Men's Tennis Drops Match to Tulsa

Sunday, January 26

Norman, OK

8:00 AM

University of Oregon

Tulsa

01/26/25 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

NORMAN, Okla. - Oregon men's tennis dropped a heart breaker in Oklahoma on Sunday, falling 4-3 to Tulsa.

In the second match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, the Ducks fell behind early after dropping the doubles point with Tulsa wins on courts one and three. Paris Pouatcha and Clement Lemire were up 6-5 when the point was clinched on court three.

Down 1-0, Oregon bounced back quickly in singles after Zian Vanderstappen (6-1, 6-4) and Matthew Burton (6-2, 6-3) picked up sweeps in singles. Paris Pouatcha soon made it a trio of sweeps, winning 6-3, 6-3 on court three. The Ducks needed just one more point to secure the win, but Tulsa wins on courts three and two tied the match up at three-all.

The deciding point came on court one, after Lenn Luemkemann dropped the first set, but battled back to force a third. The two traded points and ended even at 6-6. Luemkemann would go on to fall 7-3 in the tiebreak, giving Tulsa the 4-3 win.

Tulsa 4, Oregon 3

Singles competition
1. Alex Okonkwo (TU) def. Lenn Luemkemann (UO) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Luis Felipe Miguel (TU) def. Vlad Breazu (UO) 7-5, 6-4
3. Timothy Carlsson Seg (TU) def. Clement Lemire (UO) 7-5, 6-4
4. Paris Pouatcha (UO) def. Reiya Komagata (TU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Burton Matthew (UO) def. Connor Doig (TU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Zian Vanderstappen (UO) def. Calum Jestin (TU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Alex Okonkwo/Timothy Carlsson Seg (TU) def. Lenn Luemkemann/Burton Matthew (UO) 6-2
2. Gus Tettamable/Luis Felipe Miguel (TU) vs. Paris Pouatcha/Clement Lemire (UO) 5-6, unfinished
3. Calum Jestin/Will Pellegrini (TU) def. Cooper Errey/Lachlan Robertson (UO) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,5,3,2,1)