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Texas Tech Men's Tennis Complete First Day Of Competition
March 05, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 5, 2004
Lubbock, Texas - Texas Tech men's tennis finished the first day of the H.E.B. National Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday night where they defeated Arkansas Little Rock in a thriller, 4-2, and will face the winner between Ball State and Cornell on Saturday at 12 p.m.
In singles action, Tech's Jakob Paulsen was upset at the No. 1 slot by Bastian Faisst, 6-1, 7-6, while Bojan Szumanski defeated Alexei Poutchinets of Arkansas Little Rock, 5-7, 7-6, 3-1, at the No. 2 position. Tech Coach Tim Siegel could not recall a more exciting match.
"In all my years in coaching, this was the most exciting and unbelievable victory that I have ever been a part of," Siegel said. "We had three players down match point and they all came back and won. It was the most incredible come from behind victory that I can recall."
The Red Raiders (6-2) will take the courts again tomorrow against either Ball State or Cornell at noon at the H.E.B. National Tournament.
FINAL SCORE # 66 Texas Tech 4, #71 UALR 2
SINGLES
No. 1 Bastian Faisst (UALR) def. Jakob Paulsen (TTU), 6-1, 7-6
No. 2 Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. Alexei Poutchinets (UALR), 5-7, 7-6, 3-1 ret.
No. 3 Esat Tanik (TTU) def. Sebastian Falk (UALR), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 Michael Innerebner (TTU) def. Mithun Murali (UALR), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 David Baxendine (UALR) def. Dinko Halachev (TTU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Dimitrio Martinez (TTU) def. Jarrad Bunt (UALR), 7-6, 4-6, 7-6.
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