KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Oklahoma men's tennis team fell to No. 13 Tennessee 5-2 Saturday in the Sooners' first road match of the season.
OU dropped the doubles point, but sophomores
Alex Martinez and
Justin Schlageter came away with singles wins.
In doubles, the Volunteers struck first on court two with Mark Wallner and Andrew Rogers defeating OU's
Jonathan Sheehy and
Alex Martinez 6-3.
Mark Mandlik and
Welsh Hotard quickly leveled things when they defeated Joel Gamerov and Giles Hussey 6-3 on court three. The point came down to court one, where
Mason Beiler and
Max Stewart battled Martim Prada and Johannus Monday, but fell 6-4.
Schlageter tallied a singles win at the No. 6 line as he held on to defeat Tennessee's Rogers after a 10-point tie breaker. Schlageter gave up the first set 4-6 but flipped the script in the second to claim it 7-5 and kept a foot on the gas to take the breaker, 1-0 [3].
Martinez also won his court in a 10-point tiebreaker. The sophomore won his first set 6-4 before UT's Wallner took the second frame 7-6 (7) to force a breaker. Martinez came out on top, 1-0 [4].
Elsewhere in singles, No. 69 Beiler fell to Johannus Monday, 6-2, 6-2 on court one. Mandlik was defeated by Prata, 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 2 line. Stewart dropped to Hussey 6-2, 6-4 on court three, and freshman
Nathan Han fell to Luca Wiedenmann 6-1, 6-4 at the five spot.
Up Next
The Sooners head to Fort Worth next weekend for ITA Kickoff Weekend at TCU OU will open the tournament with Wake Forest on Jan. 23 with TCU and Denver square off on the other side of the bracket. The winners of those matches will meet on Jan. 24 with a trip to the ITA National Indoor Championships held Feb. 12-14 in Chicago.
Results
Singles
1. Johannus Monday (UT) def.
Mason Beiler (OU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Martim Prata (UT) def.
Mark Mandlik (OU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Giles Hussey (UT) def.
Max Stewart (OU) 6-2, 6-4
4.
Alex Martinez (OU) def. Mark Wallner (UT) 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-4)
5. Luca Wiedenmann (UT) def.
Nathan Han (OU) 6-1, 6-4
6.
Justin Schlageter (OU) def. Andrew Rogers (UT) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3)
Doubles
1. Johannus Monday/Martim Prata (UT) def.
Mason Beiler/
Max Stewart (OU) 6-4
2. Mark Wallner/Andrew Rogers (UT) def.
Jonathan Sheehy/
Alex Martinez (OU) 6-3
3.
Mark Mandlik/
Welsh Hotard (OU) def. Giles Hussey/Joel Gamerov (UT) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,5,3,6,4)