NEW ORLEANS- The Green Wave tennis team (0-6) hosted nationally ranked Oklahoma State (10-2) on Wednesday afternoon. The Cowboys bested Tulane, 4-1.
Oklahoma State's nationally ranked doubles pair claimed the match quickly on court one. On court three, Sam Scherer and Luka Petrovic came back to take down their opponents (6-3) to leave all eyes on court two.
After a close set on court two, Oklahoma State was able to claim the doubles point after defeating Benji Jacobson and Billy Suarez in a tie breaker, 7-6 (2).
In singles, junior Luc Hoeijmans played a dominant game of court 5, sweeping his opponent, 6-4, 6-4.
The Green Wave was unable to get it done on the other courts and fell to the Cowboys, 4-1.
Tulane will look to bounce back in an action packed weekend. They will host a double header on Friday afternoon, taking on Ole Miss at 1:00 PM and Southern University following the completion of the Ole Miss match.
Tulane versus Oklahoma State Results:
Doubles competition
1. Tyler Zink/Alex Garcia (OKSTM) def. Alex Bancila/Luc Hoeijmans (TULM) 6-2
2. Alessio Basile/Isaac Becroft (OKSTM) def. Benji Jacobson/Billy Suarez (TULM) 7-6 (2)
3. Sam Scherer/Luka Petrovic (TULM) def. Goran Zgola/Erik Schiessl (OKSTM) 6-3
Singles competition
1. Tyler Zink (OKSTM) def. Billy Suarez (TULM) 6-3, 6-3
2. Isaac Becroft (OKSTM) def. Alex Bancila (TULM) 6-3, 6-2
3. Alex Garcia (OKSTM) vs. Luka Petrovic (TULM) 6(5)-7, 3-2, unf.
4. Erik Schiessl (OKSTM) vs. Fynn Kuenkler (TULM) 6-2, 5-7, unf.
5. Luc Hoeijmans (TULM) def. Alessio Basile (OKSTM) 6-4, 6-4
6. Francisco Pini (OKSTM) def. Rafael de Alba (TULM) 6-2, 6-3
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