumes the dual-match season on Friday at 3:30 p.m. when the Cowboys host No. 26 Memphis at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center.
OSU will continue its weekend of home matches on Sunday when the Cowboys welcome San Diego State to Stillwater. The showdown between the two squads is scheduled to begin at noon and is the first meeting between the Cowboys and Aztecs since 2014.
The Oklahoma State Lineup
- At the top of the Cowboys' doubles lineup is the returning All-American duo of Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe. Cash and Kadhe won 34 matches as a tandem last season and became the fourth team in OSU history to earn All-America honors.
- The Cowboys also return five other upperclassmen this season in Lukas Finzelberg, Lucas Gerch, Jurence Mendoza, Tristan Meraut and Nathan Roper. All five figure to play a key role in the OSU lineup this season, including Gerch, whose 69 career singles victories puts him in ninth place on OSU's all-time wins list.
- The final members of head coach Jay Udwadia's roster are newcomers Mathieu Scaglia and Artur Dubinski.
Match Updates
- For updates during matches, follow @CowboyTennis on Twitter and then check okstate.com for post-match results and a recap from the day's action.
Oklahoma State from a Distance
- Oklahoma State returns seven upperclassmen from a season that saw the Cowboys host an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2007 and advance to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in program history. The Cowboys racked up 20 duals wins for the second time under head coach Jay Udwadia, with 12 of those victories coming against ranked competition.
- Udwadia is currently in his fifth season in charge of the Cowboys. He earned his 75th win as OSU's head coach when his Cowboys blanked No. 14 Kentucky on January 28 to secure their spot in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. Udwadia is joined by first-year assistant coach Marek Michalicka.
Notable Streaks and Trends
- The Cowboys have been ranked in the top-30 of the ITA Rankings for 32 consecutive weeks. The last time OSU was outside of the top-30 was May 1, 2015.
- The Cowboys have won at least 15 matches in each of the last three seasons under head coach Jay Udwadia. Twice during that stretch OSU has hit the 20-win mark, winning 22 in 2014 and 20 a season ago.
- Oklahoma State has had a doubles tandem earn All-America honors in each of the past three seasons. Last season it was Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe achieving the feat, while Kadhe and Jakob Sude recorded the first two during the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments. Kadhe is the first OSU player to ever be named an All-American in doubles on three occasions.
- Since 2013, the Cowboys have made three-straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including advancing to the Round of 16 last season. That streak is the second longest in program history, trailing only a seven-year streak from 2003-09 that saw the Cowboys reach the Round of 16 on three occasions.
- Lucas Gerch has been instrumental in the Cowboys' success this spring. The senior has posted a 9-1 mark in dual-match play so far this spring and Oklahoma State is 8-1 this season when Gerch wins his singles matchup.
- Tristan Meraut has been a key cog in the OSU lineup in recent weeks. The junior has won five straight singles contests dating back to the Cowboys' shut-out victory over No. 14 Kentucky in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend final.
Record Watch
- Arjun Kadhe and Lucas Gerch are climbing up Oklahoma State's all-time singles wins list. Gerch is OSU's active singles wins leader, and his 74 career victories put him in a tie for sixth place. Kadhe, meanwhile, holds 68 singles wins for his career and is currently in 11th place on the all-time list.
- Julian Cash's record-setting 2015-16 season left him with 34 doubles wins as a Cowboy. If he and partner Arjun Kadhe were to replicate their success from last season, Cash would find himself in sixth place after his junior campaign.
- Arjun Kadhe currently sits with Oleksandr Nedovyesov and his former doubles partner Jakob Sude as the only three-time All-Americans in OSU history. With his senior campaign underway, Kadhe can become the first Cowboy to earn All-America honors on four occasions this year.
Cowboys in the ITA Rankings
- Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe have posted 20 wins in doubles play this season as they continue to cement themselves as one of OSU's greatest doubles tandems in team history. The duo moved up one spot to No. 3 in this week's rankings.
- Kadhe and fellow senior Lucas Gerch are now ranked in doubles, as they climbed all the way to No. 31 after their triumph at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship last weekend. Gerch, like Kadhe, holds a second doubles ranking, occupying the No. 71 spot with Jurence Mendoza.
- Cash is currently Oklahoma State's highest-ranked singles competitor, sitting at No. 22 this week. The junior is the first Cowboy to be ranked in the top-25 since Oleksandr Nedovyesov in 2010.
- A trio of seniors also occupy spots in the singles rankings this week, as Arjun Kadhe holds a career-best No. 54 ranking, while Lukas Finzelberg jumped up 40 spots to No. 62 this week. Lucas Gerch rounds out the group at No. 124.
Kadhe Becomes OSU's All-Time Doubles Wins Leader
- Arjun Kadhe made history during the Cowboys' trip to California, as he became Oklahoma State's all-time doubles wins leader thanks to his and Lucas Gerch's Pacific Coast Doubles semifinal victory over UCLA's Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu, ranked No. 24 in the nation by the ITA. The win was the 93rd of his career, pushing him past Charlie Laster and into the top spot on the all-time doubles wins list.
- Kadhe's monumental achievement further solidified his case as the most successful doubles competitor in program history. The senior has recorded victories with six different Cowboys over the years, earning three All-America honors in the process. More than a third of Kadhe's career doubles wins have come against ranked competition, as the senior has bested 33 tandems ranked by the ITA during his time in Stillwater.
Cowboys Win Third-Straight Pacific Coast Doubles Title
- Oklahoma State captured the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship for the third-straight year on March 5, as seniors Lucas Gerch and Arjun Kadhe recorded their sixth win in three days to lock up the title.
- Gerch and Kadhe had each previously won the tournament, albeit not with each other. Gerch began the Cowboys' streak when he won the tournament with Nicolai Ferrigno in 2015. Kadhe continued the trend last season, winning with Julian Cash. The senior tandem knocked off two ranked opponents during this year's event, including UCLA's No. 24-ranked Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu in the semifinals.
Off to a Flying Start
- Fast starts have become a trend under head coach Jay Udwadia. During his four-plus years the Cowboys have been unbeaten through their first six matches twice, posting a 9-0 mark to open the 2014 campaign and a 6-0 mark this season. Udwadia also led Oklahoma State to its best 15-match record last season, as the Cowboys posted a 14-1 mark to open the year.
- The Cowboys won, on average, 82 percent of their matches during seasons in which they were unbeaten through the first six matches. OSU also captured the conference title during four of those campaigns (1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963).
- Oklahoma State's best start to a season came in 1959 when Myron Roderick guided the Pokes to a 13-0 record in what was the first of two consecutive unbeaten seasons.
Dubinski Makes His Debut
- Artur Dubinski made his Oklahoma State debut against North Carolina State earlier this season. The sophomore teamed with Lukas Finzelberg and dropped NC State's Georgiy Malyshev and Michael Ogden, 6-4, to help the Cowboys secure the doubles point.
- Dubinski joined the Cowboys after finding success on the ITF Futures Tour, winning more than 70 matches and capturing one title during the early stages of his professional career. He is currently the only sophomore on the OSU roster.
- The sophomore picked up his first collegiate singles victory in the Cowboys' showdown against Alabama on February 10, as Dubinski dropped Spencer Richey, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch the win for Oklahoma State.
Cowboys Return to National Indoors
- The Oklahoma State men's tennis team, facing one of the nation's toughest regions, rolled past No. 22 Columbia, 4-1, and 14th-ranked Kentucky, 4-0, to capture the ITA Kick-Off Weekend title. OSU has now won 10 matches against top-25 opponents under head coach Jay Udwadia.
- The Cowboys' triumph at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Stillwater means that they will make their first appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship since 2008.
Cash and Kadhe Continue Their Historic Run
- Oklahoma State's Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe stormed through the field at this fall's ITA Central Regional Championships, as the duo became the first Cowboy tandem to win the event since Aleksey Bessonov and Cowboy legend Oleksandr Nedovyesov won the tournament in 2009.
- After a record-setting year last season, Cash and Kadhe have continued to cement themselves as one of the greatest Oklahoma State doubles duos of all time. The pair became the first doubles team in OSU history to earn the top spot in the ITA Rankings when they were named No. 1 on September 13.
The Udwadia Effect
- The Cowboys have been a resurgent program since head coach Jay Udwadia took over the program in June 2012. OSU's 71 wins during Udwadia's first four years marks the most in a four-year stretch since the Cowboys won 76 from 2005-08.
- The Cowboys have routinely faced the toughest the nation has to offer during Udwadia's four years at the helm, tallying 32 wins against ranked competition, including eight wins over top-25 foes.. This season the Pokes will again face one of the nation's toughest schedules as their 2016-17 slate includes 15 teams that earned NCAA Tournament a year ago.
Home, Sweet Home
- In the three-plus years since it first opened, the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center has provided an incredible home-court advantage to the Cowboys. During that time, OSU has won a staggering 40 matches when playing in the confines of the Greenwood Tennis Center.
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