Sooners Sweep San Diego In Consolation Draw

No. 16 San Diego

No. 5 Oklahoma

Results

2015 Stats

Updated Draw

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Playing in the back draw of the 2016 ITA National Indoor Championship, the fifth-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team bested 16^th-seeded San Diego 4-0 on Saturday at the Boar's Head Sport Club in Charlottesville, Va.

"We did a great job of coming out with intensity and purpose in doubles today," head coach John Roddick said. "Our singles was solid and Florin (Bragusi) did an extremely good job of taking care of his business. We're looking forward to a tough match against Illinois tomorrow."

The Sooners (4-3) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead over the Toreros with improved play in doubles. At the number two spot, sophomore Spencer Papa and senior Axel Alvarez, ranked No. 57 as a pair, cruised to 6-1 win over Uros Petronijevic and Joshua Page. The clinching win came at number three doubles where senior Austin Siegel and freshman Andre Biro bested Romain Kalaydjian and Jaan Kononov, 6-3.

With the opening point in hand Oklahoma rolled its momentum into singles, claiming four first sets.

Junior Florin Bragusi gave OU its second point of the day, picking up a ranked win at the number four spot. Bragusi handled No. 120 Kalaydjian in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.

OU's talented pair of freshmen would deliver the final two points of the dual. After splitting the first two sets of his match against Page, Maxime Mora dominated the third set 6-0 to take the win and put Oklahoma up 3-0.

Playing at number six singles, Biro grabbed the first ranked win of his career with a straight-sets victory over No. 98 Kononov. Biro won 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the dual for OU.

With the win, the Sooners advance to the consolation semifinals round where they will take on No. 12 Illinois on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CT. Live scoring and video will be available here.

For more information on Oklahoma Men's Tennis, follow the team on Twitter at @OU_MTennis.

RESULTS

DOUBLES

1. ^#37Harris/Ghilea vs. ^#18Angus/Vittek - 4-3, unfinished
2. ^#57Alvarez/Papa def. Petronijevic/Page - 6-1
3. Biro/Siegel def. Kalaydjian/Kononov - 6-3

Order of finish: 2,3

SINGLES

1. ^#60Axel Alvarez vs. ^#20Uros Petronijevic - 4-6, 6-1, 3-4 unfinished
2. Spencer Papa def. #24 Jordan Page - 4-6, 6-4, 1-3 unfinished

3. ^#85Alex Ghilea vs. Filip Vittek - 7-5, 5-5 unfinished

4. Florin Bragusi def. ^#120Romain Kalaydjian - 6-2, 6-2

5. Maxime Mora vs. Joshua Page - 6-2, 4-6, 6-0

6. Andre Biro def. ^#98Jaan Kononov - 7-5, 6-3

Order of finish: 4, 5, 6