Baylor
Oklahoma State
Men's Tennis Edges Oklahoma State, 4-3
4/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 20, 2007
WACO, Texas -
The No. 4 ranked Baylor men's tennis team clinched a share of the Big 12 regular season title and picked up their fifth straight conference win defeating seventh-ranked
The Cowboys claimed the doubles point with two wins over the Bears to take an early lead. Oklahoma State's duo of Ivan Puchkarov and Dmytro Petrov defeated Dominik Mueller and Denes Lukacs 8-5 while Daniel Byrnes and Oleksandr Nedovyesov clinched the doubles point for the Cowboys with a 9-8(3) win over Baylor's team of No. 18 Matija Zgaga and David Galic. Lars Poerschke and Michal Kokta posted the Bears' lone doubles win with an 8-2 victory over Artie Burmistrau and Nathan Byrnes.
Kokta, ranked No. 23, picked up the first win for the Bears with a 6-4, 6-0 win over No. 26 Puchkarov.
With the loss,
The Bears are back in action Sunday, April 22 when they host the
#4 Baylor 4, #7
Doubles
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1. D. Byrnes/Nedovyesov (OSU) def. #18 Zgaga/Galic (BU) 9-8(3)
2. Poerschke/Kokta (BU) def. Burmistrau/N. Byrnes (OSU) 8-2
3. Puchkarov/Petrov (OSU) def. Mueller/Lukacs (BU) 8-5
Singles
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 1*
1. #14 Lars Poerschke (BU) def. #30 Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU) 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3
2. #23Michal Kokta (BU) def. #26 Ivan Puchkarov (OSU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Dmytro Petrov (OSU) def. Matt Brown (BU) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2
4. Matija Zgaga (BU) def. Daniel Byrnes (OSU) 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-3
5. Artie Burmistrau (OSU) def. #102 Dominik Mueller (BU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Denes Lukacs (BU) def. Nathan Byrnes (OSU) 6-1, 7-6(3)
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