Men's Tennis Falls at No. 3 Texas, 5-2

Friday, March 6

Austin, Texas

5:30 PM

Tulane University

Texas

Photo by: Parker Waters

Mar 6, 2020 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

AUSTIN, Texas – Facing its highest-ranked opponent of the season, the Tulane men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision at reigning national champion and third-ranked Texas on Friday evening.

The Longhorns (11-3) drew first blood in doubles, jumping out to early leads on all three courts. Leading 5-3 in each matchup, they closed out courts one and two by 6-3 scores, respectively, to take a 1-0 lead into singles.

Texas kept the pressure on in singles, claiming five first sets, while junior Akos Kotorman claimed a 6-2 victory over Cleeve Harper in the first frame at the No. 6 spot in the lineup.

The Longhorns earned a pair of straight-set wins on courts two and five within moments of one another to push the Green Wave (5-5) to the brink with a 3-0 advantage. Texas broke serve in the second set to regain control on four before closing out another straight set win to clinch the match.

Tulane got on the scoreboard on court six when junior Akos Kotorman closed out a dominant, 6-2, 7-5 win over Cleeve Harper.

Senior and 72nd-ranked Ewan Moore bounced back from a lost first set, 6-4, against the nation's No. 6 player, Christian Sigsgaard, to win the second frame in a long tiebreaker, 7-6(8), and force a third-set breaker. Moore was dominant throughout, jumping out to an 8-3 lead before closing it out, 10-4, to complete the comeback. Sigsgaard marks the highest-ranked opponent Moore has defeated in his career.

Texas collected one final victory in a second-set tiebreaker on court four for its fifth point of the night.

Tulane makes the short trip from Austin to Fort Worth to face No. 8 TCU on Sunday, March 8. First serve is set for 1 p.m.

#3 Texas 5, #43 Tulane 2
Singles
1. #72 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. #6 Christian Sigsgaard (TEX) 4-6, 7-6(8), 1-0(4)
2. #2 Yuya Ito (TEX) def. #50 Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-4, 6-1
3. #44 Siem Woldeab (TEX) def. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 6-3, 6-4
4. Eliot Spizzirri (TEX) def. Dane Esses (TLN) 6-3, 7-6(9)
5. Chih Chi Huang (TEX) def. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) 6-0, 6-2
6. Akos Kotorman (TLN) def. Cleeve Harper (TEX) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
1. #9 Yuya Ito/Christian Sigsgaard (TEX) def. Hamish Stewart/Akos Kotorman (TLN) 6-3
2. Jacob Bullard/Eliot Spizzirri (TEX) def. Benji Jacobson/Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-3
3. Cleeve Harper/Chih Chi Huang (TEX) vs. Luis Erlenbusch/Dane Esses (TLN) 5-3

Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,5,3*,6,1,4)

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