Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Middle Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
4,5,1,6,3,2
Players Mentioned
#21 Middle Tennessee men’s tennis falls in slugfest with Oklahoma State 4-3
2/17/2023 9:23:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —The Middle Tennessee men's tennis team got into yet another slugfest with a power five opponent in 6-2 Oklahoma State on Friday night at the Adams Tennis Complex. Unfortunately for the Blue Raiders, they were outlasted at the end of a third set on court two and fell 4-3 to the Cowboys.
Middle Tennessee took a dramatic doubles point thanks to the continued success of its' newest pairing. It took a tiebreak, but freshman Shu Matsuoka and Ondrej Horak gutted out a win on court three. After falling behind early in the tiebreak, Horak and Matsuoka took the final four games and clinch an important doubles point. The young duo is now 2-0 on the season in doubles play.
Ondrej Horak moved to 10-0 in singles this season with a 6-2, 6-4 win to put the Blue Raiders up 2-0 in the match. After that, the finishes came in fast and furious with Oklahoma State winning on court five and court one to even up the match at two per side when Pavel Motl put the Blue Raiders back on top with a 7-6 (7-3 tiebreak), 6-4 win on six to make it 3-2 in the match.
That put all eyes on #80 Stijn Slump and #91 Oskar Brostrem Poulsen, who both found themselves in third sets following both first and second set tiebreaks, respectively, that each Blue Raider won.
With both players neck and neck at 3-3 in their third sets, Oskar Brostrem Poulsen fell 3-6 in his final set while Stijn Slump battled hard but was unable to defeat Chase Ferguson, falling 5-7 in his third set.
Head Coach Jimmy Borendame
Thoughts on the match: "Our guys battled tonight, but credit to Oklahoma State. We have to play to win. Also, I thought we did a poor job of engaging our great home crowd. We will work on things tomorrow to get ready for a tough SMU team Sunday."
DOUBLES
1. Isaac Becroft/ Tyler Zink (OSU) def. #23 Francisco Rocha/ Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (MTSU) 6-4
2. Stijn Slump/ Pavel Motl (MTSU) def. Chase Ferguson / Alex Garcia (OSU) 6-4
3. Ondrej Horak/ Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) def. Leighton Allen/ Francisco Pini (OSU) 7-6 (7-5 tiebreak)
Order of finish: (2, 1, 3)
SINGLES
1. Tyler Zink (OSU) def. #122 Francisco Rocha (MTSU) 7-6 (7-2 tiebreak), 6-0
2. Chase Ferguson (OSU) def. #80 Stijn Slump (MTSU) 6-7 (5-7 tiebreak), 6-1, 7-5
3. Isacc Becroft (OSU) def. #91 Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (MTSU) 6-3, 6-7 (8-10 tiebreak), 3-6
4. Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Alex Garcia (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Francisco Pini (OSU) def. Marcel Kamrowski (MTSU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Pavel Motl (MTSU) def. Alessio Basile (OSU) 7-6 (7-3 tiebreak), 6-4
Order of finish: (4, 5, 1, 6, 3, 2)
UP NEXT
Middle Tennessee hosts SMU and Austin Peay this Sunday at home before traveling down to Montgomery, Alabama, next weekend for the Blue Gray Classic. The SMU match begins at 12:00 p.m. while Austin Peay is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
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