WICHITA, Kan. – No. 61 Wichita State suffered a 4-2 loss to No. 29 Oklahoma State on Thursday at the Rock Road Genesis Health Club in Wichita. Thursday's loss dropped the 61st ranked Shockers to 4-5 while No. 29 Oklahoma State continued their best start in school history, now moving to 9-0.
The team of Brady Bohrnstedt/Arjun Kadhe (the 38th ranked doubles team in the nation) from No. 29 Oklahoma State defeated the No. 61 Wichita State team of Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic 6-4 to begin doubles play. Guillermo de Vilchez/Guillermo Nicol of the Shockers won 6-3 against Matt Campbell/Lucas Gerch of the Cowboys to tie the doubles portion.
Sebastian Sachs/Jakob Sude would secure the doubles point for No. 29 Oklahoma State by beating Ilija Cuic/Jocelyn Devilliers 6-4. The Cowboys would take the 1-0 dual-match lead over the Shockers into singles play.
Ostojic (No. 20 in the ITA's Central Singles Rankings) would bounce back from his doubles loss to give the Shockers their first point of the day by earning a 6-5(5), 6-3 victory against Kadhe to start singles play. This also tied Thursday's dual-match at one apiece.
No. 29 Oklahoma State went on to win the next two matches to go up 3-1 on No. 61 Wichita State. Sude (the 70th ranked player in the nation) took down Cuic 6-3, 6-4 to increase the Cowboys' lead to 2-1, and then Chris Haworth claimed a 6-3, 6-4 straight sets victory over Devilliers.
Gregurovic (this week's Missouri Valley Conference Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week) would cut the Shockers' dual-match deficit to 3-2 with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win against Sachs, but the Cowboys clinched the dual-match by Bohrnstedt defeating de Vilchez 6-4, 6-5(5)
The Shockers' next dual-match will be against Cowley on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Rock Road Genesis Health Club in Wichita at 1 p.m.
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#29 Oklahoma State 4, #61 Wichita State 2
Singles Competition
1. Jakob Sude (OSU) def. Ilija Cuic (WSUM) 6-3, 6-4
2. Tin Ostojic (WSUM) def. Arjun Kadhe (OSU) 6-5 (7-5), 6-3
3. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSUM) def. Sebastian Sachs (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) def. Guillermo de Vilchez (WSUM) 6-4, 6-5(5)
5. Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) vs. Lucas Gerch (OSU) 3-6, 6-5 (7-5), 1-1, unfinished
6. Chris Haworth (OSU) def. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSUM) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. Brady Bohrnstedt/Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic (WSUM) 6-4
2. Sebastian Sachs/Jakob Sude (OSU) def. Ilija Cuic/Jocelyn Devilliers (WSUM) 6-4
3. Guillermo de Vilchez/Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) def. Matt Campbell/Lucas Gerch (OSU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Oklahoma State 9-0; National ranking #29
Wichita State 4-5; National ranking #61
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,1,6,3,4)
