No. 40 men's tennis falls at Tulsa

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From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU Falls At Tulsa

Tulsa, Okla. (SMU) – The No. 40 SMU men's tennis team fell to Tulsa 4-1 on Monday night at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

"You either win or learn," Head Coach Grant Chen said. "Tulsa played a great match and deserve tons of credit. We will get better and be prepared to compete this weekend in the conference championships."
With the loss, SMU fell to 17-9 on the season and 5-1 against American Athletic Conference opponents.

For the fifth consecutive match, SMU earned the doubles point to jump out to a 1-0 lead.

Maks Silagy and Julian Steinhausen struck first for the Mustangs with a 6-2 victory on court three. Trevor Svajda and Louis Cloud clinched the doubles point and picked up their second straight win and eighth of the season with a 6-3 victory on court two.

The Golden Hurricane scored four straight singles points to seal the victory.

SMU returns to action at the AAC Championships Thursday-Sunday in Tulsa.

Doubles Scores:
Rollins/Seger vs. Allen/Neff (4-5 UNF)
Svajda/Cloud def. Gale/Tettamble (6-3)
Silagy/Steinhausen def. Okonkwo/Tosetto (6-2)
Order of finish:
3, 2

Singles Scores:
Pierce Rollins def. No. 33 Trevor Svajda (6-1, 6-2)
Adam Neff vs. Thiago Pernas (1-6, 7-5, UNF.)
Callum Gale def. Eric Hadigian (6-2, 7-5)
Vova Zakharov def. Julian Steinhausen (6-1, 6-4)
Thomothy Seger def. Maks Silagy (7-6, 6-1)
Jerry Barton vs. Alex Okonkwo (7-5, 3-6, 1-3 UNF.)
Order of finish:
1, 3, 4, 5