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Tigers Men’s Tennis Drops 4-1 Decision at Texas Tech
Mar 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 28 University of Memphis men's tennis team fell to Texas Tech, 4-1, at The Falls Tennis and Athletic Club Friday.
Memphis was pushed to the limit in three singles matches, while playing five tiebreakers all told, including at No. 3 doubles, the match which decided the doubles competition.
Memphis dropped to 12-4 on the season with the loss, while Texas Tech improved to 8-10 in its second consecutive victory.
Down, 1-0, after surrendering the doubles point for the first time since defeating Harvard on Feb. 26, the Tigers knotted the match at 1-all with a straight-set victory at No. 3 singles from Kai Lemke. The junior topped the Red Raiders' Connor Curry for the win, his sixth victory of the season out of the third spot in the lineup. After a first-set tiebreaker, which he claimed, 7-5, Lemke finished the match in the second, 6-4.
TTU reclaimed the match lead as No. 60 Bjorn Thomson outlasted Andrew Watson, who entered the week as the nation's 75th-ranked singles player himself. Watson took the first set, 6-3, on court two before dropping the second by the same score. Thomson then prevailed in a third-set breaker.
Ryan Peniston evened his match with No. 42-ranked Jolan Cailleau using a 7-1 win in a second-set tiebreaker of his own, but fell in the deciding set, giving TTU at 3-1 lead in the match.
The Red Raiders then clinched the match on court four.
Memphis next travels to fourth-ranked Baylor for a 1 p.m., Sunday tilt at Hurd Tennis Center.
Texas Tech 4, No. 28 Memphis 1
Singles
No. 1 –#42 Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) def. Ryan Peniston, 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1
No. 2 -- #60 Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech) def. #75 Andrew Watson 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 – Kai Lemke (Memphis) vs. Connor Curry, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
No. 4 – Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) def. Chris Patzanovsky, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 – Jan Pallares (Memphis) vs. Carlos DiLaura, 4-1, uf
No. 6 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Jackson Cobb, nr
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1, 4
Doubles
No. 1 – #24 Curry/Thomson (Texas Tech) def. Watson/Lemke, 6-4
No. 2 – Rauch/Peniston (Memphis) def. DiLaura/Cailleau, 6-4
No. 3 – Sendegeya/Cobb (Texas Tech) def. Pallares/Matt Story, 7-6, (7-5)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Memphis was pushed to the limit in three singles matches, while playing five tiebreakers all told, including at No. 3 doubles, the match which decided the doubles competition.
Memphis dropped to 12-4 on the season with the loss, while Texas Tech improved to 8-10 in its second consecutive victory.
Down, 1-0, after surrendering the doubles point for the first time since defeating Harvard on Feb. 26, the Tigers knotted the match at 1-all with a straight-set victory at No. 3 singles from Kai Lemke. The junior topped the Red Raiders' Connor Curry for the win, his sixth victory of the season out of the third spot in the lineup. After a first-set tiebreaker, which he claimed, 7-5, Lemke finished the match in the second, 6-4.
TTU reclaimed the match lead as No. 60 Bjorn Thomson outlasted Andrew Watson, who entered the week as the nation's 75th-ranked singles player himself. Watson took the first set, 6-3, on court two before dropping the second by the same score. Thomson then prevailed in a third-set breaker.
Ryan Peniston evened his match with No. 42-ranked Jolan Cailleau using a 7-1 win in a second-set tiebreaker of his own, but fell in the deciding set, giving TTU at 3-1 lead in the match.
The Red Raiders then clinched the match on court four.
Memphis next travels to fourth-ranked Baylor for a 1 p.m., Sunday tilt at Hurd Tennis Center.
Texas Tech 4, No. 28 Memphis 1
Singles
No. 1 –#42 Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) def. Ryan Peniston, 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1
No. 2 -- #60 Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech) def. #75 Andrew Watson 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 – Kai Lemke (Memphis) vs. Connor Curry, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
No. 4 – Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) def. Chris Patzanovsky, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 – Jan Pallares (Memphis) vs. Carlos DiLaura, 4-1, uf
No. 6 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Jackson Cobb, nr
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1, 4
Doubles
No. 1 – #24 Curry/Thomson (Texas Tech) def. Watson/Lemke, 6-4
No. 2 – Rauch/Peniston (Memphis) def. DiLaura/Cailleau, 6-4
No. 3 – Sendegeya/Cobb (Texas Tech) def. Pallares/Matt Story, 7-6, (7-5)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
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