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#19 Deacons top #32 Oklahoma State, Sweep Doubleheader
2/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oklahoma State Final Stats | Norfolk State Final Stats
By Ben Helms, WakeForestSports.com
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake forest picked up its fifth victory over a ranked opponent with a 4-3 win over No. 32 Oklahoma State, and also defeated Norfolk State by a score of 7-0 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Noah Rubin earned his third victory over a ranked opponent this season and Romain Bogaerts came through in a second-set tiebreaker to clinch Wake Forest's third straight victory over a ranked opponent. Bogaerts finished undefeated in the doubleheader.
No. 19 Wake Forest 4, No. 32 Oklahoma State 3
Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim earned another win over a top 10 duo as Wake Forest came out strong in doubles. Mansouri and Seraphim defeated No. 10-ranked Jakob Sude and Arjun Kadhe by a score of 6-1. They were coming off defeating the No. 2 duo in the country last weekend against Tennessee.
Jon Ho gave the Deacons their first singles point with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Lukas Finzelberg of the Cowboys on court four. Rubin then added to the lead with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over Sude at the first position.
With a 3-1 lead, Wake Forest needed only one more singles victory to clinch the match. Bogaerts, after winning the first set, reached a 6-6 tie in his match on court two against Kadhe. The junior prevailed in a hard-fought tiebreaker to seal a 7-6(2), 7-6(7) win and the overall match for the Deacons.
On court three, Mansouri split the first two sets but lost the deciding ten-point tiebreaker against Lucas Gerch of Oklahoma State. The final score was 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 2-10.
ACC Player of the Week Seraphim fell 6-3, 6-4 to Tristan Meraut on court five, and Keivon Tabrizi dropped a three-setter on court six to Nicolai Ferrigno by a score of 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
Singles competition
1. #55 Noah Rubin (WF) def. #88 Jakob Sude (OKST) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
2. #14 Romain Bogaerts (WF) def. #87 Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (9-7)
3. Lucas Gerch (OKST) def. Skander Mansouri (WF) 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (12-10), 1-0 (10-2)
4. #57 Jon Ho (WF) def. Lukas Finzelberg (OKST) 7-5, 6-3
5. Tristan Meraut (OKST) def. Christian Seraphim (WF) 6-3, 6-4
6. Nicolai Ferrigno (OKST) def. Keivon Tabrizi (WF) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #50 Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. #10 Jakob Sude/Arjun Kadhe (OKST) 6-1
2. Romain Bogaerts/Keivon Tabrizi (WF) def. Tristan Meraut/Jurence Mendoza (OKST) 6-4
3. Nicolai Ferrigno/Lucas Gerch (OKST) def. Sam Bloom/Anthony Delcore (WF) 6-3
Wake Forest 7, Norfolk State 0
Wake Forest defeated Norfolk State in the evening by a score of 7-0 to complete the doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
Maksim Kan played No. 1 singles for the Demon Deacons and defeated Pascal Domnik of the Spartans by a score of 6-0, 6-4. The Deacons did not drop a single match in doubles or singles.
Nicholas Osterling also earned his first career victory in dual match play, with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Shaheed Mourillon-Swift on court six.
The Deacons will next head to Austin for a match against the Texas Longhorns on March 1.
Singles competition
1. Maksim Kan (WF) def. DOMNIK,Pascal (NSUM) 6-0, 6-4
2. #57 Jon Ho (WF) def. BRAGA,Igor (NSUM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. PEJIC,Antonio (NSUM) 6-2, 6-4
4. Sam Bloom (WF) def. SINGH,Fatehdeep (NSUM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nicholas Osterling (WF) def. MOURILLON-SWIFT,S. (NSUM) 6-3, 7-5
6. Anthony Delcore (WF) def. GRAUEL,Daniel (NSUM) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Sam Bloom/Anthony Delcore (WF) def. DOMNIK,Pascal/PEJIC,Antonio (NSUM) 5-4 (7-4)
2. Romain Bogaerts/Keivon Tabrizi (WF) def. GRAUEL,Daniel/SINGH,Fatehdeep (NSUM) 6-2
3. Maksim Kan/Matt Erdman (WF) def. MOURILLON-SWIFT,S./BRAGA,Igor (NSUM) 6-3
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