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Men's Tennis' Upset Bid Falls Short Against No. 6 Texas, 4-3
Feb 27, 2021 | Men's Tennis
NEW ORLEANS - Facing the highest-ranked team to ever come to City Park, the Tulane men's tennis team's upset bid against sixth-ranked Texas fell just short, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.
The Green Wave (6-4) faced an uphill battle in doubles, as the Longhorns (9-3) jumped out to a pair of 4-1 leads on courts one and two, respectively. Texas was able to close out both by 6-2 counts to take a 1-0 lead into singles.
The Longhorns extended their advantage to 2-0 with a straight-set win on court six to get singles started, but Tulane responded in a big way when freshman Rafael de Alba closed out a 6-3, 7-5 win on court five, before Billy Suarez finished off a dominant second set for a 7-5, 6-0 win on court four to level the scoreboard, 2-2.
Texas earned a three-set victory on court one to reclaim the lead, but fifth-year senior and 53rd-ranked Ewan Moore bounced back from a tough first-set defeat in a tiebreaker to win the final two frames, 6-2, 6-4, to outlast 57th-ranked Siem Woldeab on court two.
With the match tied three-all, court three proved to be the deciding match, where fifth-year senior Luis Erlenbusch countered a 7-5 loss in the first set to win the second, 7-6(3), against 78th-ranked Micah Braswell. However, Braswell took a commanding 4-0 lead in the third set before closing it out, 6-1, to clinch for the Longhorns.
Up next, Tulane heads to Dallas to face American Athletic Conference foe SMU on Saturday, March 6 at 10 a.m. The Green Wave will then face Oral Roberts at 2 p.m., in a neutral-site match.
#6 Texas 4, Tulane 3
Singles competition
1. #120 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. #40 Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
2. #53 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. #57 Siem Woldeab (UT) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4
3. #78 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1
4. Billy Suarez (TLN) def. Cleeve Harper (UT) 7-5, 6-0
5. Rafael de Alba (TLN) def. Evin McDonald (UT) 6-3, 7-5
6. Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Fynn Kuenkler (TLN) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Hamish Stewart/Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-2
2. Chih Chi Huang/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Akos Kotorman/Billy Suarez (TLN) 6-2
3. Luis Erlenbusch/Fynn Kuenkler (TLN) vs. Micah Braswell/Jacob Bullard (UT) 4-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,5,4,1,2,3)
The Green Wave (6-4) faced an uphill battle in doubles, as the Longhorns (9-3) jumped out to a pair of 4-1 leads on courts one and two, respectively. Texas was able to close out both by 6-2 counts to take a 1-0 lead into singles.
The Longhorns extended their advantage to 2-0 with a straight-set win on court six to get singles started, but Tulane responded in a big way when freshman Rafael de Alba closed out a 6-3, 7-5 win on court five, before Billy Suarez finished off a dominant second set for a 7-5, 6-0 win on court four to level the scoreboard, 2-2.
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Texas earned a three-set victory on court one to reclaim the lead, but fifth-year senior and 53rd-ranked Ewan Moore bounced back from a tough first-set defeat in a tiebreaker to win the final two frames, 6-2, 6-4, to outlast 57th-ranked Siem Woldeab on court two.
With the match tied three-all, court three proved to be the deciding match, where fifth-year senior Luis Erlenbusch countered a 7-5 loss in the first set to win the second, 7-6(3), against 78th-ranked Micah Braswell. However, Braswell took a commanding 4-0 lead in the third set before closing it out, 6-1, to clinch for the Longhorns.
Up next, Tulane heads to Dallas to face American Athletic Conference foe SMU on Saturday, March 6 at 10 a.m. The Green Wave will then face Oral Roberts at 2 p.m., in a neutral-site match.
#6 Texas 4, Tulane 3
Singles competition
1. #120 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. #40 Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
2. #53 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. #57 Siem Woldeab (UT) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4
3. #78 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1
4. Billy Suarez (TLN) def. Cleeve Harper (UT) 7-5, 6-0
5. Rafael de Alba (TLN) def. Evin McDonald (UT) 6-3, 7-5
6. Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Fynn Kuenkler (TLN) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Hamish Stewart/Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-2
2. Chih Chi Huang/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Akos Kotorman/Billy Suarez (TLN) 6-2
3. Luis Erlenbusch/Fynn Kuenkler (TLN) vs. Micah Braswell/Jacob Bullard (UT) 4-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,5,4,1,2,3)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
Eliot Spizzirri / 0 (120/-) [UT]
616
362
#2 Singles Match
123
Siem Woldeab / 0 (57/-) [UT]
724
666
#3 Singles Match
123
Micah Braswell / 0 (78/-) [UT]
766
571
#4 Singles Match
12
Cleeve Harper / 0 [UT]
50
76
#5 Singles Match
12
Evin McDonald / 0 [UT]
35
67
#6 Singles Match
12
Nevin Arimilli / 0 [UT]
66
22
Order of Finish:
6,5,4,1,2,3
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