OU Picks Up Road Win to Improve to 16-2

Saturday, March 30

Orlando, Fla.

5:00 PM

University of Oklahoma

UCF

OU Picks Up Road Win to Improve to 16-2

March 30, 2024 | Men's Tennis

OU 4, UCF 0

NORMAN - The No. 22 Oklahoma men's tennis team improved to 16-2 on the season after picking up a road win over No. 29 UCF on Saturday evening.

The Sooners took the lead after winning the doubles point with wins at the one and three lines. Freshman pair Hank Trondson and Asahi Harazaki took the first win, topping UCF's Santiago Giamichelle and Francisco Llanes, 6-2. UCF won the match at the two line, with fifth-year senior Mark Mandlik and junior Jordan Hasson coming up short, 3-6. Fifth-year seniors Baptiste Anselmo and Alex Martinez sealed the doubles point for OU, winning 7-5 at the one position.

Sophomore Luis Alvarez was first to put a singles point on the board for the Sooners. He took a swift straight-set win at the four line over UCF's Liam Branger.

No. 20 Martinez put the Sooners closer to winning the match after he won in straight sets at the one line, 6-3, 6-4.

Freshman and No. 107 Kholo Montsi clinched the match for OU after picking up his third conference win at the two position.

Hasson won his first set but was trailing in the second when play stalled. Fifth-year senior Justin Schlageter won his first set in a tiebreak and was ahead in the second set when the match was abandoned. Mandlik was the only Sooner to drop a first set, doing so in a tiebreak. He fell behind in the second set but the match did not conclude.

UP NEXT

The Sooners return to Norman to face No. 10 Texas A&M on Tuesday, April 2 at 6 p.m. OU then hosts No. 27 Baylor at home on Friday, April 5 at 6 p.m.

RESULTS

#22 OU 4, UCF 0

Singles competition

1. #20 Alex Martinez (OU) def. Yassine Dlimi (UCF) 6-3, 6-4
2. #107 Kholo Montsi (OU) def. Lleyton Cronje (UCF) 6-2, 6-4
3. Francisco Llanes (UCF) vs. Jordan Hasson (OU) 3-6, 4-4, unfinished
4. Luis Alvarez (OU) def. Liam Branger (UCF) 6-2, 6-0
5. Santiago Giamichelle (UCF) vs. Justin Schlageter (OU) 6-7, 0-4, unfinished
6. Mehdi Benchakroun (UCF) vs. Mark Mandlik (OU) 7-6, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles competition

1. Baptiste Anselmo/Alex Martinez (OU) def. Yassine Dlimi/Paul Colin (UCF) 7-5
2. Lleyton Cronje/Liam Branger (UCF) def. Mark Mandlik/Jordan Hasson (OU) 6-3
3. Asahi Harazaki/Hank Trondson (OU) def. Santiago Giamichelle/Francisco Llanes (UCF) 6-2

Match Notes:
OU 16-2; National ranking #20
UCF 16-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,1,2)