Men’s Tennis Edged by No. 49 Tulsa, 4-2

Sunday, April 17

Tulsa, OK

6:00 P.M. E.T.

Temple University

Tulsa

Men’s Tennis Edged by No. 49 Tulsa, 4-2

4.17.22 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – Temple men's tennis (12-9) fell to No. 49, Tulsa (14-9) in an extremely competitive showing on Sunday night.

Notes

The Owls entered the match with high energy, facing off against highly competitive doubles pairs to start off the day. The Golden Hurricane secured wins from the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, while the No. 1 position went unfinished and Tulsa came away with the team point.
The Cherry and White looked to bounce back in singles play, playing the Golden Hurricane extremely close. Leo Raquin secured the first Temple point from the No. 3 position before three different players, including Marin Delmas, Hussein El-Tawil and Thibault Frumholz played out three-set competitions. El-Tawil came away with the win from the No. 5 position for the second team point.
Delmas, who faced off against No. 87 Kody Pearson played Pearson right down to the wire, ultimately dropping from the No. 1 spot, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Results
Doubles

Siddall/Thelwall-Jones (TLS) vs. Delmas/Gorregues (TEM) 5-4, unfinished
Gaber/Santalla (TLS) def. Barety/El Tawil (TEM) 6-2
Callum/Pearson (TLS) def. Raquin/Frumholz (TEM) 6-3

Singles

#87 Kody Pearson (TLS) def. Marin Delmas (TEM) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Stefan Hampe (TLS) def. Louis Gorregues (TEM), by default
Leo Raquin (TEM) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TLS) 7-5, 6-4
Adham Gaber (TLS) def. Gregoire Barety (TEM) 6-3, 7-5
Hussein El Tawil (TEM) def. Callum Gale (TLS) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Daniel Siddall (TLS) vs. Thibault Frumholz (TEM) 4-6, 6-3, 3-2, unfinished

From the Coach
"We played a great match today against a very strong Tulsa team," head coach Steve Mauro said. "We fought hard from the beginning, playing them very close in both doubles and singles. Three players went to three-setters and played them right down to the wire. Overall, I'm very happy with the effort the guys put in today, especially the individual performances of Leo and Hussein who earned singles wins for us."

Up Next
The Owls will remain in Tulsa for the American Athletic Conference tournament that begins on Friday, Apr. 22. The bracket for the tournament will be announced on Monday, Apr. 18.