OU Finishes Second Day At Omni Hotels Region V Championship

Oct. 18, 2002

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma men's tennis team went 3-4 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Omni Hotels Men's Tennis Region V Championship in Tulsa, Okla., Friday afternoon. The tournament is being held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center with a field including players from Arkansas, Bradley, Colorado, Creighton, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri-Kansas City, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Southwest Missouri State, Wichita State and Tulsa.

In the singles main draw, senior Chris Mitchell (Tulsa, Okla.) defeated Tulsa's Olof Sjolund (7-5, 7-5) before falling to Illinois State's Jason Smit (6-3, 6-1). Sophomore transfer Silviu Tanasoiu (Sibiu, Romania) beat Colorado's Chad Tsuda (6-3, 4-6, 6-0) and lost to Arkansas' Adrians Zguns (6-2, 6-3). Freshman Tommy Garrison (Enid, Okla.) came back to beat Bradley's Marko Marevic in three sets (3-6, 6-3, 6-3). Garrison lost in the next round to Tulsa's Alejandro Tejerina (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) while senior Matt Ogle (Tulsa, Okla.) dropped his first match of the day to Indiana State's Lovre Brajkovic (6-1, 6-4).

In doubles, Ogle and sophomore Brad Prigmore (Wichita Falls, Texas) defeated Southwest Missouri State's Ben Cappuccitti and Andy Martin (8-3) while Garrison and Mitchell outlasted Nebraska's Ryan Jay and Cesar Vargas (9-7). Tanasoiu and sophomore Matt Lopez (Enid, Okla.) were beaten by Tulsa's Sjolund and Tom Murray (8-5).

Play is set to resume Saturday morning at 9.

Singles
Main Draw
Chis Mitchell (OU) def. Olof Sjolund (Tulsa)                            7-5, 7-5
Lovre Brajkovic (Indiana State) def. Matt Ogle (OU)                     6-1, 6-4
Silviu Tanasoiu (OU) def. Chad Tsuda (Colorado)                         6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Tommy Garrison (Oklahoma) def. Marko Marevic (Bradley)                  3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Jason Smit (Illinois State) def. Chris Mitchell (OU)                    6-3, 6-1
Adrians Zguns (Arkansas) def. Silviu Tanasoiu (OU)                      6-2, 6-3
Alejandro Tejerina (Tulsa) def. Tommy Garrison (OU)                     6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles
Main Draw
Ogle/Brad Prigmore (OU) def. Ben Cappuccitti/Andy Martin (SMS)          8-3
Tom Murray/Sjolund (Tulsa) def. Tanasoiu/Matt Lopez (OU)                8-5
Garrison/Mitchell (OU) def. Ryan Jay/Cesar Vargas (Nebraska)            9-7

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OU Finishes Second Day At Omni Hotels Region V Championship

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