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Mustangs Fall At Home To Oklahoma State

Mar 11

DALLAS – Returning from their four-match road trip, the Mustangs took on Oklahoma State today at home. Sophomore Liam Krall put together a very strong straight set victory, but the Mustangs fell 6-1 in the overall match.

Oklahoma State's No. 1 doubles team started the match off with a victory over Adam Neff and Ivan Thamma 6-3. The Mustangs responded as Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen won their match at the No. 3 spot 6-3 to level the contest. Court No. 3 decided the doubles point in a tiebreak which fell the way of the Cowboys. Liam Krall and Pranav Kumar lost 7-6 after the 7-4 tiebreak.

Krall quickly answered back for the Mustangs, winning in dominant fashion 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. He improved his dual record to 9-2 on the season.

The Cowboys once against took the lead with a 6-4, 6-4 win on the No. 1 line.

After losing the first set 5-7, Caleb Chakravarthi battled back to win the second 6-0. The senior could not quite close out the match, as he fell 6-3 in the third. The Cowboys pulled ahead in the match 3-1, within one victory of closing it out.

Oklahoma State finished off the match, winning 4-6, 7-5 on court No. 5. They also added three-set wins on courts No. 6 and No. 4 to close out a 6-1 victory.

Win Streaks
Julian Steinhausen and Huntley Allen have won three straight doubles matches and are 3-1 in dual play this season.

Next Time Out
The Mustangs are back in action on Sunday, March 13th, as they travel to San Antonio to take on UTSA at 10:00 a.m.
 
Singles
1. Tyler Zink (OSU) def. Adam Neff (SMU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Alex Garcia (OSU) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
3. Liam Krall (SMU) def. Sebastian Nothhaft (OSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Maxim Verboven (OSU) def. Pranav Kumar (SMU) 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
5. Leighton Allen (OSU) def. Ivan Thamma (SMU) 7-6, 7-5
6. Francisco Pini (OSU) def. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. Tyler Zink/Sebastian Nothhaft (OSU) def. Adam Neff/Ivan Thamma (SMU) 6-32.
2. Alex Garcia/Maxim Verboven (OSU) def. Pranav Kumar/Liam Krall (SMU) 7-63.
3. Julian Steinhausen/Huntley Allen (SMU) def. Leighton Allen/Francisco Pini (OSU) 6-3
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