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No. 16 Red Raiders Conclude Road Trip With Another Win
April 18, 2010 | Men's Tennis
April 18, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas - The No. 16 Texas Tech men's tennis team wrapped up its two-match road trip with its second win as it defeated No. 20 Oklahoma, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion in Norman, Okla.
It was the second win of the season against the Sooners as Tech beat OU, 4-3, in the championship match of the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on March 21.
Tech (20-3/3-2 Big 12) started off the match winning the doubles point for the 17th time this year as the Red Raiders took two of the three matches against the Sooners (15-5/1-4 Big 12). Tech's top tandem of 20th-ranked Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia posted an 8-3 win at No.1 against 15th-ranked Andrei Daescu and Costin Paval. The Red Raiders then lost at No. 2 before winning in a tiebreaker at No. 3 as Vitor Manzini and David Gonzalez beat Blake Boswell and Lawrence Formentera, 9-8 (5).
The Red Raiders took at 2-0 lead as Manzini won his match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, over Formentera at No. 5. OU got on the scoreboard with a victory at No. 4. Raphael Pfister then gave Tech a 3-1 advantage as he dropped George Chanturia in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 6.
Needing just one more win at the one of the three remaining matches, the Red Raiders lost at No. 3, making the score 3-2 with the last two matches - No. 1 and 2 - in the third set. Fifteenth-ranked Carvalho clinched the match for Tech by defeating 72nd-ranked Ionut Beleleu, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, at No. 1, and 59th-ranked Escobar followed it up with a victory at No. 2, beating 29th-ranked Daescu, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1,
"This was an incredible team effort today as everyone contributed to this win," said head coach Tim Siegel. "We played fantastic tennis at the top of the lineup. I am so proud of Gonzalo (Escobar). He played incredible tennis. I am very proud of the way we played this weekend."
The victory gives the Red Raiders their third 20-win season in the Siegel era. The other two 20-win seasons came in 2005 (25-4) and 2008 (20-6).
Tech plays its regular-season finale at No. 11 Baylor on Sat., April 24, at 6 p.m., at the Baylor Tennis Center.
#16 Texas Tech 5, #20 Oklahoma 2
Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion
Norman, Okla.
Doubles (order of finish: 1, 2, 3)
1. #20 Carvalho/Garcia (TTU) def. #15 Daescu/Paval (OU), 8-3
2. Pultr/Beleleu (OU) def. #59 Escobar/Stabile (TTU), 8-5
3. Manzini/David Gonzalez (TTU) def. Blake Boswell/Formentera (OU), 9-8 (5)
Singles (order of finish: 5, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2)
1. #15 Raony Carvalho (TTU) def. #72 Ionut Beleleu (OU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2. #58 Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) #29 Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
3. #68 Costin Paval (OU) def. Rafael Garcia (TTU), 6-4, 6-4
4. David Pultr (OU) def. Andre Stabile (TTU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
5. Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Lawrence Formentera (OU), 6-4, 6-1
6. Raphael Pfister (TTU) def. George Chanturia (OU), 7-5, 6-2
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