Baylor
Texas Tech
Men's Tennis Posts Victory over Texas Tech
3/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 24, 2002
WACO, Texas - The 16th-ranked Baylor men's tennis team defeated the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders 6-1 at the Baylor Tennis Center. Baylor remains undefeated in Big 12 play at 3-0 and is 15-1 overall, while Texas Tech falls to 9-6 on the season and 1-1 in league action.
The Bears (9-2, 3-0 Big 12) won doubles and took five singles matches to defeat the Red Raiders. At No. 1 doubles Markus Hornung and Nathan McGregor posted the Bears' first victory, defeating Richard Crabtree and Ben Gudzelak 8-5. The other two matches were hard-fought contests, both going to tiebreakers. At No. 3 doubles Matias Marin and Reiner Neurohr finished their match before Benjamin Becker and Zoltan Papp finished, giving the Bears the doubles point. Marin and Neurohr won 9-8 (7-5), while Becker and Papp were victorious 9-8 (8-6).
Alfonso Perez was the Red Raiders' lone victor, defeating Armando Carrascosa at No. 6 singles 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Benjamin Becker posted his second straight win over a ranked opponent with his 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 80 Royce Ramey at No. 1 singles. He defeated 5th-ranked Jesse Witten of Kentucky on Friday. Markus Hornung and Zoltan Papp were impressive in their victories. Hornung, playing at No. 3, was trailing 2-5 in his first set to Richard Crabtree and reeled off wins in the next five games to take the set 7-5. He went on to take the match with a 6-4 second set score. Papp, playing Ben Gudzelak at No. 2, dropped the first set 6-2 then regrouped and won the next two 6-4, 6-1 to cruise to victory. Sophomore Reiner Neurohr nailed down the win for Baylor with his three-set victory at No. 5 over Michael Innerebner. He won the first set 6-2, lost the second 3-6, then posted a 6-2 win to give the Bears their fourth point of the match.
The Bears' next action comes on Wed., March 27th when they host No. 41 SMU at 6 p.m. at the Baylor Tennis Center. They will then travel to Durham, N.C. where they will face No. 14 Duke on Sat., March 30 at noon.
Baylor 6, Texas Tech 1
Doubles
1. Hornung/Nathan McGregor, BU def. Crabtree/Gudzelak, TT 8-5
2. Papp/Becker, BU def. Ramey/Wakeford , TT 9-8 (8-6)
3. Neurohr/Marin, BU def. Innerebner/Perez, TT 9-8 (7-5)
Singles
1. #7 Benjamin Becker, BU def. #80 Royce Ramey, TT 6-3, 6-1
2. #38 Zoltan Papp, BU def. Ben Gudzelak, TT 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. #74 Markus Hornung, BU def. Richard Crabtree, TT 7-5, 6-4
4. Matias Marin, BU def. Devin Wakeford, TT 6-2, 6-4
5. #120 Reiner Neurohr, BU def. Michael Innerebner, TT 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
6. Alfonso Perez, TT def. Armando Carrascosa, BU 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
