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Bulldog Tennis Drops Opening Match In Great Northwest Shootout To #24 Washington
February 05, 2010 | Men's Tennis
The Bulldogs dropped a very tight and crucial doubles point that gave Washington the 1-0 advantage going into singles play. The Huskies took a lead in the doubles point at the No. 1 position, when Bulldogs George Coupland and Artem Ilyushin slipped up 8-5, to Huskies Kyle McMorrow and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. State would even things up when MSU duo Louis Cant and Chris Doerr won 8-5 at the No. 3 spot over Washington's team of Tobi Obenaus and Alex Rosinski. In an eventual match deciding tie-breaker, MState fell at the No. 2 slot when the Bulldog tandem Antonio Lastre and Daniel Sanchez fell to Huskies Derek Drabble and Martin Kidahl, 9-8(2).
Bulldog sophomore Sanchez helped State even the score 1-1, claiming a two-set battle over Brad Bator of Washington at the No. 6 slot, 6-3, 6-1. The Huskies would regain the lead with a win at the No. 5 position by Obenaus over State's Doerr, 6-4, 6-2. Playing at No. 3 in the lineup, Cant improved his unblemished dual match record to 5-0, following his two-set takedown over Washington's Drabble, 6-3, 6-2. All five of Cant's wins this season have come in an impressive two sets.
With the score evened 2-2, Washington went on a two-match tear to clinch the win for the Huskies. MSU fell at the No. 1 position to give UW the 3-2 lead, when State's 42nd-ranked Coupland was defeated 6-4, 6-2, by Nedunchezhiyan of Washington. Washington clinched the match at the No. 2 spot when Bulldog sophomore Ilyushin fell to UW's McMorrow in identical sets, 6-4, 6-4. UW completed the hat trick of the last three matches, winning at the No. 4 slot when MState's Lastre dropped a three-set battle to Husky Kidahl, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
MSU will continue their Northwest tour tomorrow when they serve up to No. 60 East Tennessee State at 4 p.m. CT. MSU's match against the Buccaneers will conclude their play at the Great Northwest Shootout and will be their final match before opening their home slate on Feb. 19 against UAB.
#24 WASHINGTON 5, #61 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2
Great Northwest Shootout - 2/5/10
DOUBLES - No. 1: Kyle McMorrow/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Washington) def. George Coupland/Artem Ilyushin (MSU) 8-5; No. 2: Derek Drabble/Martin Kidahl (Washington) def. Antonio Lastre/Daniel Sanchez (MSU) 9-8(2); No. 3: Louis Cant/Chris Doerr (MSU) def. Tobi Obenaus/Alex Rosinski (Washington) 8-5 (Order of Finish: 1,3,2).
SINGLES - No. 1: Nedunchezhiyan (Washington) def. #42 Coupland (MSU) 6-4, 6-2; No. 2: McMorrow (Washington) def. #125 Ilyushin (MSU) 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 Cant (MSU) def. Drabble (Washington) 6-3, 6-2; No. 4: Kidahl (Washington) def. Lastre (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; No. 5: Obenaus (Washington) def. Doerr (MSU) 6-4, 6-2; No. 6 Sanchez (MSU) def. Brad Bator (Washington) 6-3, 6-1 (Order of Finish:6,5,3,1,2,4).
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