University of Oklahoma Athletics

Daescu Continues to Roll

Daescu Eliminated at Nationals

November 07, 2008 | Men's Tennis

By: Athletics Communications

Nov. 7, 2008

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Oklahoma men's tennis fall season finished at the ITA National Indoor Championships Friday afternoon as junior Andrei Daescu fell to 3rd ranked Daniel Vallverdu of Miami, 6-4, 6-2.

Vallverdu advanced to the final four defeating Southern California's Robert Farah, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-1 in his second match.

Daescu was one of the final sixteen out of nearly 10,000 players to participate in the Wilson/ITA Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.

The Oklahoma men's team finished the fall with a 27-17 record, with four of six players finishing with winning records led by sophomore Ionut Beleleu's 9-2 record.

The Sooners also finish with two players ranked by the ITA in the top 125, Daescu at No. 22 and Senior Sergey Avdeyev at No. 122.

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