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Red Raiders Roll Over Nebraska, 7-0
April 13, 2008 | Men's Tennis
April 13, 2008
LUBBOCK, Texas - Seniors Bojan Szumanski and Ilya Babinciuc played in their final home match of 2008 today as Texas Tech notched in their 19th season win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 7-0. The men's tennis team will play their final conference match on the road in Waco, Texas, as they meet No. 18 Baylor.
The Red Raider's got its 12th doubles victory today with wins from all three courts. Tech's Christian Rojmar and Szumanski were ahead 6-2 before the Huskers Renao Melo and Tobias Schneider retired due to an injury suffered during the match. The No. 2 team of Michael Breler and Sinisa Markovic clinched the point for the fifth time this season over Calin Paar and Francois Van Impe. In the final doubles match Babinciuc and Lenoir Ramos battled back from a 4-0 deficit to win the match 8-6 over David Bendheim and Hendrik Stahmer, remaining as the only undefeated Tech duo in Big 12 action.
Tech continued to pluck away at the Cornhuskers as they walked away with wins in all six singles positions. Rojmar was the first player off as he dominated Karl Jones 6-1, 6-1. Breler added to his outstanding spring record at No. 6 of 18-1, 5-0 in the Big 12, by defeating Mark Tate, 6-3, 6-3. Junior hard-hitter Markovic continued his campaign for yet another undefeated Big 12 season as he put away Calin Paar, 6-2, 6-3, to clinch the match for the Raiders for only the third time this season
Szumanski walked off the No. 1 court for the last time as he polished off his final home contest with a win over Bendheim in straight sets. Ramos was the next player to sink in a win as he defeated Hendrik Stahmer 10-3 in the third set super-tiebreaker. Senior Babinciuc also capped his Red Raider career with his 26th season win as he took Van Impe in three sets, placing himself in a six-way tie in Tech's record book for single season victories with teammates Szumanski and Markovic.
"Nebraska is a much better team than the score showed today," commented co-captain Szumanski after sinking in his 88th career singles victory at Texas Tech. "I'm relieved that I could finish this weekend with two wins, and I would like to thank my team and the fans for all of their support. This is definitely going to give us the confidence we need as we head into next weekend against Baylor."
#20 Texas Tech - 7
Nebraska - 0
McLeod Tennis Center
Doubles: 1, 2*, 3
1. #4 Rojmar/Szumanski (TTU) def. Melo/Schneider (UN); 6-2 (ret.)
2. #37 Breler/Markovic (TTU) def. Paar/Van Impe (UN); 8-4
3. Babinciuc/Ramos (TTU) def. Bendheim/Stahmer (UN); 8-6
Singles: 5, 6, 2*, 1, 3, 4
1. #43 Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. David Bendheim (UN); 6-3, 6-4
2. Sinisa Markovic (TTU) def. Calin Paar (UN); 6-2, 6-3
3. Lenoir Ramos (TTU) def. Hendrik Stahmer (UN); 3-6, 6-4, 10-3
4. Ilya Babinciuc (TTU) def. Francois Van Impe (UN); 6-2, 4-6, 10-2
5. Christian Rojmar (TTU) def. Karl Jones (UN); 6-1, 6-1
6. Michael Breler (TTU) def. Mark Tate (UN); 6-3, 6-3
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