2014 Tulsa Men's Tennis
2014 Tulsa Men’s Tennis Contact: Will Toman l Phone: 918.631-3720 l Email: [email protected] TulsaHurricane.com l Facebook.com/TulsaMTennis l Twitter.com/TulsaMTennis TCU l March 2, 2014
15 Conference Championships l 15 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2013-14 Schedule and Results Date Opponent/Event SEPTEMBER 13-15 @ Harvard Chowder Fest
Location
The Hurricane Watch Time/Res.
Boston, Mass.
All Day
OCTOBER 28-6 Saint Francis ITA All-American 17-21 USTA/ITA Central Region 24-27 @ USTA Collegiate Clay Courts
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Orlando, Fla.
All Day All Day All Day
JANUARY 17 Oral Roberts No. 61 Wichita State 19 No. 30 Drake University Illinois State 25 vs. No. 31 Northwestern! 26 vs. No. 37 Virginia Tech! 29 No. 16 Pepperdine
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Norman, Okla. Norman, Okla. Case Tennis Center
W, 7-0 W, 4-0 W, 4-1 W, 6-1 L, 4-2 L, 4-3 L, 4-3
FEBRUARY 1 No. 42 Washington 2 No. 6 Tennessee 7 @ No. 39 Minnesota 9 vs. No. 25 Harvard 14 No. 64 Arkansas 16 No. 50 Michigan State 21 No. 8 Texas A&M 23 No. 25 Oklahoma State
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn. Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center
W, 4-2 L, 4-3 W, 4-3 L, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 L, 6-1 W, 4-3
MARCH 2 at No. 48 TCU 16 vs. California 21 at Baylor 23 at Texas APRIL 4 6 11 17-20
Fort Worth, Texas Indian Wells, Calif. Waco, Texas Austin, Texas
South Florida Oklahoma at Ohio State Conference USA Championships (@ Tulsa, Okla.)
MAY 9-11 @ NCAA First and Second Rounds 15-26 @ NCAA Championships
1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Columbus, Ohio Case Tennis Center
5 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. All Day
TBA Athens, Ga.
All Day All Day
* Conference USA Match ! ITA Kickoff National Team Indoor Championship All Times Central Standard Time
Tulsa
2014 Record: 9-6 ITA Team Ranking: No. 32 Head Coach: Vince Westbrook Career Record: 350--244 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 89 Clifford Marsland No. 90 Alejandro Espejo No. 97 Japie De Klerk No. 24 Marsland/McCloskey
TULSA TRAVELS TO FORT WORTH TO FACE TCU ON SUNDAY: No. 32 Golden Hurricane (9-6) travels to Fort Worth, Texas to face No. 48 TCU (6-2) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Under head coach Vince Westbrook, Tulsa has posted an 11-9 record against TCU. THE FIRST SERVE: • The Golden Hurricane has won the first six Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week of the season as senior Japie De Klerk won the weekly award on Jan. 21, senior Clifford Marsland won the weekly award on Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18, and junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and Feb. 25. • Senior Clifford Marsland’s 80 career singles wins places him for ninth most in school history. • With the win against undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State 4-3 on Feb. 23, TU head coach Vince Westbrook earned his 350th career win at Tulsa. • After the TCU match, Tulsa faces five of the next six opponents ranked in the top-10, including No. 1 Ohio Stae on April 11.
2013-14 Golden Hurricane Roster Name Carlos Bautista Juan Carvajal Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Or Ram-Harel Matt Roso Daniel Santos
Ht 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-8
Cl-Exp So-1L Fr-HS Sr-3L Jr-2L Fr-HS So-1L Sr-3L So-TR Fr-HS So-TR Fr-HS
TCU
Date: Sunday, March 2 @ 1 pm Location: Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center 2014 Record: 6-2 ITA Team Ranking: No. 48 Head Coach: David Roditi Career Record: 46-40 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 51 Nick Chappell No. 93 Facundo Lugones No. 18 Chappell/Stein
Hometown (Previous School) Ciudad Real, Spain (Centro de Alto Rendimiento) Guayaquil, Ecuador (Pert) Ashton, South Africa (Stellenbosch HS) Granada, Spain (University of Granada) Granada, Spain (University of Granada) Lincolnshire, Great Britain (Woodbridge School) Perth, Australia (Servite College) Perth, West Australia (VCU) Kiryat Tivon, Isreal (Hof Ashron) Pert, Australia (University of Western Australia) Arequipa, Peru (Rey de Reyes)
Coaches Vince Westbrook (Southeastern Oklahoma State, ’87), 23rd Year – Head Coach Thomas Liversage (San Diego, ’08), 5th Year – Assistant Coach
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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LAST
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
93.18 78.78 73.41 72.68 64.64 62.78 59.62 55.48 55.26 53.66 51.25 46.11 41.49 39.96 39.38 39.30 38.89 38.64 36.98 35.84 34.82 34.67 34.58 34.13 33.39 33.02 32.53 27.18 26.71 26.50 25.46 24.67 24.13 23.85 23.40
Ohio State University 1 Univ. of So. California 2 University of Oklahoma 5 UCLA 4 University of Texas 6 Univ. of Notre Dame 10 University of Illinois 14 Baylor University 7 California 9 University of Virginia 3 Univ. of Tennessee 15 North Carolina 23 Texas A&M University 8 Vanderbilt University 18 Boise State University 41 Mississippi State Univ. 11 Duke University 16 Oklahoma State Univ. 25 Wake Forest University 20 Columbia University 34 Clemson University 21 University of Florida 13 Northwestern University 29 North Carolina State 27 University of Kentucky 17 University of Michigan 33 University of Memphis 22 Pepperdine 19 Va. Commonwealth Univ. 37 Harvard University 24 Auburn University 28 University of Tulsa 32 Univ. of South Carolina 31 Penn State University 43 University of Georgia 12
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Others from Conference USA: 3.64 Charlotte NR
ITA Regional/National Rankings Team Rankings Jan. 2 #25 Jan. 21 #24 Jan. 29 #30 Feb. 4 #34 Feb. 18 #32 Feb. 25 #32 Singles Rankings Jan. 2 Carlos Bautista Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland Japie De Klerk Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo Japie De Klerk
#71 #74 #106 #89 #90 #97
Doubles Rankings Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey #20 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo #47 Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey #24
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2014 Golden Hurricane Men’s Tennis
UP NEXT: The Golden Hurricane takes a week off before heading to Indian Wells, Calif., for a match against California on Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: The Golden Hurricane went 1-1 last weekend at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center as Tulsa fell to No. 8 Texas A&M 6-1 on Friday and defeated an undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State 4-3 on Sunday to give TU head coach Vince Westbrook his 350th career win at Tulsa. Junior Alejandro Espejo’s 7-6 (4), 6-3 win at the No. 3 singles position was the only match that TU won against the Aggies. Espejo paired with senior Japie De Klerk to win the only doubles match for Tulsa at the No. 2 position. The Golden Hurricane bounced back against Oklahoma State winning all three doubles matches. OSU won the next two matches at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles position to take a 2-1 lead, but No. 107 De Klerk’s 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 70 Jakob Sude tied the match at two. Senior Clifford Marsland’s 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 win at the No. 2 singles position gave TU a 3-2 lead and Espejo’s 6-4, 6-4 win at the No. 3 singles position clinched the match for Tulsa. WESTBROOK RECORDS HIS 350TH WIN: Tulsa men’s tennis head coach Vince Westbrook, who is in his 23rd season, earned his 350th win at Tulsa after a 4-3 win against an undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State on Sunday, Feb. 23. His 350 wins is the most wins in school history. MARSLAND ENTERS TOP-10 IN SINGLES WINS: Senior Clifford Marsland picked up a win last weekend giving him 80 career singles wins, which is the ninth most in school history. Marsland needs two wins to move into eight place, which is being held by Gareth Williams, who recorded 81 wins from 1996-99.
Tulsa’s Career Singles Leaders 1. 116 Arnau Brugues 2. 100 Nenad Toroman 3. 94 Louie Pranic 4. 89 Joel McGregor 5. 87 Will Gray 6. 86 Patrick Huewe 7. 84 Layn Phillips 8. 81 Gareth Williams 9. 80 Clifford Marsland 10. 77 Ricardo Soriano
2005-09 1996-00 1995-98 1996-99 2004-08 1989-93 1970-74 1996-99 2010-Present 2004-08
ESPEJO NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Junior Alejandro Espejo was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete on Feb. 25 for the second time this season, his third career weekly award. Espejo went 2-0 at the No. 3 singles position and 2-0 with senior Japie De Klerk at the No. 2 doubles position. The Granada, Spain native won the only singles match against No. 8 Texas A&M as he defeated No. 25 Jeremy Efferding 7-6 (4), 6-3 and defeated Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State 6-4, 6-4. MEN’S TENNIS HAS THREE SINGLES PLAYERS RANKED: The Golden Hurricane has three singles players ranked as No. 89 senior Clifford Marsland leads the way, followed by No. 90 junior Alejandro Espejo, who entered the rankings for the first time this season and No. 97 senior Japie De Klerk, who moved up from No. 106. Marsland has posted a 10-2 record this season in team competition and is 5-2 against regionally ranked opponents, while Espejo has won its last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team compeition, including an 8-0 record at the No. 3 singles position. De Klerk has posted an 8-5 record at the No. 1 singles position this season during team competition. TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey are ranked No. 24 in doubles, while the Golden Hurricane stayed ranked at No. 32. MEN’S TENNIS TOUGH STRETCH: After the TCU match on Sunday, the Golden Hurricane faces five of the remaining six opponents this season in the top-10, lead by No. 1 Ohio State on April 11, No. 3 Oklahoma
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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Facebook.com/TulsaHurricane • Facebook.com/TulsaMTennis on April 6, No. 5 Texas on March 23, No. 8 Baylor on March 21 and No. 9 California on March 16. The non-top-10 opponent for Tulsa is No. 45 South Florida on April 4. MEN’S TENNIS MOVES UP TWO SPOTS IN ITA POLL: The Golden Hurricane moved up two spots from No. 34 to No. 32 on the Feb. 18 International Tennis Association poll after defeating No. 64 Arkansas, 4-3, and No. 5 Michigan State, 4-3, after trailing 3-0 last week at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. MARSLAND REPEATS AS CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: For the second week in a row, senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis on Feb. 18. Marlsand went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and 1-1 at the No. 1 doubles position over the weekend. With No. 34 Tulsa trailing 3-0 against No. 50 Michigan State at the Michael D. Case Tennis on Sunday, Marsland started TU’s comeback winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to cut MSU’s lead 3-1. The Golden Hurricane eventually won the match winning the final three matches for a 4-3 victory. The Perth, Australia native tied the score at one against No. 64 Arkansas on Friday night at the Case Tennis Center after defeating Manfred Jeske 6-1, 6-4. No. 20 TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey defeated John Patrick Mullane and Drew Leid of Michigan State 8-2. ESPEJO STREAKING: Junior Alejandro Espejo holds the longest winning streak for the Golden Hurricane as he has won his last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team competition, including a perfect 8-0 record at the No. 3 singles position. Espejo defeated No. 25 Jeremy Efferding of No. 8 Texas A&M 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Feb. 21. MARSLAND NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 11 for his seventh career weekly award, the second this season. Marsland went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to go 1-1 at the No. 1 doubles position. The Perth, Australia native tied the match at one against host No. 39 Minnesota after defeating Ruben Weber 6-5 (6), 6-3 on Friday night and tied the match at three against No. 25 Harvard as he defeated Shaun Chaudhuri 6-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Sunday. Marsland and McCloskey defeated the No. 17 doubles team of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen 6-4 to tie the doubles point at one as TU eventually won the doubles point against the Crimson. MEN’S TENNIS HAS TWO RANKED SINGLES AND TWO DOUBLES TEAM: The Golden Hurricane has two singles athletes and two doubles team nationally ranked after the International Tennis Association released its poll on Tuesday, Feb. 11 Senior Clifford Marsland, who was named as Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, leads TU with a No. 74 singles ranking after posting a 7-1 record at the No. 2 singles position this season. The Perth, Australia native has posted a 2-1 record against nationally ranked opponents and a 4-1 record against regionally ranked opponents. His only loss this season was to No. 16 Hunter Reese of Tennessee. Japie De Klerk also entered the rankings at No. 106 in singles after posting a 5-4 record at the No. 1 singles position and defeated No. 34 Mikelis Libietis of Tennessee 6-1, 6-4. TU doubles team of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey leads TU with a No. 20 ranking after posting a 6-3 record this season at the No. 1 doubles position. The duo has posted a 3-2 record against nationally ranked opponents, including a win over Harvard’s No. 17 doubles team of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen, 6-4, last Sunday. De Klerk and Espejo also enter the rankings at No. 47 as the duo are 7-2 record this season at the No. 2 doubles position. The duo has posted a 2-0 record against
2014 Golden Hurricane Men’s Tennis Conference USA Player of the Week January 21 January 27 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25
Japie De Klerk, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa
Tulsa In The C-USA Tournament Overall Record: 22-2 (.917) 2013 C-USA Runner-Up in Memphis, Tenn. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) SMU 2 (2) Memphis 4, (1) Tulsa 2 2012 C-USA Champion in Orlando, Fla. (1) Tulsa 4, (9) UCF 3 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) UAB 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Memphis 0 2011 C-USA Champion in Tulsa, Okla. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 0 2010 C-USA Runner-Up in Houston, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) SMU 1 (2) Rice 4, (1) Tulsa 3 2009 C-USA Champion in Orlando, Fla. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) Southern Miss 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 1 2008 C-USA Champion in Dallas, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Southern Miss 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) UCF 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 1 2007 C-USA Champion in Houston, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 0 (1) Tulsa 5, (4) UAB 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 0 2006 C-USA Champion in Tulsa, Okla. (3) Tulsa 4, (6) Memphis 0 (3) Tulsa 4, (2) SMU 0 (3) Tulsa 4, (1) Rice 1
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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Tulsa In The NCAA Tournament
nationally ranked opponents and a 4-0 record against regionally ranked opponents this season.
2013 First Round: Tulsa 4, Michigan St. 1 - at Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 2 - at Waco, Texas
ESPEJO NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Junior Alejandro Espejo was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Espejo went 3-0 at the No. 4 singles position and paired up with senior Japie De Klerk to go 2-1 at the No. 2 doubles position. The Granada, Spain native defeated Stefan Menichella 6-0, 6-2 to cut No. 16 Pepperdine’s lead to 2-1 and defeated Viktor Farkas 6-3, 6-1 to record the third point against No. 42 Washington that TU won 4-2. Espejo defeated Jarryd Chaplin 6-4, 6-4 to cut No. 6 Tennessee lead to 3-2. Espejo and De Klerk defeated No. 28 UT doubles team of Chaplin and Brandon Fickey 6-1 and defeated Pepperdine’s doubles team of David Sofaer and Stefan Menichella 6-2.
2012 First Round: Tulsa 4, Minnesota 2 - at Norman, Okla. Second Round: Tulsa 4, Oklahoma 1 - at Norman, Okla. Third Round: Pepperdine 4, Tulsa 0 - at Athens, Ga. 2011
First Round: Tulsa 4, Oklahoma 2 - at Norman, Okla. Second Round: Tulsa 4, Texas 3 - at Norman, Okla. Third Round: Ohio State 4, TUlsa 0 - Palo Alto, Calif.
2010
First Round: Oklahoma 4, Tulsa 0 - Norman, Okla.
2009
First Round: Tulsa 4, TCU 2 - Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - Tulsa, Okla.
2008
First Round: Tulsa 4, Binghamton 0 - at Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 3 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2007
First Round: Vanderbilt 4, Tulsa 2 - Baton Rouge, La.
2006
First Round: Tulsa 4, Middle Tennessee St. 1 - Waco, Texas
2002
First Round: Arkansas 4, Tulsa 3 - Tulsa, Okla.
2000
First Round: Pepperdine 4, Tulsa 0 - Malibu, Calif.
1999
First Round: San Diego St. 4, Tulsa 1 - Los Angeles, Calif.
1998
First Round: Tulsa 4, Colorado 1 - Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 0 - Tulsa, Okla.
1997
First Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 1 - Wichita, Kan.
1996
First Round: Colorado 4, Tulsa 2 - Wichita, Kan.
1995
First Round: Indiana State 4, Tulsa 2 - Lawrence, Kan.
Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - Waco Texas
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MARSLAND NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Marsland went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to go 1-0 at the No. 1 doubles position. The Perth, Australia native defeated No. 60 Andreas Bjerrehus of Virginia Tech 6-3, 6-5 (4) on Sunday to give TU a 3-2 lead and defeated Konrad Zieba of Northwestern 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Marsland and McCloskey won the clinching doubles point against Virginia Tech by defeating No. 23 Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini 6-3. DE KLERK NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Japie De Klerk was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 21. De Klerk went 3-0 at the No. 1 singles position and paired up with junior Alejandro Espejo to go 3-0 at the No. 2 doubles position. The Ashton, South Africa native won the second singles match against No. 61 Wichita State and No. 30 Drake and won the clinching the doubles point against the Shockers and the Bulldogs. TREACHEROUS SLATE AWAITS GOLDEN HURRICANE: The Hurricane will be tested by one of the toughest schedules in the nation. TU faces 20 ranked opponents out of 22 teams this season, including facing four teams in the top-10. The Golden Hurricane faced No. 6 Tennessee on Feb. 2 and faces Ohio State, ranked No. 4 on April 11, Baylor, ranked No. 7, on March 21 and Oklahoma, ranked No. 9. All of the remaining 10 opponents for the Golden Hurricane are currently ranked in the ITA’s latest poll released on Feb. 18. TULSA HOSTS THE 2014 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: The University of Tulsa men’s tennis hosts the 2014 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championships from April 17-20 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The last time the Golden Hurricane hosts the C-USA Men’s Tennis Championships was in 2011, when TU swept No. 8 seed East Carolina, No. 5 seed Memphis and No. 2 seed Rice 4-0. The Golden Hurricane holds a 22-2 (.917) C-USA Championship record, including a perfect 6-0 record in Tulsa. TU has won six of the eight C-USA Championship since being a member of C-USA. TULSA MOVES UP A SPOT IN THE ITA POLL: The Golden Hurricane moved up a spot to No. 24 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association after defeating Oral Roberts 7-0, No. 61 Wichita State, 4-0, No. 30 Drake 4-1 and Illinois State 6-1. • • • • • •
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS SEASON STATISTICS
Overall record: 9-6 • C-USA: 0-0 • Home: 8-3 • Away: 1-0 • Neutral: 0-3 vs. National ranked: 7-6
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carlos Bautista 10-13 3-9 7-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-4 0-3 0-2 --- 0-1 1-3 L6 2-8 Juan Carvajal 2-6 2-6 0-0 0-0 --- 1-0 --- --- 0-4 1-2 0-0 0-1 L2 2-6 Japie De Klerk 9-9 8-5 1-4 0-0 8-5 --- --- --- --- --- 2-4 3-6 W1 5-5 Alejandro Espejo 16-6 12-2 4-4 0-0 --- --- 8-0 4-2 --- --- 1-0 3-2 W9 9-1 Chase Gordon 2-4 1-0 1-4 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2 2-4 Matthew Kirby 3-4 1-0 2-4 0-0 --- --- --- --- 1-0 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 3-4 Clifford Marsland 12-3 10-2 2-1 0-0 --- 10-2 --- --- --- --- 2-2 5-2 W1 8-2 Dylan McCloskey 11-14 7-7 4-7 0-0 --- --- 1-0 1-3 4-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 L5 4-6 Daniel Santos 7-9 4-4 3-5 0-0 --- --- --- 1-0 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 L2 4-6 Totals 72-68 48-35 24-33 0-0 9-5 12-2 10-4 6-8 5-9 6-7 5-7 13-13 Percentage .514 .578 .421 .000 .643 .857 .714 .429 .357 .462 .417 .500 DOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos 6-7 1-4 5-3 0-0 --- --- 1-4 0-0 0-0 L4 4-6 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey 10-6 8-5 2-1 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 W1 5-5 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo 11-5 9-4 2-1 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 W2 6-4 Japie De Klerk/Matthew Kirby 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 1-1 Alejandro Espejo/Dylan McCloskey 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 1-3 Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 L1 2-2 Chase Gordon/Dylan McCloskey 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1 Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 --- --- 3-3 0-1 0-1 W1 3-3 Totals 34-28 22-17 12-11 0-0 8-5 9-4 5-8 6-4 7-6 Percentage .548 .564 .522 .000 .615 .692 .385 .600 .538
Date Jan. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 23
DOUBLES Carlos Bautista Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Daniel Santos Totals Percentage
Opponent ORAL ROBERTS No. 61 WICHITA STATE No. 30 DRAKE ILLINOIS STATE vs. No. 31 Northwestern vs. No. 37 Virginia Tech No. 16 PEPPERDINE No. 42 WASHINGTON No. 6 TENNESSEE No. 39 Minnesota No. 25 Harvard No. 64 ARKANSAS No. 50 MICHIGAN ST. No. 8 TEXAS A&M No. 25 OKLAHOMA ST.
Result W W W W L L L W L W L W W L W
Score 7-0 4-0 4-1 6-1 2-4 3-4 3-4 4-2 3-4 4-3 3-4 4-3 4-3 1-6 4-3
Overall C-USA 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 4-2 0-0 4-3 0-0 5-3 0-0 5-4 0-0 6-4 0-0 6-5 0-0 7-5 0-0 8-5 0-0 8-6 0-0 9-6 0-0
Nation #25 #25 #25 #25 #24 #24 #30 #30 #30 #34 #34 #34 #34 #32 #32
Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 8-9 2-5 6-4 0-0 --- --- 2-5 0-0 0-0 12-6 9-4 3-2 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 12-8 9-4 3-4 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 6-6 4-4 2-2 0-0 --- --- 4-4 0-1 0-1 10-6 8-5 2-1 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 11-10 8-5 3-5 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 9-10 4-7 5-3 0-0 --- --- 4-7 0-1 0-1 34-28 22-17 12-11 0-0 8-5 9-4 5-8 6-4 7-6 .548 .564 .522 .000 .615 .692 .385 .600 .538
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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WESTBROOK ALL-TIME RECORD OPPONENT RECORD Air Force 1-0 Alabama 1-0 Arizona 0-2 Arkansas 9-9 Arkansas-Little Rock 3-2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2-0 Army 1-0 Auburn 4-7 Ball State 1-0 Baylor 2-3 Binghamton 1-0 Boise State 1-3 Boston College 1-0 Bradley 4-0 Brown 1-0 BYU 2-2 BYU-Hawaii 1-0 California 2-4 Central Oklahoma 2-0 Chaminade 1-0 Clemson 1-1 Colorado 2-3 Columbia 1-0 Cowley County CC 2-0 Creighton 5-0 Dartmouth 3-0 Denver 1-0 Drake 8-2 East Carolina* 3-0 East Tennessee State 1-0 Evansville 2-1 Fresno State 6-3 Furman 1-1 Georgia 0-2 Georgia Tech 1-0 Hampton 2-0 Harvard 1-4 Hawaii 5-0 Hawaii-Pacific 1-0 Illinois 1-4 Illinois State 7-0 Indiana 1-0 Indiana State 4-1 IPFW 1-0
OPPONENT RECORD Kansas 4-6 Kentucky 0-2 Lamar 5-0 Louisville 5-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0 LSU 1-2 Memphis 10-2 Michigan 2-4 Michigan State 5-1 Middle Tennessee* 2-3 Minnesota 3-1 Missouri 1-0 Missouri State 13-1 Nebraska 4-0 Nevada 1-0 New Mexico 3-4 New Mexico State 8-0 North Carolina 3-2 North Carolina State 2-0 North Texas* 1-0 North Texas State 2-0 Northern Arizona 1-0 Northern Illinois 1-0 Northern Iowa 2-0 Northeast Louisiana 2-0 Northeastern State 1-0 Northwestern 1-3 Notre Dame 4-2 Ohio State 0-2 Oklahoma 9-10 Oklahoma Christian 1-0 Oklahoma State 9-15 Ole Miss 0-3 Oral Roberts 16-1 Penn 1-0 Penn State 1-0 Pepperdine 0-6 Prairie View A&M 1-0 Rice* 17-9 Rollins 0-1 Sacramento State 3-0 Saint Louis 3-0 San Diego 1-1 San Diego State 2-3
OPPONENT RECORD Santa Clara 1-0 SE Missouri State 1-0 SMU 11-11 South Alabama 1-3 South Carolina 0-1 South Florida 2-1 Southern Illinois 2-1 Southern Miss* 2-1 Southwest Louisiana 1-1 Stanford 1-4 SW Texas State 0-1 Tennessee 0-2 Texas 1-12 Texas A&M 3-15 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 Texas Southern 2-0 Texas Tech 4-6 TCU 11-9 Tulane* 4-8 UAB* 4-0 UCF 6-0 UNLV 3-4 UT-Arlington 2-0 UT-Pan American 1-0 UTEP* 2-3 Utah 2-0 UC-Santa Barbara 2-0 UCLA 0-1 UMKC 3-0 USC 0-3 UTSA* 3-1 Vanderbilt 2-2 VCU 2-4 Virginia 0-2 Virginia Tech 0-2 Wake Forest 0-1 Washington 2-3 Western Illinois 1-0 Wichita State 11-2 William & Mary 1-0 Yale 1-0 Xavier 1-0
Westbrook’s Overall Record - 350-244 Westbrook’s Overall Home Record - 194-82 (.703) BOLD indicates 2014 opponent
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 25 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0 Jan. 17, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 25 Tulsa 6, Illinois State 1 Jan. 19, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 2. Juan Carvajal (TLS) def. Fabian Zierleyn (ORU) 6-4, 6-3 3. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jason Mechali (ORU) 6-1, 6-3 4. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Parker Allen (ORU) 6-1, 6-3 5. Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-0, 6-2 6. Chase Gordon (TLS) def. Cole Guy (ORU) 6-4, 6-2
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Jakub Eisner (ILS) 6-3, 6-1 2. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Urh Kranjnc Domiter (ILS) 6-5 (1), 6-0 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Jacob Wilson (ILS) 6-2, 6-1 4. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Rolando Torrellas (ILS) 6-2, 6-1 5. Rodrigo Oliveira (ILS) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-4, 6-5 (5) 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Dylan Steffens (ILS) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jason Mechali/Fabian Zierleyn (ORU) 6-1 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) vs. Amar Saletovic/Parker Allen (ORU) 5-2, unfinished 3. Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Braxton Bates/Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jakub Eisner/Rolando Torrellas (ILS) 6-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Jacob Wilson/Urh Kranjnc Domiter (ILS) 6-2 3. Daniel Santos/Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. Rodrigo Oliveira/Muddappa Appanervand (ILS) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,6,3,4,2)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,3,4,1,2,5)
No. 25 Tulsa 4, No. 61 Wichita State 0 Jan. 17, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Ilija Cuic (WSU) 6-0, 6-1 2. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. Tin Ostojic (WSU) 5-6 (8), 5-2, unfinished 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSU) 6-1, 6-1 4. Juan Carvajal (TLS) vs. Guillermo Nicol (WSU) 6-3, 5-6, 1-0, unfinished 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Guillermo de Vilchez (WSU) 6-4, 6-5 (4) 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-3, 0-6, 4-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic (WSU) 5-2, unfinished 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Guillermo Nicol/Guillermo de Vilchez (WSU) 6-1 3. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Ilija Cuic/Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-1 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (3,1,5) No. 25 Tulsa 4, No. 30 Drake 1 Jan. 19, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Alen Salibasic (DU) 6-1, 6-4 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Ben Lott (DU) 6-5 (7), 5-6 (5), 6-2 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Matt Frost (DU) 6-1, 6-2 4. Robin Goodman (DU) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Ravi Patel (DU) 6-5 (3), 3-6, 2-3, unfinished 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Ben Mullis (DU) 5-6 (0), 6-4, 0-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #8 Robin Goodman/Ravi Patel (DU) 6-1 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Alen Salibasic/Ben Lott (DU) 6-4 3. Matt Frost/Ben Mullis (DU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,4,2)
No. 31 Northwestern 4, No. 24 Tulsa 2 Jan. 25, 2014 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Raleigh Smith (NU) 6-4, 6-4 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Konrad Zieba (NU) 6-4, 6-4 3. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. #114 Sam Shropshire (NU) 6-5, 2-6, 5-5, unfinished 4. Mihir Kumar (NU) def. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-4, 2-6, 6-5 5. Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-0, 6-1 6. Fedor Baev (NU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 5-6, 6-2, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Mihir Kumar/Sam Shropshire (NU) 5-5, unfinished 2. Alp Horoz/Fedor Baev (NU) def. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-1 3. Raleigh Smith/Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4 Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,2,1,6,4) No. 37 Virginia Tech 4, No. 24 Tulsa 3 Jan. 26, 2014 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion Singles competition 1. #26 Amerigo Contini (VT) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #60 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) 6-3, 6-5 (4) 3. Hunter Koontz (VT) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 4. Joao Monteiro (VT) def. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-5, 6-3 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #122 Aaron Gomez (VT) 6-2, 6-4 6. Florian Nicoud (VT) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #23 Andreas Bjerrehus/Amerigo Contini (VT) 6-3 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Hunter Koontz/Joao Monteiro (VT) 6-2 3. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Jai Corbett/Florian Nicoud (VT) 5-3, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,1,6,2,4,3)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 16 Pepperdine 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Jan. 29, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #33 Alex Sarkissian (PEP) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-4, 6-5 (5) 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #58 David Sofaer (PEP) 6-2, 6-3 3. Francis Alcantara (PEP) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-0, 6-0 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Stefan Menichella (PEP) 6-0, 6-2 5. Pedro Leme (PEP) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-5 (9) 6. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Tom Hill (PEP) 5-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3
Singles competition 1. Leandro Toledo (MINN) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-5 (4), 6-5 (3) 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Ruben Weber (MINN) 6-5 (6), 6-3 3. Jack Hamburg (MINN) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Mathieu Froment (MINN) 6-5 (2), 6-1 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Juan Pablo Ramirez (MINN) 6-3, 6-5 (3) 6. Juan Carvajal (TLS) def. Franz Sydow (MINN) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. Alex Sarkissian/Francis Alcantara (PEP) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. David Sofaer/Stefan Menichella (PEP) 6-2 3. Alex Giannini/Pedro Leme (PEP) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #47 Jack Hamburg/Mathieu Froment (MINN) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-1 2. Juan Pablo Ramirez/Franz Sydow (MINN) vs. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) unfinished 3. Leandro Toledo/Eric Frueh (MINN) def. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,4,2,1,6,5)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,4,3,5,6,1)
No. 30 Tulsa 4, No. 42 Washington 2 Feb. 1, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 25 Harvard 4, No. 34 Tulsa 3 Feb. 9, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) vs. Max Manthou (UW) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Gal Hakak (UW) 6-1, 6-3 3. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Emmett Egger (UW) 6-3, 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Viktor Farkas (UW) 6-3, 6-1 5. Daffra Sanon (UW) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 6. Michael Chamerski (UW) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-4
Singles competition 1. #44 Denis Nguyen (HAR) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-5, 5-6, 6-3 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Shaun Chaudhuri (HAR) 6-5, 2-6, 6-3 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Brian Yeung (HAR) 6-3, 6-4 4. #81 Sebastian Beltrame (HAR) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 5. Alex Steinroeder (HAR) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-5, 6-4 6. Andrew Ball (HAR) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Viktor Farkas/Max Manthou (UW) 6-4 2. Michael Chamerski/Emmett Egger (UW) def. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-3 3. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Daffra Sanon/Wendell Watanabe (UW) 6-5
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #17 Casey MacMaster/Denis Nguyen (HAR) 6-4 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #48 Nicky Hu/Brian Yeung (HAR) 6-4 3. Alex Steinroeder/Sebastian Beltrame (HAR) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,4,3,6,5)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,3,5,4,2,1)
No. 6 Tennessee 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Feb. 2, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
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No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 39 Minnesota 3 Feb. 7, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline Tennis Center
No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 64 Arkansas 3 Feb. 14, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #34 Mikelis Libietis (UT) 6-4, 6-1 2. #16 Hunter Reese (UT) def. Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-5 (2), 6-0 3. Brandon Fickey (UT) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 5-6 (3), 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Jarryd Chaplin (UT) 6-4, 6-4 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Bartosz Sawicki (UT) 6-5 (4), 6-4 6. Markus Kerner (UT) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-1 (4), 6-4
Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Mike Nott (ARK) 6-4, 6-2 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Manfred Jeske (ARK) 6-1, 6-4 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Hall Fess (ARK) 5-6 (6-8), 6-1, 6-0 4. Jovan Parlic (ARK) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 2-6, 6-5 (13-11), 6-1 5. Johan den Toom (ARK) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 5-6 (2-7), 6-3 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Juan Marino (ARK) 6-5 (7-5), 6-3
Doubles competition 1. #1 Mikelis Libietis/Hunter Reese (UT) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #28 Jarryd Chaplin/Brandon Fickey (UT) 6-1 3. Andrew Dromsky/Markus Kerner (UT) def. Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 6-1
Doubles competition 1. Mike Nott/Manfred Jeske (ARK) def. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-5 (8-6) 2. Pete Thomason/Hall Fess (ARK) def. #47 Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-0 3. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Johan den Toom/Santiago Munoz (ARK) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,1,4,5,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,6,3,5,4)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 50 Michigan State 3 Feb. 16, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Drew Lied (MSU) 6-4, 7-5 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #125 Aaron Pfister (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. John Patrick Mullane (MSU) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5) 4. Gijs Linders (MSU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4, 6-3 5. Brett Forman (MSU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Harry Jadun (MSU) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 Doubles competition 1. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. John Patrick Mullane/Drew Lied (MSU) 8-2 2. Gijs Linders/Harry Jadun (MSU) def. #47 Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-7 (7-5) 3. Aaron Pfister/Brett Forman (MSU) def. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 8-3 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,5,2,1,6,3) No. 8 Texas A&M 6, No. 32 Tulsa 1 Feb. 21, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #43 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 7-5, 6-3 2. #22 Harrison Adams (TAMU) def. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #25 Jeremy Efferding (TAMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 4. Junior Ore (TAMU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 6-2 5. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 6. Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #3 Junior Ore/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. #47 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 8-3 3. #29 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (TAMU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-2 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,2,5,6,3,1) No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 3 Feb. 23, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #70 Jakob Sude (OSU) 6-4, 6-3 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Sebastian Sachs (OSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Arjun Kadhe (OSU) 6-4, 6-4 4. Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-1 5. Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-2, 6-3 6. Chris Haworth (OSU) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 7-5, 5-2, retired Doubles competition 1. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #38 Arjun Kadhe/Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) 8-5 2. #47 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Matt Campbell/Jakob Sude (OSU) 8-4 3. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Sebastian Sachs/Lucas Gerch (OSU) 8-3 Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,1,2,3)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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15 Conference Championships l 15 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2013-14 Schedule and Results Date Opponent/Event SEPTEMBER 13-15 @ Harvard Chowder Fest
Location
The Hurricane Watch Time/Res.
Boston, Mass.
All Day
OCTOBER 28-6 Saint Francis ITA All-American 17-21 USTA/ITA Central Region 24-27 @ USTA Collegiate Clay Courts
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Orlando, Fla.
All Day All Day All Day
JANUARY 17 Oral Roberts No. 61 Wichita State 19 No. 30 Drake University Illinois State 25 vs. No. 31 Northwestern! 26 vs. No. 37 Virginia Tech! 29 No. 16 Pepperdine
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Norman, Okla. Norman, Okla. Case Tennis Center
W, 7-0 W, 4-0 W, 4-1 W, 6-1 L, 4-2 L, 4-3 L, 4-3
FEBRUARY 1 No. 42 Washington 2 No. 6 Tennessee 7 @ No. 39 Minnesota 9 vs. No. 25 Harvard 14 No. 64 Arkansas 16 No. 50 Michigan State 21 No. 8 Texas A&M 23 No. 25 Oklahoma State
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn. Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center
W, 4-2 L, 4-3 W, 4-3 L, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 L, 6-1 W, 4-3
MARCH 2 at No. 48 TCU 16 vs. California 21 at Baylor 23 at Texas APRIL 4 6 11 17-20
Fort Worth, Texas Indian Wells, Calif. Waco, Texas Austin, Texas
South Florida Oklahoma at Ohio State Conference USA Championships (@ Tulsa, Okla.)
MAY 9-11 @ NCAA First and Second Rounds 15-26 @ NCAA Championships
1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Columbus, Ohio Case Tennis Center
5 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. All Day
TBA Athens, Ga.
All Day All Day
* Conference USA Match ! ITA Kickoff National Team Indoor Championship All Times Central Standard Time
Tulsa
2014 Record: 9-6 ITA Team Ranking: No. 32 Head Coach: Vince Westbrook Career Record: 350--244 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 89 Clifford Marsland No. 90 Alejandro Espejo No. 97 Japie De Klerk No. 24 Marsland/McCloskey
TULSA TRAVELS TO FORT WORTH TO FACE TCU ON SUNDAY: No. 32 Golden Hurricane (9-6) travels to Fort Worth, Texas to face No. 48 TCU (6-2) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Under head coach Vince Westbrook, Tulsa has posted an 11-9 record against TCU. THE FIRST SERVE: • The Golden Hurricane has won the first six Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week of the season as senior Japie De Klerk won the weekly award on Jan. 21, senior Clifford Marsland won the weekly award on Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18, and junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and Feb. 25. • Senior Clifford Marsland’s 80 career singles wins places him for ninth most in school history. • With the win against undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State 4-3 on Feb. 23, TU head coach Vince Westbrook earned his 350th career win at Tulsa. • After the TCU match, Tulsa faces five of the next six opponents ranked in the top-10, including No. 1 Ohio Stae on April 11.
2013-14 Golden Hurricane Roster Name Carlos Bautista Juan Carvajal Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Or Ram-Harel Matt Roso Daniel Santos
Ht 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-8
Cl-Exp So-1L Fr-HS Sr-3L Jr-2L Fr-HS So-1L Sr-3L So-TR Fr-HS So-TR Fr-HS
TCU
Date: Sunday, March 2 @ 1 pm Location: Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center 2014 Record: 6-2 ITA Team Ranking: No. 48 Head Coach: David Roditi Career Record: 46-40 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 51 Nick Chappell No. 93 Facundo Lugones No. 18 Chappell/Stein
Hometown (Previous School) Ciudad Real, Spain (Centro de Alto Rendimiento) Guayaquil, Ecuador (Pert) Ashton, South Africa (Stellenbosch HS) Granada, Spain (University of Granada) Granada, Spain (University of Granada) Lincolnshire, Great Britain (Woodbridge School) Perth, Australia (Servite College) Perth, West Australia (VCU) Kiryat Tivon, Isreal (Hof Ashron) Pert, Australia (University of Western Australia) Arequipa, Peru (Rey de Reyes)
Coaches Vince Westbrook (Southeastern Oklahoma State, ’87), 23rd Year – Head Coach Thomas Liversage (San Diego, ’08), 5th Year – Assistant Coach
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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LAST
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
93.18 78.78 73.41 72.68 64.64 62.78 59.62 55.48 55.26 53.66 51.25 46.11 41.49 39.96 39.38 39.30 38.89 38.64 36.98 35.84 34.82 34.67 34.58 34.13 33.39 33.02 32.53 27.18 26.71 26.50 25.46 24.67 24.13 23.85 23.40
Ohio State University 1 Univ. of So. California 2 University of Oklahoma 5 UCLA 4 University of Texas 6 Univ. of Notre Dame 10 University of Illinois 14 Baylor University 7 California 9 University of Virginia 3 Univ. of Tennessee 15 North Carolina 23 Texas A&M University 8 Vanderbilt University 18 Boise State University 41 Mississippi State Univ. 11 Duke University 16 Oklahoma State Univ. 25 Wake Forest University 20 Columbia University 34 Clemson University 21 University of Florida 13 Northwestern University 29 North Carolina State 27 University of Kentucky 17 University of Michigan 33 University of Memphis 22 Pepperdine 19 Va. Commonwealth Univ. 37 Harvard University 24 Auburn University 28 University of Tulsa 32 Univ. of South Carolina 31 Penn State University 43 University of Georgia 12
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Others from Conference USA: 3.64 Charlotte NR
ITA Regional/National Rankings Team Rankings Jan. 2 #25 Jan. 21 #24 Jan. 29 #30 Feb. 4 #34 Feb. 18 #32 Feb. 25 #32 Singles Rankings Jan. 2 Carlos Bautista Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland Japie De Klerk Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo Japie De Klerk
#71 #74 #106 #89 #90 #97
Doubles Rankings Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey #20 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo #47 Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey #24
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UP NEXT: The Golden Hurricane takes a week off before heading to Indian Wells, Calif., for a match against California on Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: The Golden Hurricane went 1-1 last weekend at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center as Tulsa fell to No. 8 Texas A&M 6-1 on Friday and defeated an undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State 4-3 on Sunday to give TU head coach Vince Westbrook his 350th career win at Tulsa. Junior Alejandro Espejo’s 7-6 (4), 6-3 win at the No. 3 singles position was the only match that TU won against the Aggies. Espejo paired with senior Japie De Klerk to win the only doubles match for Tulsa at the No. 2 position. The Golden Hurricane bounced back against Oklahoma State winning all three doubles matches. OSU won the next two matches at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles position to take a 2-1 lead, but No. 107 De Klerk’s 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 70 Jakob Sude tied the match at two. Senior Clifford Marsland’s 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 win at the No. 2 singles position gave TU a 3-2 lead and Espejo’s 6-4, 6-4 win at the No. 3 singles position clinched the match for Tulsa. WESTBROOK RECORDS HIS 350TH WIN: Tulsa men’s tennis head coach Vince Westbrook, who is in his 23rd season, earned his 350th win at Tulsa after a 4-3 win against an undefeated No. 25 Oklahoma State on Sunday, Feb. 23. His 350 wins is the most wins in school history. MARSLAND ENTERS TOP-10 IN SINGLES WINS: Senior Clifford Marsland picked up a win last weekend giving him 80 career singles wins, which is the ninth most in school history. Marsland needs two wins to move into eight place, which is being held by Gareth Williams, who recorded 81 wins from 1996-99.
Tulsa’s Career Singles Leaders 1. 116 Arnau Brugues 2. 100 Nenad Toroman 3. 94 Louie Pranic 4. 89 Joel McGregor 5. 87 Will Gray 6. 86 Patrick Huewe 7. 84 Layn Phillips 8. 81 Gareth Williams 9. 80 Clifford Marsland 10. 77 Ricardo Soriano
2005-09 1996-00 1995-98 1996-99 2004-08 1989-93 1970-74 1996-99 2010-Present 2004-08
ESPEJO NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Junior Alejandro Espejo was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete on Feb. 25 for the second time this season, his third career weekly award. Espejo went 2-0 at the No. 3 singles position and 2-0 with senior Japie De Klerk at the No. 2 doubles position. The Granada, Spain native won the only singles match against No. 8 Texas A&M as he defeated No. 25 Jeremy Efferding 7-6 (4), 6-3 and defeated Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State 6-4, 6-4. MEN’S TENNIS HAS THREE SINGLES PLAYERS RANKED: The Golden Hurricane has three singles players ranked as No. 89 senior Clifford Marsland leads the way, followed by No. 90 junior Alejandro Espejo, who entered the rankings for the first time this season and No. 97 senior Japie De Klerk, who moved up from No. 106. Marsland has posted a 10-2 record this season in team competition and is 5-2 against regionally ranked opponents, while Espejo has won its last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team compeition, including an 8-0 record at the No. 3 singles position. De Klerk has posted an 8-5 record at the No. 1 singles position this season during team competition. TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey are ranked No. 24 in doubles, while the Golden Hurricane stayed ranked at No. 32. MEN’S TENNIS TOUGH STRETCH: After the TCU match on Sunday, the Golden Hurricane faces five of the remaining six opponents this season in the top-10, lead by No. 1 Ohio State on April 11, No. 3 Oklahoma
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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Facebook.com/TulsaHurricane • Facebook.com/TulsaMTennis on April 6, No. 5 Texas on March 23, No. 8 Baylor on March 21 and No. 9 California on March 16. The non-top-10 opponent for Tulsa is No. 45 South Florida on April 4. MEN’S TENNIS MOVES UP TWO SPOTS IN ITA POLL: The Golden Hurricane moved up two spots from No. 34 to No. 32 on the Feb. 18 International Tennis Association poll after defeating No. 64 Arkansas, 4-3, and No. 5 Michigan State, 4-3, after trailing 3-0 last week at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. MARSLAND REPEATS AS CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: For the second week in a row, senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis on Feb. 18. Marlsand went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and 1-1 at the No. 1 doubles position over the weekend. With No. 34 Tulsa trailing 3-0 against No. 50 Michigan State at the Michael D. Case Tennis on Sunday, Marsland started TU’s comeback winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to cut MSU’s lead 3-1. The Golden Hurricane eventually won the match winning the final three matches for a 4-3 victory. The Perth, Australia native tied the score at one against No. 64 Arkansas on Friday night at the Case Tennis Center after defeating Manfred Jeske 6-1, 6-4. No. 20 TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey defeated John Patrick Mullane and Drew Leid of Michigan State 8-2. ESPEJO STREAKING: Junior Alejandro Espejo holds the longest winning streak for the Golden Hurricane as he has won his last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team competition, including a perfect 8-0 record at the No. 3 singles position. Espejo defeated No. 25 Jeremy Efferding of No. 8 Texas A&M 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Feb. 21. MARSLAND NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 11 for his seventh career weekly award, the second this season. Marsland went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to go 1-1 at the No. 1 doubles position. The Perth, Australia native tied the match at one against host No. 39 Minnesota after defeating Ruben Weber 6-5 (6), 6-3 on Friday night and tied the match at three against No. 25 Harvard as he defeated Shaun Chaudhuri 6-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Sunday. Marsland and McCloskey defeated the No. 17 doubles team of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen 6-4 to tie the doubles point at one as TU eventually won the doubles point against the Crimson. MEN’S TENNIS HAS TWO RANKED SINGLES AND TWO DOUBLES TEAM: The Golden Hurricane has two singles athletes and two doubles team nationally ranked after the International Tennis Association released its poll on Tuesday, Feb. 11 Senior Clifford Marsland, who was named as Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, leads TU with a No. 74 singles ranking after posting a 7-1 record at the No. 2 singles position this season. The Perth, Australia native has posted a 2-1 record against nationally ranked opponents and a 4-1 record against regionally ranked opponents. His only loss this season was to No. 16 Hunter Reese of Tennessee. Japie De Klerk also entered the rankings at No. 106 in singles after posting a 5-4 record at the No. 1 singles position and defeated No. 34 Mikelis Libietis of Tennessee 6-1, 6-4. TU doubles team of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey leads TU with a No. 20 ranking after posting a 6-3 record this season at the No. 1 doubles position. The duo has posted a 3-2 record against nationally ranked opponents, including a win over Harvard’s No. 17 doubles team of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen, 6-4, last Sunday. De Klerk and Espejo also enter the rankings at No. 47 as the duo are 7-2 record this season at the No. 2 doubles position. The duo has posted a 2-0 record against
2014 Golden Hurricane Men’s Tennis Conference USA Player of the Week January 21 January 27 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25
Japie De Klerk, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa
Tulsa In The C-USA Tournament Overall Record: 22-2 (.917) 2013 C-USA Runner-Up in Memphis, Tenn. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) SMU 2 (2) Memphis 4, (1) Tulsa 2 2012 C-USA Champion in Orlando, Fla. (1) Tulsa 4, (9) UCF 3 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) UAB 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Memphis 0 2011 C-USA Champion in Tulsa, Okla. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 0 2010 C-USA Runner-Up in Houston, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (4) SMU 1 (2) Rice 4, (1) Tulsa 3 2009 C-USA Champion in Orlando, Fla. (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Memphis 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) Southern Miss 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 1 2008 C-USA Champion in Dallas, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) Southern Miss 1 (1) Tulsa 4, (5) UCF 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 1 2007 C-USA Champion in Houston, Texas (1) Tulsa 4, (8) East Carolina 0 (1) Tulsa 5, (4) UAB 0 (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Rice 0 2006 C-USA Champion in Tulsa, Okla. (3) Tulsa 4, (6) Memphis 0 (3) Tulsa 4, (2) SMU 0 (3) Tulsa 4, (1) Rice 1
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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Tulsa In The NCAA Tournament
nationally ranked opponents and a 4-0 record against regionally ranked opponents this season.
2013 First Round: Tulsa 4, Michigan St. 1 - at Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 2 - at Waco, Texas
ESPEJO NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Junior Alejandro Espejo was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Espejo went 3-0 at the No. 4 singles position and paired up with senior Japie De Klerk to go 2-1 at the No. 2 doubles position. The Granada, Spain native defeated Stefan Menichella 6-0, 6-2 to cut No. 16 Pepperdine’s lead to 2-1 and defeated Viktor Farkas 6-3, 6-1 to record the third point against No. 42 Washington that TU won 4-2. Espejo defeated Jarryd Chaplin 6-4, 6-4 to cut No. 6 Tennessee lead to 3-2. Espejo and De Klerk defeated No. 28 UT doubles team of Chaplin and Brandon Fickey 6-1 and defeated Pepperdine’s doubles team of David Sofaer and Stefan Menichella 6-2.
2012 First Round: Tulsa 4, Minnesota 2 - at Norman, Okla. Second Round: Tulsa 4, Oklahoma 1 - at Norman, Okla. Third Round: Pepperdine 4, Tulsa 0 - at Athens, Ga. 2011
First Round: Tulsa 4, Oklahoma 2 - at Norman, Okla. Second Round: Tulsa 4, Texas 3 - at Norman, Okla. Third Round: Ohio State 4, TUlsa 0 - Palo Alto, Calif.
2010
First Round: Oklahoma 4, Tulsa 0 - Norman, Okla.
2009
First Round: Tulsa 4, TCU 2 - Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - Tulsa, Okla.
2008
First Round: Tulsa 4, Binghamton 0 - at Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 3 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2007
First Round: Vanderbilt 4, Tulsa 2 - Baton Rouge, La.
2006
First Round: Tulsa 4, Middle Tennessee St. 1 - Waco, Texas
2002
First Round: Arkansas 4, Tulsa 3 - Tulsa, Okla.
2000
First Round: Pepperdine 4, Tulsa 0 - Malibu, Calif.
1999
First Round: San Diego St. 4, Tulsa 1 - Los Angeles, Calif.
1998
First Round: Tulsa 4, Colorado 1 - Tulsa, Okla. Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 0 - Tulsa, Okla.
1997
First Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 1 - Wichita, Kan.
1996
First Round: Colorado 4, Tulsa 2 - Wichita, Kan.
1995
First Round: Indiana State 4, Tulsa 2 - Lawrence, Kan.
Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - Waco Texas
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MARSLAND NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Clifford Marsland was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Marsland went 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to go 1-0 at the No. 1 doubles position. The Perth, Australia native defeated No. 60 Andreas Bjerrehus of Virginia Tech 6-3, 6-5 (4) on Sunday to give TU a 3-2 lead and defeated Konrad Zieba of Northwestern 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Marsland and McCloskey won the clinching doubles point against Virginia Tech by defeating No. 23 Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini 6-3. DE KLERK NAMED CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior Japie De Klerk was named Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 21. De Klerk went 3-0 at the No. 1 singles position and paired up with junior Alejandro Espejo to go 3-0 at the No. 2 doubles position. The Ashton, South Africa native won the second singles match against No. 61 Wichita State and No. 30 Drake and won the clinching the doubles point against the Shockers and the Bulldogs. TREACHEROUS SLATE AWAITS GOLDEN HURRICANE: The Hurricane will be tested by one of the toughest schedules in the nation. TU faces 20 ranked opponents out of 22 teams this season, including facing four teams in the top-10. The Golden Hurricane faced No. 6 Tennessee on Feb. 2 and faces Ohio State, ranked No. 4 on April 11, Baylor, ranked No. 7, on March 21 and Oklahoma, ranked No. 9. All of the remaining 10 opponents for the Golden Hurricane are currently ranked in the ITA’s latest poll released on Feb. 18. TULSA HOSTS THE 2014 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: The University of Tulsa men’s tennis hosts the 2014 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championships from April 17-20 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The last time the Golden Hurricane hosts the C-USA Men’s Tennis Championships was in 2011, when TU swept No. 8 seed East Carolina, No. 5 seed Memphis and No. 2 seed Rice 4-0. The Golden Hurricane holds a 22-2 (.917) C-USA Championship record, including a perfect 6-0 record in Tulsa. TU has won six of the eight C-USA Championship since being a member of C-USA. TULSA MOVES UP A SPOT IN THE ITA POLL: The Golden Hurricane moved up a spot to No. 24 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association after defeating Oral Roberts 7-0, No. 61 Wichita State, 4-0, No. 30 Drake 4-1 and Illinois State 6-1. • • • • • •
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS SEASON STATISTICS
Overall record: 9-6 • C-USA: 0-0 • Home: 8-3 • Away: 1-0 • Neutral: 0-3 vs. National ranked: 7-6
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carlos Bautista 10-13 3-9 7-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-4 0-3 0-2 --- 0-1 1-3 L6 2-8 Juan Carvajal 2-6 2-6 0-0 0-0 --- 1-0 --- --- 0-4 1-2 0-0 0-1 L2 2-6 Japie De Klerk 9-9 8-5 1-4 0-0 8-5 --- --- --- --- --- 2-4 3-6 W1 5-5 Alejandro Espejo 16-6 12-2 4-4 0-0 --- --- 8-0 4-2 --- --- 1-0 3-2 W9 9-1 Chase Gordon 2-4 1-0 1-4 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2 2-4 Matthew Kirby 3-4 1-0 2-4 0-0 --- --- --- --- 1-0 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 3-4 Clifford Marsland 12-3 10-2 2-1 0-0 --- 10-2 --- --- --- --- 2-2 5-2 W1 8-2 Dylan McCloskey 11-14 7-7 4-7 0-0 --- --- 1-0 1-3 4-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 L5 4-6 Daniel Santos 7-9 4-4 3-5 0-0 --- --- --- 1-0 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 L2 4-6 Totals 72-68 48-35 24-33 0-0 9-5 12-2 10-4 6-8 5-9 6-7 5-7 13-13 Percentage .514 .578 .421 .000 .643 .857 .714 .429 .357 .462 .417 .500 DOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos 6-7 1-4 5-3 0-0 --- --- 1-4 0-0 0-0 L4 4-6 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey 10-6 8-5 2-1 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 W1 5-5 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo 11-5 9-4 2-1 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 W2 6-4 Japie De Klerk/Matthew Kirby 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 1-1 Alejandro Espejo/Dylan McCloskey 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 1-3 Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 L1 2-2 Chase Gordon/Dylan McCloskey 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1 Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 --- --- 3-3 0-1 0-1 W1 3-3 Totals 34-28 22-17 12-11 0-0 8-5 9-4 5-8 6-4 7-6 Percentage .548 .564 .522 .000 .615 .692 .385 .600 .538
Date Jan. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 23
DOUBLES Carlos Bautista Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Daniel Santos Totals Percentage
Opponent ORAL ROBERTS No. 61 WICHITA STATE No. 30 DRAKE ILLINOIS STATE vs. No. 31 Northwestern vs. No. 37 Virginia Tech No. 16 PEPPERDINE No. 42 WASHINGTON No. 6 TENNESSEE No. 39 Minnesota No. 25 Harvard No. 64 ARKANSAS No. 50 MICHIGAN ST. No. 8 TEXAS A&M No. 25 OKLAHOMA ST.
Result W W W W L L L W L W L W W L W
Score 7-0 4-0 4-1 6-1 2-4 3-4 3-4 4-2 3-4 4-3 3-4 4-3 4-3 1-6 4-3
Overall C-USA 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 4-2 0-0 4-3 0-0 5-3 0-0 5-4 0-0 6-4 0-0 6-5 0-0 7-5 0-0 8-5 0-0 8-6 0-0 9-6 0-0
Nation #25 #25 #25 #25 #24 #24 #30 #30 #30 #34 #34 #34 #34 #32 #32
Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 8-9 2-5 6-4 0-0 --- --- 2-5 0-0 0-0 12-6 9-4 3-2 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 12-8 9-4 3-4 0-0 --- 9-4 --- 2-0 4-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 6-6 4-4 2-2 0-0 --- --- 4-4 0-1 0-1 10-6 8-5 2-1 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 11-10 8-5 3-5 0-0 8-5 --- --- 4-3 4-5 9-10 4-7 5-3 0-0 --- --- 4-7 0-1 0-1 34-28 22-17 12-11 0-0 8-5 9-4 5-8 6-4 7-6 .548 .564 .522 .000 .615 .692 .385 .600 .538
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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WESTBROOK ALL-TIME RECORD OPPONENT RECORD Air Force 1-0 Alabama 1-0 Arizona 0-2 Arkansas 9-9 Arkansas-Little Rock 3-2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2-0 Army 1-0 Auburn 4-7 Ball State 1-0 Baylor 2-3 Binghamton 1-0 Boise State 1-3 Boston College 1-0 Bradley 4-0 Brown 1-0 BYU 2-2 BYU-Hawaii 1-0 California 2-4 Central Oklahoma 2-0 Chaminade 1-0 Clemson 1-1 Colorado 2-3 Columbia 1-0 Cowley County CC 2-0 Creighton 5-0 Dartmouth 3-0 Denver 1-0 Drake 8-2 East Carolina* 3-0 East Tennessee State 1-0 Evansville 2-1 Fresno State 6-3 Furman 1-1 Georgia 0-2 Georgia Tech 1-0 Hampton 2-0 Harvard 1-4 Hawaii 5-0 Hawaii-Pacific 1-0 Illinois 1-4 Illinois State 7-0 Indiana 1-0 Indiana State 4-1 IPFW 1-0
OPPONENT RECORD Kansas 4-6 Kentucky 0-2 Lamar 5-0 Louisville 5-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0 LSU 1-2 Memphis 10-2 Michigan 2-4 Michigan State 5-1 Middle Tennessee* 2-3 Minnesota 3-1 Missouri 1-0 Missouri State 13-1 Nebraska 4-0 Nevada 1-0 New Mexico 3-4 New Mexico State 8-0 North Carolina 3-2 North Carolina State 2-0 North Texas* 1-0 North Texas State 2-0 Northern Arizona 1-0 Northern Illinois 1-0 Northern Iowa 2-0 Northeast Louisiana 2-0 Northeastern State 1-0 Northwestern 1-3 Notre Dame 4-2 Ohio State 0-2 Oklahoma 9-10 Oklahoma Christian 1-0 Oklahoma State 9-15 Ole Miss 0-3 Oral Roberts 16-1 Penn 1-0 Penn State 1-0 Pepperdine 0-6 Prairie View A&M 1-0 Rice* 17-9 Rollins 0-1 Sacramento State 3-0 Saint Louis 3-0 San Diego 1-1 San Diego State 2-3
OPPONENT RECORD Santa Clara 1-0 SE Missouri State 1-0 SMU 11-11 South Alabama 1-3 South Carolina 0-1 South Florida 2-1 Southern Illinois 2-1 Southern Miss* 2-1 Southwest Louisiana 1-1 Stanford 1-4 SW Texas State 0-1 Tennessee 0-2 Texas 1-12 Texas A&M 3-15 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 Texas Southern 2-0 Texas Tech 4-6 TCU 11-9 Tulane* 4-8 UAB* 4-0 UCF 6-0 UNLV 3-4 UT-Arlington 2-0 UT-Pan American 1-0 UTEP* 2-3 Utah 2-0 UC-Santa Barbara 2-0 UCLA 0-1 UMKC 3-0 USC 0-3 UTSA* 3-1 Vanderbilt 2-2 VCU 2-4 Virginia 0-2 Virginia Tech 0-2 Wake Forest 0-1 Washington 2-3 Western Illinois 1-0 Wichita State 11-2 William & Mary 1-0 Yale 1-0 Xavier 1-0
Westbrook’s Overall Record - 350-244 Westbrook’s Overall Home Record - 194-82 (.703) BOLD indicates 2014 opponent
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Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 25 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0 Jan. 17, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 25 Tulsa 6, Illinois State 1 Jan. 19, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 2. Juan Carvajal (TLS) def. Fabian Zierleyn (ORU) 6-4, 6-3 3. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jason Mechali (ORU) 6-1, 6-3 4. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Parker Allen (ORU) 6-1, 6-3 5. Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-0, 6-2 6. Chase Gordon (TLS) def. Cole Guy (ORU) 6-4, 6-2
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Jakub Eisner (ILS) 6-3, 6-1 2. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Urh Kranjnc Domiter (ILS) 6-5 (1), 6-0 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Jacob Wilson (ILS) 6-2, 6-1 4. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Rolando Torrellas (ILS) 6-2, 6-1 5. Rodrigo Oliveira (ILS) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-4, 6-5 (5) 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Dylan Steffens (ILS) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jason Mechali/Fabian Zierleyn (ORU) 6-1 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) vs. Amar Saletovic/Parker Allen (ORU) 5-2, unfinished 3. Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Braxton Bates/Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Jakub Eisner/Rolando Torrellas (ILS) 6-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Jacob Wilson/Urh Kranjnc Domiter (ILS) 6-2 3. Daniel Santos/Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. Rodrigo Oliveira/Muddappa Appanervand (ILS) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,6,3,4,2)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,3,4,1,2,5)
No. 25 Tulsa 4, No. 61 Wichita State 0 Jan. 17, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Ilija Cuic (WSU) 6-0, 6-1 2. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. Tin Ostojic (WSU) 5-6 (8), 5-2, unfinished 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSU) 6-1, 6-1 4. Juan Carvajal (TLS) vs. Guillermo Nicol (WSU) 6-3, 5-6, 1-0, unfinished 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Guillermo de Vilchez (WSU) 6-4, 6-5 (4) 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-3, 0-6, 4-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic (WSU) 5-2, unfinished 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Guillermo Nicol/Guillermo de Vilchez (WSU) 6-1 3. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Ilija Cuic/Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-1 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (3,1,5) No. 25 Tulsa 4, No. 30 Drake 1 Jan. 19, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Alen Salibasic (DU) 6-1, 6-4 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Ben Lott (DU) 6-5 (7), 5-6 (5), 6-2 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Matt Frost (DU) 6-1, 6-2 4. Robin Goodman (DU) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Ravi Patel (DU) 6-5 (3), 3-6, 2-3, unfinished 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Ben Mullis (DU) 5-6 (0), 6-4, 0-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #8 Robin Goodman/Ravi Patel (DU) 6-1 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Alen Salibasic/Ben Lott (DU) 6-4 3. Matt Frost/Ben Mullis (DU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,4,2)
No. 31 Northwestern 4, No. 24 Tulsa 2 Jan. 25, 2014 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Raleigh Smith (NU) 6-4, 6-4 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Konrad Zieba (NU) 6-4, 6-4 3. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) vs. #114 Sam Shropshire (NU) 6-5, 2-6, 5-5, unfinished 4. Mihir Kumar (NU) def. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-4, 2-6, 6-5 5. Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-0, 6-1 6. Fedor Baev (NU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 5-6, 6-2, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) vs. Mihir Kumar/Sam Shropshire (NU) 5-5, unfinished 2. Alp Horoz/Fedor Baev (NU) def. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-1 3. Raleigh Smith/Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4 Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,2,1,6,4) No. 37 Virginia Tech 4, No. 24 Tulsa 3 Jan. 26, 2014 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion Singles competition 1. #26 Amerigo Contini (VT) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #60 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) 6-3, 6-5 (4) 3. Hunter Koontz (VT) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 4. Joao Monteiro (VT) def. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-5, 6-3 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #122 Aaron Gomez (VT) 6-2, 6-4 6. Florian Nicoud (VT) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #23 Andreas Bjerrehus/Amerigo Contini (VT) 6-3 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Hunter Koontz/Joao Monteiro (VT) 6-2 3. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) vs. Jai Corbett/Florian Nicoud (VT) 5-3, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,1,6,2,4,3)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 16 Pepperdine 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Jan. 29, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #33 Alex Sarkissian (PEP) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-4, 6-5 (5) 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #58 David Sofaer (PEP) 6-2, 6-3 3. Francis Alcantara (PEP) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-0, 6-0 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Stefan Menichella (PEP) 6-0, 6-2 5. Pedro Leme (PEP) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-5 (9) 6. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Tom Hill (PEP) 5-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3
Singles competition 1. Leandro Toledo (MINN) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-5 (4), 6-5 (3) 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Ruben Weber (MINN) 6-5 (6), 6-3 3. Jack Hamburg (MINN) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Mathieu Froment (MINN) 6-5 (2), 6-1 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Juan Pablo Ramirez (MINN) 6-3, 6-5 (3) 6. Juan Carvajal (TLS) def. Franz Sydow (MINN) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. Alex Sarkissian/Francis Alcantara (PEP) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. David Sofaer/Stefan Menichella (PEP) 6-2 3. Alex Giannini/Pedro Leme (PEP) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #47 Jack Hamburg/Mathieu Froment (MINN) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-1 2. Juan Pablo Ramirez/Franz Sydow (MINN) vs. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) unfinished 3. Leandro Toledo/Eric Frueh (MINN) def. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,4,2,1,6,5)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,4,3,5,6,1)
No. 30 Tulsa 4, No. 42 Washington 2 Feb. 1, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 25 Harvard 4, No. 34 Tulsa 3 Feb. 9, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) vs. Max Manthou (UW) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Gal Hakak (UW) 6-1, 6-3 3. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Emmett Egger (UW) 6-3, 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Viktor Farkas (UW) 6-3, 6-1 5. Daffra Sanon (UW) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 6. Michael Chamerski (UW) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-4
Singles competition 1. #44 Denis Nguyen (HAR) def. Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-5, 5-6, 6-3 2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Shaun Chaudhuri (HAR) 6-5, 2-6, 6-3 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Brian Yeung (HAR) 6-3, 6-4 4. #81 Sebastian Beltrame (HAR) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 5. Alex Steinroeder (HAR) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-5, 6-4 6. Andrew Ball (HAR) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Viktor Farkas/Max Manthou (UW) 6-4 2. Michael Chamerski/Emmett Egger (UW) def. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-3 3. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Daffra Sanon/Wendell Watanabe (UW) 6-5
Doubles competition 1. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #17 Casey MacMaster/Denis Nguyen (HAR) 6-4 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #48 Nicky Hu/Brian Yeung (HAR) 6-4 3. Alex Steinroeder/Sebastian Beltrame (HAR) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,4,3,6,5)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,3,5,4,2,1)
No. 6 Tennessee 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Feb. 2, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
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No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 39 Minnesota 3 Feb. 7, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline Tennis Center
No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 64 Arkansas 3 Feb. 14, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #34 Mikelis Libietis (UT) 6-4, 6-1 2. #16 Hunter Reese (UT) def. Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-5 (2), 6-0 3. Brandon Fickey (UT) def. #71 Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 5-6 (3), 6-4 4. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Jarryd Chaplin (UT) 6-4, 6-4 5. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Bartosz Sawicki (UT) 6-5 (4), 6-4 6. Markus Kerner (UT) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-1 (4), 6-4
Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Mike Nott (ARK) 6-4, 6-2 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Manfred Jeske (ARK) 6-1, 6-4 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Hall Fess (ARK) 5-6 (6-8), 6-1, 6-0 4. Jovan Parlic (ARK) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 2-6, 6-5 (13-11), 6-1 5. Johan den Toom (ARK) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 5-6 (2-7), 6-3 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Juan Marino (ARK) 6-5 (7-5), 6-3
Doubles competition 1. #1 Mikelis Libietis/Hunter Reese (UT) def. Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #28 Jarryd Chaplin/Brandon Fickey (UT) 6-1 3. Andrew Dromsky/Markus Kerner (UT) def. Carlos Bautista/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 6-1
Doubles competition 1. Mike Nott/Manfred Jeske (ARK) def. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-5 (8-6) 2. Pete Thomason/Hall Fess (ARK) def. #47 Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-0 3. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Johan den Toom/Santiago Munoz (ARK) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,1,4,5,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,6,3,5,4)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 50 Michigan State 3 Feb. 16, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Drew Lied (MSU) 6-4, 7-5 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #125 Aaron Pfister (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. John Patrick Mullane (MSU) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5) 4. Gijs Linders (MSU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4, 6-3 5. Brett Forman (MSU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Harry Jadun (MSU) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 Doubles competition 1. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. John Patrick Mullane/Drew Lied (MSU) 8-2 2. Gijs Linders/Harry Jadun (MSU) def. #47 Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-7 (7-5) 3. Aaron Pfister/Brett Forman (MSU) def. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) 8-3 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,5,2,1,6,3) No. 8 Texas A&M 6, No. 32 Tulsa 1 Feb. 21, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #43 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 7-5, 6-3 2. #22 Harrison Adams (TAMU) def. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #25 Jeremy Efferding (TAMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 4. Junior Ore (TAMU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 6-2 5. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 6. Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #3 Junior Ore/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. #47 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 8-3 3. #29 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (TAMU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-2 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,2,5,6,3,1) No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 3 Feb. 23, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #106 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #70 Jakob Sude (OSU) 6-4, 6-3 2. #74 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Sebastian Sachs (OSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 3. Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Arjun Kadhe (OSU) 6-4, 6-4 4. Lucas Gerch (OSU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-1 5. Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-2, 6-3 6. Chris Haworth (OSU) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 7-5, 5-2, retired Doubles competition 1. #20 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #38 Arjun Kadhe/Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) 8-5 2. #47 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Matt Campbell/Jakob Sude (OSU) 8-4 3. Daniel Santos/Matthew Kirby (TLS) def. Sebastian Sachs/Lucas Gerch (OSU) 8-3 Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,1,2,3)
Conference Championships: 15 (MVC - 1936-37, 1939-41, 1963, 1970, 1995-96; C-USA - 2006-09, 2011-12) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1995-00, 2002, 2006-13)
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