12th-Ranked Horns Down Sooners

March 29, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. -- The 41st-ranked University of Oklahoma men's tennis team (9-7, 0-3 Big 12) dropped its second Big 12 match of the weekend to No. 12 Texas, 5-2.

“I thought we gave a great effort,” OU head coach Paul Lockwood said. “We certainly put ourselves in a position to win some first sets and tie-breakers, but it just didn't work out.”

OU began the match dropping the critical doubles point. Junior Andrei Daescu teamed with sophomore Ionut Beleleu at the No. 2 position to defeat the Horn's Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala, 9-8. The OU duo is 3-0 in Big 12 action.

The Sooners began singles competition taking the first two matches and an early 2-1 lead. Daescu defeated the Horn's Kutrovsky, 6-2, 6-3. Junior Blake Boswell took down UT's Josh Zavala, 6-3, 6-1, at the No. 6 position.

However, OU was unable to secure victories in close sets at the No. 4 and 5 positions.

“Hopefully we will rebound and be ready for Rice and Nebraska,” Lockwood said. The Sooners return to action Friday, April 3, when they take on Rice in Norman.

Texas 5, Oklahoma 2

Doubles
1. Corrie/Damico (UT) def. Avdeyev/Beleleu (OU), 8-5
2. Daescu/Pultr (OU) def. Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT), 9-8
3. Sajous/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Chanturia/Boswell (OU), 9-7
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT), 6-2, 6-3
2. Ed Corrie (UT) def. David Pultr (OU), 6-1, 6-4
3. Olivier Sajous (UT) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-1, 7-5
4. Kellen Damico (UT) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU), 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 1-0(6)
5. Josh Zavala (UT) def, George Chanturia (OU), 7-6(6), 6-3
6. Blake Boswell (OU) def. Jon Wiegand (UT), 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2, 3, 5*, 6

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