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Cowboy Tennis Upsets No. 57 UNLV
February 10, 2012 | Cowboy Tennis
Feb. 10, 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Oklahoma State men's tennis team pulled off the upset of 57th-ranked UNLV in Las Vegas on Friday in a close 4-3 contest.
The Cowboys (3-0) picked up the victory in the final match of the day, with junior Trevor Horstmann getting a hard-fought victory against Willie Sublette to give the Cowboys the decisive point of the dual. Horstmann took a close first set, 7-6 (8). Sublette fought back and took the second set, 6-4, before Horstmann won the decisive set, 6-3.
UNLV (3-4) began the afternoon by winning two of three doubles matches to take the doubles point, despite an 8-4 victory from OSU's 56th-ranked doubles pair of Rifat Biktyakov and Vlad Bondarenko against Brian Kenyon and Bernard Schoeman in the No. 1 doubles spot.
In other singles action, No. 60 Bondarenko remained undefeated on the season by beating Tamas Batyi, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. No. 77 Chris Haworth also kept his record unblemished, defeating Alex Bull, 6-3, 6-3. Eric West picked up a win in the No. 4 spot, outlasting Schoeman, 6-4, 6-1.
Rene Ruegamer beat No. 89 Biktyakov, 6-1, 6-4, in the No. 2 spot, and Brian Kenyon defeated Adolfo Aires at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-1.
The Cowboys will return to action on Saturday when they take on San Diego State in Las Vegas at 2 p.m.
Oklahoma State 4, #57 UNLV 3
Feb. 10, 2012 | Las Vegas, Nev. | Fertitta Tennis Complex
DOUBLES
1. #56 Rifat Biktyakov/Vlad Bondarenko (OSU) def. Brian Kenyon/Bernard Schoeman (UNLV), 8-4
2. Alex Bull/Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) def. Chris Haworth/Eric West (OSU), 8-6
3. Tamas Batyi/Willie Sublette (UNLV) def. Adolfo Aires/Trevor Horstmann (OSU), 8-1
SINGLES
1. #60 Vlad Bondarenko (OSU) def. Tamas Batyi (UNLV), 6-1, 6-3
2. Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) def. #89 Rifat Biktyakov (OSU), 6-1, 6-4
3. #77 Christopher Haworth (OSU) def. Alex Bull (UNLV), 6-3, 6-3
4. Eric West (OSU) def. Bernard Schoeman (UNLV), 6-4, 6-1
5. Brian Kenyon (UNLV) def. Adolfo Aires (OSU), 6-0, 6-1
6. Trevor Horstmann (OSU) def. Willie Sublette (UNLV), 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3
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