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Men's Tennis Hands Louisiana-Lafayette 4-3 Loss

March 04, 2006 | Men's Tennis

By: Athletics Communications

FT. WORTH, Texas - The University of Oklahoma men's tennis team extended its winning streak to five matches with a 4-3 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Sooners improved to 8-3 overall with their first-ever win over the Ragin' Cajuns.

Oklahoma started off strong by winning all three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, junior Marek Velicka and senior Alexei Ivanov defeated Amanjot Singh and Evghenii Corduneanu, 8-4, which was only Singh and Corduneanu's second loss of the spring season. Senior Tommy Garrison and sophomore Federico Chavarria improved to 5-2 overall with an 8-4 victory over Robin Ley and Dusan Tabak. Also competing in doubles were senior Matt Long and sophomore Ryan Thomas, who remain undefeated at 4-0 after they upended Matthieu Truong and Arlen Domoney, 8-4.

In singles, Oklahoma won at the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 positions. At No. 2, Ivanov took his match in straight sets against Tabak, 6-3, 6-1. Senior Lee Gregg picked up a win at No. 5 against Domoney, while Thomas won at No. 6 and improved to a perfect 5-0 record in spring competition.

The 60th-ranked Sooners' win over the No. 35 Ragin' Cajuns is the first time this season that they have defeated a higher ranked team. Louisiana-Lafayette dropped to 5-2 with the loss.

Oklahoma will return to action on March 10 against Texas-San Antonio at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman.


Doubles
1.  Velicka/Ivanov (OU) def. Singh/Corduneanu (ULL), 8-4
2.  Garrison/Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Ley/Tabak (ULL), 8-4
3.  Matt Long/Thomas (OU) def. Truong/Domoney (ULL), 8-4

Singles
1.  Amanjot Singh (ULL) def. Marek Velicka (OU), 7-6, 6-4
2.  Alexei Ivanov (OU) def. Dusan Tabak (ULL), 6-3, 6-1
3.  Evghenii Corduneanu (ULL) def. Tommy Garrison (OU), 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (7)
4.  Robin Ley (ULL) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 7-6, 6-4
5.  Lee Gregg (OU) def. Arlen Domoney (ULL), 6-0, 6-4
6.  Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Matthieu Truong (ULL), 6-3, 2-2, ret.

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