MEN?S TENNIS BLANKED BY NO. 28 OSU, 7-0

STILLWATER, Okla. ? After playing three straight non-conference games, the Colorado men’s tennis team returned to Big 12 play and were defeated by No. 28 Oklahoma State, 7-0, Saturday afternoon at the DuBois Tennis Center.

Colorado fell to 1-4 in the conference and to 5-13 overall. The Cowboys evened their record at one in the conference and improve to 12-2 overall.

OSU won their ninth out of its last 10 matches and started the day taking two of three doubles slots for the 1-0 lead. Chad Tsuda and Marko Bundalo claimed CU’s lone bright spot on the day taking an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles. It was the duo’s first win together in two matches played this spring.

From there, the Cowboys took all but one singles match in straight sets and cruised to its third straight win.

Marek Dvorak showed promise at No. 4 rallying from a set down only to lose in the third set tie-breaker.

Colorado hopes to break an eight-match losing streak on Sunday as they take on No. 60 Oklahoma Sunday (April 4). The Buffs look for their second straight win in Norman having won there back in 2002.

#28 Oklahoma State 7, Colorado 0

April 3, 2004, DuBois Tennis Center

Oklahoma State (12-2, 1-1), Colorado (5-13, 1-4)

Doubles
1) Bondarchuk/Kuharic (OSU) def. Dixon/Bjork 8-3
2) Tsuda/Bundalo (CU) def. Van Elden/Byrnes 8-5
3) Bohunicky/Diaz (OSU) def. Digliodo/Dvorak 8-4

Singles
1) #30 Mark Van Elden (OSU) def. Marko Bundalo 6-2, 6-3
2) Yevgen Bondarchuk (OSU) def. Peter Bjork 6-2, 6-3
3) Tomas Bohunicky (OSU) def. Marcos Digliodo 6-1, 6-4
4) Boris Kuharic (OSU) def. Marek Dvorak 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(1)
5) Daniel Byrnes (OSU) def. Chad Tsuda 6-0, 7-5
6) Juan Felipe Diaz (OSU) def. Evan Dixon 6-1, 6-3

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