Rice University
Oklahoma
OU Gets By Rice, 4-3
4/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 11, 2010
HOUSTON - No. 21 Oklahoma grabbed the doubles point and picked up three, straight-set victories in singles play to beat No. 42 Rice 4-3 Sunday at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
Oklahoma is now 15-4. The loss left Rice with a split in matches against nationally-ranked opponents over the weekend as the Owls dropped to 11-10. On Friday the Owls defeated No. 31 Tulsa, 4-3.
In singles play on Sunday, Rice's Michael Nusslein came back from a 4-3 deficit in the third set to beat No. 54 Ionut Beleleu 6-0, 3-6, 6-4. Bruno Rosa, ranked No. 47 nationally, also picked up a win over a nationally-ranked ranked player from OU. Rosa defeated No. 23 Andrei Daescu 6-2, 6-2.
The Owls third win came at No. 5 where Christian Saravia defeated Lawrence Formentera 6-4, 6-4.
Rice concludes the regular season April 19 when the Owls travel to SMU. Rice will serve as the host of the Conference USA Championship April 22-25.
Singles
#47 Bruno Rosa (Rice) def. Andrei Daescu 6-2, 6-2
Michael Nusslein (Rice) def. No. 54 Ionut Beleleu 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
#64 Costin Paval (Oklahoma) def. Sam Garforth-Bels 6-2, 6-4
David Pultr (Oklahoma) def. Oscar Podlewski 6-2, 6-4
Christian Saravia (Rice) def. Lawrence Formentera 6-4, 6-4
George Chanturia (Oklahoma) def. Isamu Tachibana 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
#47 Daescu/Peval (Oklahoma) def. #62 Saravia/Nusslein 8-6
#52 Rosa/Tachibana (Rice) def. Belelu/Pultr 8-5
Formentera/Blake Boswell (Oklahoma) def. Dennis Polyakov/Podlewski 8-1
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