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Siwy Wins Second Straight In Oklahoma
1/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 25, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. - Junior Rudolf Siwy won his second-straight singles match of the 2008 campaign with a three set victory over Oklahoma's Sergey Avdeyev, Friday afternoon in Oklahoma City. Despite Siwy's victory, the Bulldogs fell 6-1 to the Sooners after losing the doubles point and five singles matches.
Siwy, ranked No. 92 in the country, opened the 2008 campaign last week with a straight set victory as the 'Dogs beat Cal Poly, 5-2.
At No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, the Bulldogs made things interesting, falling 8-6 in both of those matches. In singles, freshman Siddharth Alapati battled Federico Chavarria before falling 7-5, 7-5.
Fresno State fell to 1-1 on the year while Oklahoma improved to 1-0. The Bulldogs now travel to Arkansas on Sunday to take on the Razorbacks.
NCAA Men's Tennis
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Jan. 26, 2008
No. 34 Oklahoma def. No. 69 Fresno State, 6-1
Doubles (Oklahoma wins doubles point)
1) Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Zapletal/Veerepalli (FS), 8-6
2) Beleleu/Thomas (OU) def. A.J. Kerin/Fafek (FS), 8-4
3) Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Leiby/Siwy (FS), 8-6
Singles
1) Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Mirko Zapletal (FS), 6-3, 6-1
2) Rudolf Siwy (FS) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
3) Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS), 6-3, 6-4
4) Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Denny Fafek (FS), 6-4, 6-3
5) Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Martin Nilsson (FS), 6-2, 6-3
6) Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Siddharth Alapati (FS), 7-5, 7-5
Records: Fresno State (1-1); Oklahoma (1-0)
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