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 Ohio State, Incarnate Word and Oral Roberts l April 11-13, 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. No. 20 California 21 at No. 5 Baylor 23 at No. 8 Texas
Fort Worth, Texas Indian Wells, Calif. Waco, Texas Austin, Texas
W, 4-3 L, 4-0 L, 4-0 L, 4-0
APRIL 4 6 11 13 17-20
No. 25 South Florida No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 1 Ohio State Incarnate Word Oral Roberts Conference USA Championships (@ Tulsa, Okla.)
MAY 9-11 @ NCAA First and Second Rounds 15-26 @ NCAA Championships
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Columbus, Ohio Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center
TBA Athens, Ga.
! ITA Kickoff National Team Indoor Championship All Times Central Standard Time
L, 6-1 L, 6-1 5 p.m. 10 a.m. 3 p.m. All Day
All Day All Day
Incarnate Word
Date: Sunday, April 13 @ 10 a.m.
Tulsa
2014 Record: 10-11 ITA Team Ranking: No. 41 Head Coach: Vince Westbrook Career Record: 351--249 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 67 Japie De Klerk No. 87 Clifford Marsland No. 24 Marsland/McCloskey No. 59 De Klerk/Espejo
Ohio State
Date: Friday, April 11 @ 5 p.m.
Location: Varsity Tennis Center 2014 Record: 23-2 ITA Team Ranking: No. 1 Head Coach: Ty Tucker Career Record: 418-63 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 9 Peter Kobelt No. 74 Herkko Pollanen No. 109 Hunter Callahan No. 124 Kevin Metka No. 2 Kobelt/Metka
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
Oral Roberts
Date: Sunday, April 13 @ 3 p.m.
Location: Case Tennis Center 2014 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Mark Milner Career Record: 9-26
TULSA TRAVELS TO NO. 1 OHIO STATE ON FRIDAY; HOSTS TWO OPPONENTS ON SUNDAY: No. 41 Golden Hurricane (10-11) travels to face host No. 1 Ohio State (23-2) on Friday at 5 p.m. and host a doubleheader with Incarnate Word at 10 a.m. and Oral Roberts at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Buckeyes hold a 2-0 advantage over the Golden Hurricane, while Tulsa has posted a 16-1 advantage over the Golden Eagles and this will be the first meeting between TU and Incarnate Word. THE FIRST SERVE: • The Golden Hurricane has won the first seven 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, Feb. 18 and March 4, and junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and Feb. 25.
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
Location: Case Tennis Center 2014 Record: 13-4 Head Coach: John Newman Career Record: 604-422-2
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) Perth, 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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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 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
80.04 75.12 74.04 72.57 71.16 64.98 62.64 58.96 58.94 56.66 55.67 51.00 49.22 46.56 45.21 39.62 39.45 39.23 38.01 36.62 35.04 32.41 32.28 31.98 30.26 29.76 28.50 25.63 25.12 24.68 24.67 23.92 23.86 23.67 23.12 22.83 22.82 22.25 21.67 20.06 19.93 18.68 17.95 16.66 16.52
Ohio State University 1 Univ. of So. California 2 UCLA 3 University of Oklahoma 5 University of Virginia 4 Baylor University 7 University of Texas 6 North Carolina 9 University of Georgia 8 Texas A&M University 10 University of Illinois 11 Univ. of Notre Dame 12 Duke University 13 University of Kentucky 14 University of Florida 15 Penn State University 24 Columbia University 19 Mississippi State Univ. 16 California 18 Clemson University 17 University of Tennessee 20 Boise State University 22 Wake Forest University 21 Oklahoma State Univ. 23 Univ. of South Florida 25 University of Memphis 31 Vanderbilt University 26 Florida State University 30 Auburn University 36 University of Louisville 35 Harvard University 34 North Carolina State 42 University of Alabama 29 Northwestern University 37 Univ. of South Carolina 40 Purdue University 33 Texas Tech University 28 Drake University 32 University of Oregon 27 Dartmouth College 41 University of Tulsa 39 Virginia Tech 38 Stanford University 52 Elon University 49 UNC Wilmington 44
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Others from Conference USA: 8.05 Tulane University 65
• Senior Clifford Marsland’s 81 career singles wins places him tied for eighth 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. UP NEXT: The Conference USA Tournament is next for the Golden Hurricane next weekend from Thursday, April 17 until Sunday, April 20. The tournament is held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. LAST TIME OUT: The Golden Hurricane went 0-2 last weekend with a 6-1 loss to No. 25 South Florida and a 6-1 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. South Florida won the doubles point after wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 position and extended its lead to 2-0 after a win at the No. 5 singles position. Junior Alejandro Espejo’s 6-4, 7-5 win at the No. 3 singles position cut USF’s lead to 2-1, but the Bulls won the final four singles matches to take home the victory. The Golden Hurricane won the doubles point over Oklahoma after wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles position, but the Sooners won all six singles matches to take home the victory. 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, April 8 for the third time this season. Espejo went 1-1 at the No. 3 singles position and paired with senior Japie De Klerk and went 2-0 at the No. 2 doubles position with two wins over ranked doubles duo. Espejo defeated Sasha Gozun of No. 25 South Florida in straight sets on Friday 6-4, 7-5 to cut USF’s lead to 2-1, but fell to No. 43 Dane Webb of No. 5 Oklahoma 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Espejo and De Klerk defeated No. 53 Oliver Pramming and Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz of USF 8-6 to tie the doubles point and defeated No. 17 Dane Webb and Andrew Harris of OU 8-7 (6) to clinch the doubles point. MARSLAND ENTERS TOP-10 IN SINGLES WINS: Senior Clifford Marsland defeated No. 51 Nick Chappell of TCU 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles position on March 2 to give him 81 career singles wins, which ties him for the eighth most in school history with Gareth Williams 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 81 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
Tulsa Honors Japie De Klerk • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (1/21) Alejandro Espejo • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/4) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/25) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (4/8)
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Clifford Marsland • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (1/27) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/11) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/18) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (3/4)
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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Facebook.com/TulsaHurricane • Facebook.com/TulsaMTennis TOUGH STRETCH: In the Golden Hurricane’s last five matches have come against teams ranked in the top-25, including three teams ranked in the top-10. Tulsa has to travel to face No. 1 Ohio State on Friday. This season, the Golden Hurricane has posted an 8-11 record against ranked opponents and the last 15 matches have been against ranked opponents. With the match against Ohio State, the Golden Hurricane has faced 12 opponents this season that have been ranked in the top-30 at the time of the match, including six opponents ranked in the top-10.
2014 Golden Hurricane Men’s Tennis 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
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.
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
TULSA SETS A CONFERENCE USA WEEKLY AWARD RECORD: The Golden Hurricane became the first team in Conference USA history to win the first seven C-USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week to begin the spring season. Senior Japie De Klerk started it off as he won the weekly award on Jan. 21, followed by senior Clifford Marsland, who was named four times this season on Jan. 28, Feb. 11, Feb. 18 and March. Junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award twice this season on Feb. 4 and Feb. 25.
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
TWO SINGLES MOVES UP IN ITA POLL AND DOUBLES DUO: Senior Japie De Klerk moved up 34 spots from No. 97 to No. 63, while senior Clifford Marsland moved up 21 spots from No. 89 to No. 68 in the International Tennis Association released its poll on Tuesday, March 11. TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey moved up five spots from No. 24 to No. 19. 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 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, March 4 for the fourth time this season. Marsland defeated No. 51 Nick Chappell of TCU 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles position on March 2 to give Tulsa a 2-1 lead over the Horned Frogs. Marsland paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to defeat No. 18 Chappell and Will Stein 8-6. 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
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
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
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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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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaMTennis Tulsa In The NCAA Tournament 2013 First Round: Tulsa 4, Michigan St. 1 - at Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 2 - at Waco, Texas 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
Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 3 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2007
First Round: Vanderbilt 4, Tulsa 2 - Baton Rouge, La.
First Round: Tulsa 4, Binghamton 0 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2006 First Round: Tulsa 4, Middle Tennessee St. 1 - Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - 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
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.
First Round: Tulsa 4, Colorado 1 - Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa Class Breakdown Seniors Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Junior Alejandro Espejo Sophomores Carlos Bautista Matthew Kirby Dylan McCloskey Matt Roso Freshmen Juan Carvajal Chase Gordon Or Ram-Harel Daniel Santos
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against regionally ranked opponents, while Espejo has won its last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team competition, 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 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. 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 nationally ranked opponents and a 4-0 record against regionally ranked opponents this season.
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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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.
Tulsa In ITA Poll Team Rankings Date Rank Jan. 2 #25 Jan. 21 #24 Jan. 29 #30 Feb. 4 #34 Feb. 18 #32 Feb. 25 #32 March 4 #30 March 11 #31 March 18 #35 March 25 #38 April 1 #39 April 8 #41
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.
Singles Rankings Date Name Jan. 2 Carlos Bautista Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland Japie De Klerk Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo Japie De Klerk March 11 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo March 25 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo April 8 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland
Rank #71 #74 #106 #89 #90 #97 #63 #67 #108 #63 #84 #125 #67 #87
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.
Doubles Rankings Date Name Rank Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey March 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey March 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey April 8 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo
#20 #47 #24 #19 #22 #24 #59
Conference USA Player of the Week January 21 January 27 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8
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Japie De Klerk, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Tomas Stillman, UTSA
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. TULSA EARNS NO. 25 PRESEASON RANK: The University of Tulsa begins the 2014 spring campaign as the No. 25-ranked team in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released January 2. Sophomore Carlos Bautista checked in at No. 71 in singles to earn his first career national ranking. The Ciudad Real, Spain native defeated No. 9-16 seed Benjamin Lock of Florida State and No. 7 seed Michael Grant of USC to reach the quarterfinals in the United State Tennis Association Clay Courts in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 24-27. DE KLERK PLAYS IN DAVIS CUP LAST FALL: Senior Japie De Klerk played for his country of South Africa for the Davis Cup in the fall of 2013. The Ashton, South Africa native won the first set 7-6 (3) against Alex Bogomolov Jr., who was ranked No. 88 in the world, but ultimately lost the match, losing the next three sets 0-6, 4-6, 1-6 • • • • • •
Paulo Alvarado, Southern Miss
Yannick Junger, UTSA Chris Helliar, UAB Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa
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: 10-11 • C-USA: 0-0 • Home: 8-5 • Away: 2-2 • Neutral: 0-4 vs. National ranked: 8-11
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carlos Bautista 10-17 3-13 7-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-4 0-3 0-4 0-2 0-1 1-4 L10 0-10 Juan Carvajal 2-7 2-7 0-0 0-0 --- 1-0 --- --- 0-4 1-3 0-0 0-1 L3 2-7 Japie De Klerk 10-12 9-8 1-4 0-0 8-7 1-1 --- --- --- --- 3-6 4-6 L3 4-6 Alejandro Espejo 18-8 14-4 4-4 0-0 --- --- 10-2 4-2 --- --- 1-1 5-3 L1 8-2 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 13-6 11-5 2-1 0-0 1-1 10-4 --- --- --- --- 4-5 6-4 L3 6-4 Dylan McCloskey 11-17 7-10 4-7 0-0 --- --- 1-0 1-5 4-3 1-2 1-2 1-1 L8 1-9 Or Ram-Harel 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 --- --- --- 0-3 0-2 --- 0-1 0-1 L5 0-5 Daniel Santos 8-10 5-5 3-5 0-0 --- --- --- 1-0 0-2 4-3 0-0 0-0 L1 5-5 Totals 77-90 53-57 24-33 0-0 10-8 13-5 12-6 6-13 5-15 7-10 9-16 17-20 Percentage .461 .482 .421 .000 .556 .722 .667 .316 .250 .412 .360 .459 DOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos 6-9 1-6 5-3 0-0 --- --- 1-6 0-1 0-0 L6 3-7 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey 12-9 10-8 2-1 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 W1 5-5 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo 14-8 12-7 2-1 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 W2 5-5 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 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-0 --- --- 3-6 0-1 0-1 L3 3-6 Totals 39-39 27-28 12-11 0-0 10-8 12-7 5-13 10-7 11-7 Percentage .500 .491 .522 .000 .556 .632 .278 .588 .611
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 March 2 March 16 March 21 March 23 April 4 April 6
DOUBLES Carlos Bautista Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Daniel Santos Totals Percentage
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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. at No. 48 TCU vs. No. 20 California at No. 5 Baylor at No. 8 Texas No. 25 SOUTH FLORIDA No. 5 OKLAHOMA
Result W W W W L L L W L W L W W L W W L L L L L
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 4-3 0-4 0-4 0-4 1-6 1-6
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 10-6 0-0 10-7 0-0 10-8 0-0 10-9 0-0 10-10 0-0 10-11 0-0
Nation #25 #25 #25 #25 #24 #24 #30 #30 #30 #34 #34 #34 #34 #32 #32 #32 #31 #35 #35 #39 #39
Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 8-11 2-7 6-4 0-0 --- --- 2-7 0-1 0-0 15-9 12-7 3-2 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 15-11 12-7 3-4 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 6-9 4-7 2-2 0-0 --- --- 4-7 0-1 0-1 12-9 10-8 2-1 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 13-13 10-8 3-5 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 9-15 4-12 5-3 0-0 --- --- 4-12 0-2 0-1 39-39 27-28 12-11 0-0 10-8 12-7 5-13 10-7 11-7 .500 .491 .522 .000 .556 .632 .278 .588 .611
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 2-4 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 2-5 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 Incarnate Word 0-0 Indiana 1-0 Indiana State 4-1
OPPONENT RECORD IPFW 1-0 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 9-11 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
OPPONENT RECORD San Diego State 2-3 Santa Clara 1-0 SE Missouri State 1-0 SMU 11-11 South Alabama 1-3 South Carolina 0-1 South Florida 2-2 Southern Illinois 2-1 Southern Miss* 2-1 Southwest Louisiana 1-1 Stanford 1-4 SW Texas State 0-1 Tennessee 0-2 Texas 1-13 Texas A&M 3-15 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 Texas Southern 2-0 Texas Tech 4-6 TCU 12-9 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 - 351-249 Westbrook’s Overall Home Record - 194-84 (.698) BOLD indicates 2014 opponent
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)
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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. 16 Pepperdine 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Jan. 29, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 39 Minnesota 3 Feb. 7, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline 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
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
Singles competition 1. #89 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #51 Nick Chappell (TCU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 2. #97 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #93 Facundo Lugones (TCU) 6-0, 6-3 3. #90 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Arnau Dachs (TCU) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5 4. Trey Daniel (TCU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4, 6-2 5. Rodolfo Bustamante (TCU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Jhonathan Gonzalez (TCU) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
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
Doubles competition 1. #24 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #18 Nick Chappell/Will Stein (TCU) 8-6 2. Arnau Dachs/Trey Daniel (TCU) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-7 (7-5) 3. Facundo Lugones/Hudson Blake (TCU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-6
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)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,1,5,4,3,6) No. 20 California 4, No. 31 Tulsa 0 March 16, 2014 at Indian Wells, Calif. - Indian Wells Tennis Garden Singles competition 1. #84 Ben McLachlan (CAL) vs. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) unfinished 2. #81 Campbell Johnson (CAL) def. #67 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 3. #117 Filip Bergevi (CAL) vs. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) unfinished 4. Gregory Bayane (CAL) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-3, 6-1 5. Mads Engstad (CAL) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 6. Nikhil Jayashankar (CAL) vs. Daniel Santos (TLS) unfinished Doubles competition 1. Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (CAL) def. #19 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #76 Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlan (CAL) 8-4 3. Filip Bergevi/Mads Engstad (CAL) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,5,2)
No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 3 Feb. 23, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
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No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 48 TCU 3 March 2, 2014 at Fort Worth, Texas - Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center
No. 5 Baylor 4, No. 35 Tulsa 0 March 21, 2014 at Waco, Texas - Hurd 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
Singles competition 1. #8 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 2. #15 Patrick Pradella (BU) vs. #67 Clifford Marsland (TLS) unfinished 3. #31 Diego Galeano (BU) vs. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) unfinished 4. #97 Tony Lupieri (BU) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-2, 6-1 5. #104 Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 6. Vince Schneider (BU) vs. Daniel Santos (TLS) unfinished
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
Doubles competition 1. Diego Galeano/Tony Lupieri (BU) vs. #19 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) unfinished 2. Julian Lenz/Patrick Pradella (BU) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-5 3. Vince Schneider/Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,1,2,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,5,1)
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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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 8 Texas 4, No. 35 Tulsa 0 March 23, 2014 at Austin, Texas - Penick Allison Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #29 Soren Hess-Olesen (UT) vs. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 7-5, 1-3, unfinished 2. #26 Lloyd Glasspool (UT) vs. #68 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-0, 4-6, 1-2, unfinished 3. Adrien Berkowicz (UT) def. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-1, 6-0 4. #57 George Goldhoff (UT) vs. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished 5. Nick Naumann (UT) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-4, 6-0 6. Clement Homs (UT) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-2, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. #7 Soren Hess-Olesen/Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. #19 Dylan McCloskey/Clifford Marsland (TLS) 8-7 (4) 2. Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (UT) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-1 3. Jacoby Lewis/David Holiner (UT) vs. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 7-3, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,5,6) No. 25 South Florida 6, No. 39 Tulsa 1 April 4, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #53 Roberto Cid (USF) def. #84 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2 2. Oliver Pramming (USF) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 3. #125 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 6-4, 7-5 4. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 5. Ignacio Gonzalez-Mun (USF) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-1, 6-4 6. Federico Sabogal (USF) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (4) Doubles competition 1. #33 Roberto Cid/Sasha Gozun (USF) def. #22 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #53 Oliver Pramming/Ignacio Gonzalez-Mun (USF) 8-6 3. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy/Finn Meinecke (USF) def. Daniel Santos/Carlos Bautista (TLS) 8-7 (5) Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,3,6,1,4,2) No. 5 Oklahoma 6, No. 39 Tulsa 1 April 6, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #2 Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 2. #5 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. #84 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 3. #43 Dane Webb (OU) def. #125 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 4. #41 Andrew Harris (OU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-1, 6-2 5. Austin Siegel (OU) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 6. Alex Ghilea (OU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (3) Doubles competition 1. #22 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Guillermo Alcorta/Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) 8-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #17 Dane Webb/Andrew Harris (OU) 8-7 (6) 3. #72 Peerakit Siributwong/Nick Papac (OU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-7 (6) Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,2,6,1,5,3)
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. No. 20 California 21 at No. 5 Baylor 23 at No. 8 Texas
Fort Worth, Texas Indian Wells, Calif. Waco, Texas Austin, Texas
W, 4-3 L, 4-0 L, 4-0 L, 4-0
APRIL 4 6 11 13 17-20
No. 25 South Florida No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 1 Ohio State Incarnate Word Oral Roberts Conference USA Championships (@ Tulsa, Okla.)
MAY 9-11 @ NCAA First and Second Rounds 15-26 @ NCAA Championships
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Columbus, Ohio Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center
TBA Athens, Ga.
! ITA Kickoff National Team Indoor Championship All Times Central Standard Time
L, 6-1 L, 6-1 5 p.m. 10 a.m. 3 p.m. All Day
All Day All Day
Incarnate Word
Date: Sunday, April 13 @ 10 a.m.
Tulsa
2014 Record: 10-11 ITA Team Ranking: No. 41 Head Coach: Vince Westbrook Career Record: 351--249 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 67 Japie De Klerk No. 87 Clifford Marsland No. 24 Marsland/McCloskey No. 59 De Klerk/Espejo
Ohio State
Date: Friday, April 11 @ 5 p.m.
Location: Varsity Tennis Center 2014 Record: 23-2 ITA Team Ranking: No. 1 Head Coach: Ty Tucker Career Record: 418-63 Nationally Ranked Players: No. 9 Peter Kobelt No. 74 Herkko Pollanen No. 109 Hunter Callahan No. 124 Kevin Metka No. 2 Kobelt/Metka
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
Oral Roberts
Date: Sunday, April 13 @ 3 p.m.
Location: Case Tennis Center 2014 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Mark Milner Career Record: 9-26
TULSA TRAVELS TO NO. 1 OHIO STATE ON FRIDAY; HOSTS TWO OPPONENTS ON SUNDAY: No. 41 Golden Hurricane (10-11) travels to face host No. 1 Ohio State (23-2) on Friday at 5 p.m. and host a doubleheader with Incarnate Word at 10 a.m. and Oral Roberts at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Buckeyes hold a 2-0 advantage over the Golden Hurricane, while Tulsa has posted a 16-1 advantage over the Golden Eagles and this will be the first meeting between TU and Incarnate Word. THE FIRST SERVE: • The Golden Hurricane has won the first seven 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, Feb. 18 and March 4, and junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and Feb. 25.
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
Location: Case Tennis Center 2014 Record: 13-4 Head Coach: John Newman Career Record: 604-422-2
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) Perth, 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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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 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
80.04 75.12 74.04 72.57 71.16 64.98 62.64 58.96 58.94 56.66 55.67 51.00 49.22 46.56 45.21 39.62 39.45 39.23 38.01 36.62 35.04 32.41 32.28 31.98 30.26 29.76 28.50 25.63 25.12 24.68 24.67 23.92 23.86 23.67 23.12 22.83 22.82 22.25 21.67 20.06 19.93 18.68 17.95 16.66 16.52
Ohio State University 1 Univ. of So. California 2 UCLA 3 University of Oklahoma 5 University of Virginia 4 Baylor University 7 University of Texas 6 North Carolina 9 University of Georgia 8 Texas A&M University 10 University of Illinois 11 Univ. of Notre Dame 12 Duke University 13 University of Kentucky 14 University of Florida 15 Penn State University 24 Columbia University 19 Mississippi State Univ. 16 California 18 Clemson University 17 University of Tennessee 20 Boise State University 22 Wake Forest University 21 Oklahoma State Univ. 23 Univ. of South Florida 25 University of Memphis 31 Vanderbilt University 26 Florida State University 30 Auburn University 36 University of Louisville 35 Harvard University 34 North Carolina State 42 University of Alabama 29 Northwestern University 37 Univ. of South Carolina 40 Purdue University 33 Texas Tech University 28 Drake University 32 University of Oregon 27 Dartmouth College 41 University of Tulsa 39 Virginia Tech 38 Stanford University 52 Elon University 49 UNC Wilmington 44
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Others from Conference USA: 8.05 Tulane University 65
• Senior Clifford Marsland’s 81 career singles wins places him tied for eighth 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. UP NEXT: The Conference USA Tournament is next for the Golden Hurricane next weekend from Thursday, April 17 until Sunday, April 20. The tournament is held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. LAST TIME OUT: The Golden Hurricane went 0-2 last weekend with a 6-1 loss to No. 25 South Florida and a 6-1 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. South Florida won the doubles point after wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 position and extended its lead to 2-0 after a win at the No. 5 singles position. Junior Alejandro Espejo’s 6-4, 7-5 win at the No. 3 singles position cut USF’s lead to 2-1, but the Bulls won the final four singles matches to take home the victory. The Golden Hurricane won the doubles point over Oklahoma after wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles position, but the Sooners won all six singles matches to take home the victory. 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, April 8 for the third time this season. Espejo went 1-1 at the No. 3 singles position and paired with senior Japie De Klerk and went 2-0 at the No. 2 doubles position with two wins over ranked doubles duo. Espejo defeated Sasha Gozun of No. 25 South Florida in straight sets on Friday 6-4, 7-5 to cut USF’s lead to 2-1, but fell to No. 43 Dane Webb of No. 5 Oklahoma 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Espejo and De Klerk defeated No. 53 Oliver Pramming and Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz of USF 8-6 to tie the doubles point and defeated No. 17 Dane Webb and Andrew Harris of OU 8-7 (6) to clinch the doubles point. MARSLAND ENTERS TOP-10 IN SINGLES WINS: Senior Clifford Marsland defeated No. 51 Nick Chappell of TCU 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles position on March 2 to give him 81 career singles wins, which ties him for the eighth most in school history with Gareth Williams 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 81 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
Tulsa Honors Japie De Klerk • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (1/21) Alejandro Espejo • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/4) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/25) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (4/8)
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Clifford Marsland • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (1/27) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/11) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/18) • C-USA Tennis Athlete of the Week (3/4)
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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Facebook.com/TulsaHurricane • Facebook.com/TulsaMTennis TOUGH STRETCH: In the Golden Hurricane’s last five matches have come against teams ranked in the top-25, including three teams ranked in the top-10. Tulsa has to travel to face No. 1 Ohio State on Friday. This season, the Golden Hurricane has posted an 8-11 record against ranked opponents and the last 15 matches have been against ranked opponents. With the match against Ohio State, the Golden Hurricane has faced 12 opponents this season that have been ranked in the top-30 at the time of the match, including six opponents ranked in the top-10.
2014 Golden Hurricane Men’s Tennis 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
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.
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
TULSA SETS A CONFERENCE USA WEEKLY AWARD RECORD: The Golden Hurricane became the first team in Conference USA history to win the first seven C-USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week to begin the spring season. Senior Japie De Klerk started it off as he won the weekly award on Jan. 21, followed by senior Clifford Marsland, who was named four times this season on Jan. 28, Feb. 11, Feb. 18 and March. Junior Alejandro Espejo won the weekly award twice this season on Feb. 4 and Feb. 25.
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
TWO SINGLES MOVES UP IN ITA POLL AND DOUBLES DUO: Senior Japie De Klerk moved up 34 spots from No. 97 to No. 63, while senior Clifford Marsland moved up 21 spots from No. 89 to No. 68 in the International Tennis Association released its poll on Tuesday, March 11. TU doubles duo of Marsland and sophomore Dylan McCloskey moved up five spots from No. 24 to No. 19. 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 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, March 4 for the fourth time this season. Marsland defeated No. 51 Nick Chappell of TCU 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles position on March 2 to give Tulsa a 2-1 lead over the Horned Frogs. Marsland paired up with sophomore Dylan McCloskey to defeat No. 18 Chappell and Will Stein 8-6. 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
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
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
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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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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaMTennis Tulsa In The NCAA Tournament 2013 First Round: Tulsa 4, Michigan St. 1 - at Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 2 - at Waco, Texas 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
Second Round: Oklahoma St. 4, Tulsa 3 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2007
First Round: Vanderbilt 4, Tulsa 2 - Baton Rouge, La.
First Round: Tulsa 4, Binghamton 0 - at Tulsa, Okla.
2006 First Round: Tulsa 4, Middle Tennessee St. 1 - Waco, Texas Second Round: Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 - 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
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.
First Round: Tulsa 4, Colorado 1 - Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa Class Breakdown Seniors Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Junior Alejandro Espejo Sophomores Carlos Bautista Matthew Kirby Dylan McCloskey Matt Roso Freshmen Juan Carvajal Chase Gordon Or Ram-Harel Daniel Santos
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against regionally ranked opponents, while Espejo has won its last nine matches and is 12-2 this season in team competition, 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 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. 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 nationally ranked opponents and a 4-0 record against regionally ranked opponents this season.
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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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.
Tulsa In ITA Poll Team Rankings Date Rank Jan. 2 #25 Jan. 21 #24 Jan. 29 #30 Feb. 4 #34 Feb. 18 #32 Feb. 25 #32 March 4 #30 March 11 #31 March 18 #35 March 25 #38 April 1 #39 April 8 #41
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.
Singles Rankings Date Name Jan. 2 Carlos Bautista Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland Japie De Klerk Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo Japie De Klerk March 11 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo March 25 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland Alejandro Espejo April 8 Japie De Klerk Clifford Marsland
Rank #71 #74 #106 #89 #90 #97 #63 #67 #108 #63 #84 #125 #67 #87
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.
Doubles Rankings Date Name Rank Feb. 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo Feb. 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey March 11 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey March 25 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey April 8 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo
#20 #47 #24 #19 #22 #24 #59
Conference USA Player of the Week January 21 January 27 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8
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Japie De Klerk, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa Clifford Marsland, Tulsa Tomas Stillman, UTSA
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. TULSA EARNS NO. 25 PRESEASON RANK: The University of Tulsa begins the 2014 spring campaign as the No. 25-ranked team in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released January 2. Sophomore Carlos Bautista checked in at No. 71 in singles to earn his first career national ranking. The Ciudad Real, Spain native defeated No. 9-16 seed Benjamin Lock of Florida State and No. 7 seed Michael Grant of USC to reach the quarterfinals in the United State Tennis Association Clay Courts in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 24-27. DE KLERK PLAYS IN DAVIS CUP LAST FALL: Senior Japie De Klerk played for his country of South Africa for the Davis Cup in the fall of 2013. The Ashton, South Africa native won the first set 7-6 (3) against Alex Bogomolov Jr., who was ranked No. 88 in the world, but ultimately lost the match, losing the next three sets 0-6, 4-6, 1-6 • • • • • •
Paulo Alvarado, Southern Miss
Yannick Junger, UTSA Chris Helliar, UAB Alejandro Espejo, Tulsa
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: 10-11 • C-USA: 0-0 • Home: 8-5 • Away: 2-2 • Neutral: 0-4 vs. National ranked: 8-11
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carlos Bautista 10-17 3-13 7-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-4 0-3 0-4 0-2 0-1 1-4 L10 0-10 Juan Carvajal 2-7 2-7 0-0 0-0 --- 1-0 --- --- 0-4 1-3 0-0 0-1 L3 2-7 Japie De Klerk 10-12 9-8 1-4 0-0 8-7 1-1 --- --- --- --- 3-6 4-6 L3 4-6 Alejandro Espejo 18-8 14-4 4-4 0-0 --- --- 10-2 4-2 --- --- 1-1 5-3 L1 8-2 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 13-6 11-5 2-1 0-0 1-1 10-4 --- --- --- --- 4-5 6-4 L3 6-4 Dylan McCloskey 11-17 7-10 4-7 0-0 --- --- 1-0 1-5 4-3 1-2 1-2 1-1 L8 1-9 Or Ram-Harel 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 --- --- --- 0-3 0-2 --- 0-1 0-1 L5 0-5 Daniel Santos 8-10 5-5 3-5 0-0 --- --- --- 1-0 0-2 4-3 0-0 0-0 L1 5-5 Totals 77-90 53-57 24-33 0-0 10-8 13-5 12-6 6-13 5-15 7-10 9-16 17-20 Percentage .461 .482 .421 .000 .556 .722 .667 .316 .250 .412 .360 .459 DOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos 6-9 1-6 5-3 0-0 --- --- 1-6 0-1 0-0 L6 3-7 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey 12-9 10-8 2-1 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 W1 5-5 Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo 14-8 12-7 2-1 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 W2 5-5 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 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-0 --- --- 3-6 0-1 0-1 L3 3-6 Totals 39-39 27-28 12-11 0-0 10-8 12-7 5-13 10-7 11-7 Percentage .500 .491 .522 .000 .556 .632 .278 .588 .611
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 March 2 March 16 March 21 March 23 April 4 April 6
DOUBLES Carlos Bautista Japie De Klerk Alejandro Espejo Chase Gordon Matthew Kirby Clifford Marsland Dylan McCloskey Daniel Santos Totals Percentage
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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. at No. 48 TCU vs. No. 20 California at No. 5 Baylor at No. 8 Texas No. 25 SOUTH FLORIDA No. 5 OKLAHOMA
Result W W W W L L L W L W L W W L W W L L L L L
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 4-3 0-4 0-4 0-4 1-6 1-6
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 10-6 0-0 10-7 0-0 10-8 0-0 10-9 0-0 10-10 0-0 10-11 0-0
Nation #25 #25 #25 #25 #24 #24 #30 #30 #30 #34 #34 #34 #34 #32 #32 #32 #31 #35 #35 #39 #39
Overall Dual Tour C-USA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 8-11 2-7 6-4 0-0 --- --- 2-7 0-1 0-0 15-9 12-7 3-2 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 15-11 12-7 3-4 0-0 --- 12-7 --- 5-0 6-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 6-9 4-7 2-2 0-0 --- --- 4-7 0-1 0-1 12-9 10-8 2-1 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 13-13 10-8 3-5 0-0 10-8 --- --- 5-5 5-6 9-15 4-12 5-3 0-0 --- --- 4-12 0-2 0-1 39-39 27-28 12-11 0-0 10-8 12-7 5-13 10-7 11-7 .500 .491 .522 .000 .556 .632 .278 .588 .611
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 2-4 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 2-5 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 Incarnate Word 0-0 Indiana 1-0 Indiana State 4-1
OPPONENT RECORD IPFW 1-0 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 9-11 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
OPPONENT RECORD San Diego State 2-3 Santa Clara 1-0 SE Missouri State 1-0 SMU 11-11 South Alabama 1-3 South Carolina 0-1 South Florida 2-2 Southern Illinois 2-1 Southern Miss* 2-1 Southwest Louisiana 1-1 Stanford 1-4 SW Texas State 0-1 Tennessee 0-2 Texas 1-13 Texas A&M 3-15 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 Texas Southern 2-0 Texas Tech 4-6 TCU 12-9 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 - 351-249 Westbrook’s Overall Home Record - 194-84 (.698) BOLD indicates 2014 opponent
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)
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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. 16 Pepperdine 4, No. 30 Tulsa 3 Jan. 29, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 34 Tulsa 4, No. 39 Minnesota 3 Feb. 7, 2014 at Minneapolis, Minn. - Baseline 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
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
Singles competition 1. #89 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. #51 Nick Chappell (TCU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 2. #97 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #93 Facundo Lugones (TCU) 6-0, 6-3 3. #90 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Arnau Dachs (TCU) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5 4. Trey Daniel (TCU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-4, 6-2 5. Rodolfo Bustamante (TCU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 6. Daniel Santos (TLS) def. Jhonathan Gonzalez (TCU) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
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
Doubles competition 1. #24 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. #18 Nick Chappell/Will Stein (TCU) 8-6 2. Arnau Dachs/Trey Daniel (TCU) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-7 (7-5) 3. Facundo Lugones/Hudson Blake (TCU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-6
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)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,1,5,4,3,6) No. 20 California 4, No. 31 Tulsa 0 March 16, 2014 at Indian Wells, Calif. - Indian Wells Tennis Garden Singles competition 1. #84 Ben McLachlan (CAL) vs. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) unfinished 2. #81 Campbell Johnson (CAL) def. #67 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 3. #117 Filip Bergevi (CAL) vs. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) unfinished 4. Gregory Bayane (CAL) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-3, 6-1 5. Mads Engstad (CAL) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 6. Nikhil Jayashankar (CAL) vs. Daniel Santos (TLS) unfinished Doubles competition 1. Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (CAL) def. #19 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #76 Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlan (CAL) 8-4 3. Filip Bergevi/Mads Engstad (CAL) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,5,2)
No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 25 Oklahoma State 3 Feb. 23, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
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No. 32 Tulsa 4, No. 48 TCU 3 March 2, 2014 at Fort Worth, Texas - Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center
No. 5 Baylor 4, No. 35 Tulsa 0 March 21, 2014 at Waco, Texas - Hurd 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
Singles competition 1. #8 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 2. #15 Patrick Pradella (BU) vs. #67 Clifford Marsland (TLS) unfinished 3. #31 Diego Galeano (BU) vs. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) unfinished 4. #97 Tony Lupieri (BU) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-2, 6-1 5. #104 Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 6. Vince Schneider (BU) vs. Daniel Santos (TLS) unfinished
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
Doubles competition 1. Diego Galeano/Tony Lupieri (BU) vs. #19 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) unfinished 2. Julian Lenz/Patrick Pradella (BU) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-5 3. Vince Schneider/Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,1,2,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,5,1)
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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2013-14 TULSA MEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 8 Texas 4, No. 35 Tulsa 0 March 23, 2014 at Austin, Texas - Penick Allison Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #29 Soren Hess-Olesen (UT) vs. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 7-5, 1-3, unfinished 2. #26 Lloyd Glasspool (UT) vs. #68 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-0, 4-6, 1-2, unfinished 3. Adrien Berkowicz (UT) def. #108 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-1, 6-0 4. #57 George Goldhoff (UT) vs. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished 5. Nick Naumann (UT) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-4, 6-0 6. Clement Homs (UT) def. Juan Carvajal (TLS) 6-2, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. #7 Soren Hess-Olesen/Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. #19 Dylan McCloskey/Clifford Marsland (TLS) 8-7 (4) 2. Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (UT) def. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) 8-1 3. Jacoby Lewis/David Holiner (UT) vs. Matthew Kirby/Daniel Santos (TLS) 7-3, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,5,6) No. 25 South Florida 6, No. 39 Tulsa 1 April 4, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #53 Roberto Cid (USF) def. #84 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2 2. Oliver Pramming (USF) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 3. #125 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 6-4, 7-5 4. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 5. Ignacio Gonzalez-Mun (USF) def. Daniel Santos (TLS) 6-1, 6-4 6. Federico Sabogal (USF) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (4) Doubles competition 1. #33 Roberto Cid/Sasha Gozun (USF) def. #22 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 8-5 2. Japie De Klerk/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. #53 Oliver Pramming/Ignacio Gonzalez-Mun (USF) 8-6 3. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy/Finn Meinecke (USF) def. Daniel Santos/Carlos Bautista (TLS) 8-7 (5) Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,3,6,1,4,2) No. 5 Oklahoma 6, No. 39 Tulsa 1 April 6, 2014 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #2 Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. #63 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 2. #5 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. #84 Clifford Marsland (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 3. #43 Dane Webb (OU) def. #125 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 6-4, 6-4 4. #41 Andrew Harris (OU) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-1, 6-2 5. Austin Siegel (OU) def. Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 6. Alex Ghilea (OU) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (3) Doubles competition 1. #22 Clifford Marsland/Dylan McCloskey (TLS) def. Guillermo Alcorta/Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) 8-3 2. Alejandro Espejo/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. #17 Dane Webb/Andrew Harris (OU) 8-7 (6) 3. #72 Peerakit Siributwong/Nick Papac (OU) def. Carlos Bautista/Daniel Santos (TLS) 8-7 (6) Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,2,6,1,5,3)
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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