COLUMBUS, Ohio - No. 41 Tulsa won two of three doubles matches and captured three singles victories en route to blanking the 47th-ranked Purdue men's tennis team, 4-0, in ITA Kick-Off Weekend action at the Varsity Tennis Center Saturday. The Golden Hurricane (4-1) dealt the Boilermakers (2-1) their first loss of the season and forced them into a consolation match against No. 39 Auburn Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. The Tigers were also shutout Saturday, falling to fifth-ranked Ohio State, 4-0. A live stream and live scoring will be available for Sunday's match here.
Purdue's No. 1 duo of Diego Acosta and Ricky Medinilla looked to set the tone early by dominating Dylan McCloskey and Or Ram-Harel, 6-2. The senior and sophomore pair improved to 3-0 with the win. Tulsa evened the doubles battle as Alejandro Espejo and Carlos Bautista topped Renan Hanayama and Arthur Dobradin, 6-1, in the No. 2 position. The point was decided in the breaker in favor of the Golden Hurricane's Matthew Kirby and Mitchell Pritchard, 7-6 (4), going up against Mateus Silva and Lucas Dages.
From there it was all Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane needed to win the first three singles matches in order to take the dual and that's what they did, capturing straight-set victories at Nos. 3-5. In four of the six of the sets contested, Purdue won two or fewer games.
The ITA Kick-Off Weekend features 60 men's teams competing across the country for berths to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, to be hosted in February by the University of Illinois at Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago, Ill.
No. 41 TULSA 4, No. 47 PURDUE 0
Doubles
1: Diego Acosta/Ricky Medinilla (Purdue) def. Dylan McCloskey/Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), 6-2
2: Alejandro Espejo/Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) def. Renan Hanayama/Arthur Dobradin (Purdue), 6-1
3: Matthew Kirby/Mitchell Pritchard (Tulsa) def. Mateus Silva/Lucas Dages (Purdue), 7-6 (4)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1: Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) vs. No. 84 Ricky Medinilla (Purdue), 7-6 (4), DNF
2: Alejandro Espejo (Tulsa) vs. Diego Acosta (Purdue), 6-4, 1-2, DNF
3: Dylan McCloskey (Tulsa) def. Mateus Silva (Purdue), 6-4, 6-1
4: Matthew Kirby (Tulsa) def. Renan Hanayama (Purdue), 6-2, 6-4
5: Mitchell Pritchard (Tulsa) def. Lucas Dages (Purdue), 6-2, 6-2
6: Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) def. Arthur Dobradin (Purdue), 6-3, 4-0, DNF
Order of finish: 5, 3, 4