Rice University
Tulsa
Tulsa Outlasts Owls, 5-2
4/8/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2011
The Rice men's tennis team took C-USA rival Tulsa to the limit before dropping a 5-2 decision at the Case Tennis Center in Tulsa on Friday night.
The matchup of C-USA's top-ranked programs who have reached the finals in every conference championship since the Owls joined the league in 2005, featured a doubles point decided in the 16th game and singles matches that went three sets in five of six positions before Tulsa captured the win.
The Golden Hurricane and Owls split the first two doubles matches before Tulsa's 24th ranked duo of Clifford Marsland and Ashley Watling came back to defeat Harry Fowler and Oscar Podlewski, 9-7.
After Tulsa extended the lead to 2-0 with a straight-set win at No. 6 singles, the Owls forced the remaining five singles matches to third sets. After dropping the opening set to 99th ranked Japie De Klerk, Rice's Peter Frank stormed back to take a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 2. Christian Saravia added the Owls second point, recovering from a second-set loss to down Grant Ive 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 decision.
The Owls will wrap up their road trip when they face the 26th ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday morning.
Tennis Match Results
Rice vs. Tulsa
Apr 08, 2011 at Tulsa, Okla.
(Case Tennis Center)
#35 Tulsa 5, #39 Rice 2
Singles competition
1. #46 Marcelo Arevalo (TLS) def. #97 Harry Fowler (RICE) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
2. Peter Frank (RICE) def. #99 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
3. #80 Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Sam Garforth-Bles (RICE) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Oscar Podlewski (RICE) 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4
5. Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Grant Ive (TLS) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
6. Tristan Jackson (TLS) def. Michael Nuesslein (RICE) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #24 Clifford Marsland/Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Harry Fowler/Oscar Podlewski (RICE) 9-7
2. #86 Marcelo Arevalo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Michael Nuesslein/Peter Frank (RICE) 8-3
3. Sam Garforth-Bles/Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Grant Ive/Rusty Turpin (TLS) 8-3
Match Notes:
Rice 13-7, 3-1 C-USA; National ranking #39
Tulsa 15-6, 6-0 C-USA; National ranking #35
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,3,5,4,1)
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