Tulsa showed up at the LA Tennis Center with nothing to lose after upsetting USC and Pepperdine and lose is exactly what they did. Billy Martin’s boys came to play and they gave Tulsa a pretty thorough beating in every facet of the match. UCLA’s #1 and #3 doubles teams both posted 6-0 shutouts to seal the doubles point and give UCLA the early 1-0 lead.
Things never got any closer in singles as UCLA cruised to 5 1st sets and the 2nd sets went just as quickly with Mackenzie McDonald, Dennis Mkrtchian, Martin Redlicki, and Karue Sell all winning in straight sets. The only positive for Tulsa was Mitchell Pritchard taking the 1st set at #5 singles.
UCLA recap
Tulsa recap
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#16 UCLA 5, #26 Tulsa 0
Mar 03, 2015 at Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Tennis Center)
Doubles
1. #5 McDonald/Redlicki (UCLA) def. #33 Bautista/Espejo (TU) 6-0
2. Joseph Di Giulio/Sell (UCLA) vs. Matthew Kirby/Ram-Harel (TU) 3-2, unfinished
3. Mkrtchian/Rapp (UCLA) def. McCloskey/Pritchard (TU) 6-0
UCLA Wins Doubles Point
Singles
1. #3 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA 14.87) def. #71 Or Ram-Harel (TU 13.24) 6-4, 6-0
2. #35 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA 13.50) def. Alejandro Espejo (TU 13.67) 6-3, 6-2
3. Martin Redlicki (UCLA 14.23) def. Juan Matias Gonzalez (TU 13.44) 6-1, 6-3
4. Karue Sell (UCLA 14.03) def. Carlos Bautista (TU 12.71) 6-3, 6-2
5. Austin Rapp (UCLA 12.91) vs. Mitchell Pritchard (TU 12.51) 3-6, 5-3, DNF
6. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA 13.06) vs. Dylan McCloskey (TU 12.59) 6-3, 5-1, DNF
Match Notes
Tulsa 10-7; National ranking #26
UCLA 8-5; National ranking #16
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,1,2,4)
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Waco, TX: TCU came out fired up in doubles and went up an early break on all 3 courts and led 3-0 on 1, 3-0 on 2, and 3-1 on 3 however Baylor would turn the tide at #2 and #3 doubles and win 6 of the next 7 games on 2 and 5 of the next 6 games on 3 to take the doubles point. Singles would start out just the opposite of doubles with Baylor getting the jump on TCU and going up multiple breaks on every court except #2 singles. Baylor would take the opening set on every court except #2 but TCU would finally show some life early in the 2nd sets at 4, 5, and 6. WhWhile Guillermo Nunez was able to hold on to his break lead and take the 2nd set at #4, both Facundo Lugones and Trevor Johnson would fail to consolidate their breaks and would both fade down the stretch and go down in straight sets to Mate Zsiga and Felipe Rios. Baylor’s Max Tchoutakian would win in straight sets at #3 and in just over 2 hours Baylor had posted a 4-0 shutout of TCU. All remaining matches were abandoned though both BU’s Julian Lenz and TCU’s Nick Chappell each served for the match at 1 and 2 but both were broken and would not get a second chance due to the clinch.
TCU recap
“I thought it was the best that we played coming out of the gate in doubles, head coach David Roditi said. “We were up a break in every match and if we continue to come out the way we started in doubles, we will win that doubles point. Baylor deserves a lot of credit for the way they played and they just competed better than we did.
Baylor recap
“It was a great win for us. It was a good atmosphere with the crowd in this building. I feel great about how we played. Momentum is big in these dual-matches. We won doubles and Felipe (Rios) got off quick, so we are up 2-0 and that puts us in a good spot. It creates pressure on the other team and I think we rode that.” – head coach Matt Knoll on the match
#5 Baylor 4, #13 TCU 0
Mar 03, 2015 at Waco, Texas (Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center)
Doubles competition
1. #20 Will Stein/Nick Chappell (TCU) def. #57 Tony Lupieri/Mate Zsiga (BU) 6-4
2. Diego Galeano/Julian Lenz (BU) def. Guillermo Nuez/Cameron Norrie (TCU) 6-4
3. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios (BU) def. Facundo Lugones/Trevor Johnson (TCU) 6-4
Singles competition
1. #11 Julian Lenz (BU 14.69) vs. #28 Cameron Norrie (TCU 14.66) 6-2, 5-6 DNF
2. #48 Nick Chappell (TCU 13.81) vs. #23 Tony Lupieri (BU 14.32) 6-3, 5-6 DNF
3. #40 Max Tchoutakian (BU 14.22) def. Will Stein (TCU 13.28) 6-3, 6-2
4. Vince Schneider (BU 13.46) vs. Guillermo Nuez (TCU 13.53) 6-4, 3-6, 2-0 DNF
5. Mate Zsiga (BU 13.82) def. #110 Facundo Lugones (TCU 13.49) 6-0, 6-4
6. Felipe Rios (BU 13.62) def. Trevor Johnson (TCU 13.38) 6-0, 6-2
Match Notes
TCU 8-4, 0-1; National ranking #13
Baylor 10-2, 1-0; National ranking #5
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