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Jan. 30, 2012

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 15th-ranked Oklahoma men’s tennis team downed No. 53 Michigan State, 4-0, following its loss to No. 23 Mississippi yesterday at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Classic, inside the Goodfriend Tennis Center on the University of Tennessee campus.

Oklahoma (2-1) jumped out to a 1-0 lead after taking the No. 1 and 2 spots in doubles. At the No. 1 position, OU’s 13th-ranked Costin Paval and Dane Webb took down Michigan State’s Austin Brooks and Aaron Pfister, 8-3.

Peerakit Siributwong and Tsvetan Mihov, ranked No. 38, earned the Sooners’ second win in doubles after the duo took down MSU’s Drew Lied and Mat Nelson, 8-3.

In singles action, the Sooners earned straight-set victories at No. 1, 4 and 6 to earn the sweep over the Spartans.

Costin Paval, ranked No. 4, was the first Sooner to conclude play. Paval downed the Spartan’s Denis Bogatov in identical-set fashion, 6-1.

Freshman Dane Webb, ranked No. 63, continues to play well at the No. 6 spot where he beat Michigan State’s Gijs Linders, 6-0, 7-5.

OU’s 38th-ranked Tsvetan Mihov clinched the match for Oklahoma at the No. 4 position where he disposed of the Spartan’s Austin Brooks, 6-4, 6-2.

Next up, Oklahoma returns to Norman on Saturday, Feb. 4, to take on No. 39 Nebraska at 1 p.m.
 
No. 15 Oklahoma 4, No. 53 Michigan State 0
Singles
1. #4 Costin Paval (OU) def. Denis Bogatov (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #53 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) vs. Ronnie Hulewicz (MSU) 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
3. #39 Peerakit Siributwong (OU) vs. Aaron Pfister (MSU) 6-4, 3-5, unfinished
4. #38 Tsvetan Mihov (OU) def. Austin Brooks (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
5. David Pultr (OU) vs. Drew Lied (MSU) 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
6. #63 Dane Webb (OU) def. Gijs Linders (MSU) 6-0, 7-5

Doubles 
1. #13 Costin Paval/Dane Webb (OU) def. Austin Brooks/Aaron Pfister (MSU) 8-3
2. #38 Peerakit Siributwong/Tsvetan Mihov (OU) def. Drew Lied/Mat Nelson (MSU) 8-3
3. David Pultr/Guillermo Alcorta (OU) vs. Harry Jadun/Denis Bogatov (MSU) 5-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,6,4)