Baylor
Oklahoma State
Men's Tennis One Step Closer to Three-peat
5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
May 1, 2004
NORMAN, Okla. - Baylor's men's tennis team advanced to the championships match of the Big 12 Tournament with a 4-0 blanking of Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon at the Headington Family Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Baylor will face Texas A&M, 4-0 winners over Texas Tech, in the championship match on Sunday at 1 p.m.
If Baylor prevails over Texas A&M on Sunday, the Bears will become the first men's team to win both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles three times.
The Bears, ranked second nationally, raised their season record to 25-2 while 30th-ranked Oklahoma State is now 17-7 on the season.
In doubles it took 25th-ranked Benjamin Becker and Matias Marin just 35 minutes to close out their match with an 8-3 win at No. 2. Only 10 minutes later, Benedikt Dorsch and Matija Zgaga posted an 8-5 win at No. 1 to give the Bears the doubles point.
Becker was first off the court for the Bears in singles. The junior, ranked No. 15, trailed 3-0 to begin the match but then reeled off wins in 12 straight games to claim a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 2. At No. 5, Reiner Neurohr was almost as fast, defeating his Cowboy opponent, 6-1, 6-3. Freshman Matija Zgaga closed out the match for the Bears with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4.
#2 Baylor 4, #30 Oklahoma State 0
Singles
Order of finish: 2, 5, 4
1. #3 Benedikt Dorsch (BU) vs. #23 Mark Van Elden (OSU) DNF
2. #15 Benjamin Becker (BU) def. Yevgen Bondarchuk (OSU) 6-3, 6-0
3. #106 Matias Marin (BU) vs. #109 Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) DNF
4. #123 Matija Zgaga (BU) def. Boris Kuharic (OSU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Reiner Neurohr (BU) def. Daniel Byrne (OSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. #119 Ivor Lovrak (BU) vs. Jean Felipe Diaz (OSU) DNF
Doubles
Order of finish: 2, 1
1. #20 Dorsch/Zgaga (BU) def. Van Elden (OSU) 8-5
2. #24 Becker/Marin (BU) def. Bondarchuk/Kuharic (OSU) 8-3
3. Lovrak/Neurohr (BU) vs. Byrnes/Diaz (OSU) DNF
Records:
#2 Baylor - 25-2
#30 Oklahoma State - 17-7
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