OU Men's Tennis Finishes First Day At Hurricane Invitational

Sept. 20, 2002

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma men's tennis team went 2-3 in singles action and 4-2 in doubles play at the Hurricane Invitational in Tulsa, Okla. The tournament is being held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center with a field including Tulsa, Arkansas, Drake, Oklahoma State, Southwest Missouri State and Tulane.

In singles action, sophomores Matt Long (Fort Worth, Texas) and Brad Prigmore (Wichita Falls, Texas) were both first-round winners. Senior Matt Ogle (Tulsa, Okla.) and sophomore Alex Nomicos (Targoviste, Romania) were each defeated in three-set decisions while freshman Tommy Garrison (Enid, Okla.) also fell in the first round.

In the doubles main draw, OU was led by Garrison and Long who went 2-0 on the day while Prigmore and sophomore Matt Lopez (Enid, Okla.) went 1-1. Ogle and Nomicos lost their first round match but were victorious in the first round of the doubles backdraw.

The singles main draw and back draw will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. The doubles back draw is set to begin at 12 p.m. while the doubles main draw will start at 1:30 p.m.

Singles
Main Draw
Kristofer Ivarsson (Ark.) def. Matt Ogle (OU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Dustin Taylor (TU) def. Tommy Garrison (OU) 6-4, 6-1
Jiri Jezek (OSU) def. Alex Nomicos (OU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Matt Long (OU)def. Mahir Nisar (Tulane) Default
Brad Prigmore (OU) def. Predrag Pavlicic (SMS) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
Main Draw
Schuler/Perkins (Drake) def. Ogle/Nomicos (OU) 8-3
Prigmore/Matt Lopez (OU) def. Timperley/Sjolund (TU) 9-8
Garrison/Long (OU) def. Benson/Talley Parker (Ark.)  8-4
Bubis/Ivarsson (Ark.) def. Prigmore/Lopez (OU) 8-4
Garrison/Long (OU) def. Jezek/Kuhaiz (OSU) 8-4

Back Draw
Ogle/Nomicos (OU) def. Bohunicky/Neimeyer (OSU/SMS) 8-0

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OU Men's Tennis Finishes First Day At Hurricane Invitational

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