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Patriots Sweep Southeastern Oklahoma State in Dominant Showing

The Patriots women took complete control in their matches while the Patriots men responded in a huge way to dropping the doubles point to come away with the win.

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DURANT, OKLAHOMA - #19 UT Tyler men's tennis bounced back from dropping the doubles point on Friday afternoon to run away with a 4-1 win, and UT Tyler women's tennis started strong and ran away with a 4-0 win as both teams took down Southeastern Oklahoma State.
 
The Patriots men have grown accustomed to comeback wins, and they did so yet again on Friday afternoon. In the doubles matches, the pairs of Egor Shestakov / Jordi Garcia Portell and Carel Wessel / Jonas Dixon would both fall by scores of 6-4 to allow the Savage Storm to claim the opening point of the match.
 
In singles however, the Patriots would respond with four straight wins to take the victory. Wessel led the charge, running away with a 6-3, 6-4 straight sets win to tie up the match.
 
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil shortly followed, and he dominated in a 6-4, 6-0 win as he never trailed after a 4-3 deficit in the first set.
 
The third win of the match for UT Tyler came in the #3 slot, as Shestakov rebounded from his doubles loss to the tune of a 6-3, 6-3 win as he trailed for just one game combined in both sets.
 
That left the match in the hands of Joaquin Bianchi in the #1 slot. He fell in set number one by a score of 6-1, but rebounded in a huge way with a 6-4 win in set number two. That forced the match into a third and final set, and Bianchi would keep it rolling with another 6-4 win to claim victory for UT Tyler.
 
In the women's sweep of the Savage Storm, they got to work in a huge way in the doubles portion of the match as Brooklyn Ross and Violetta Khisamova combined for a dominant 6-1 win.
 
Tanvikhaa Saravanan and Kanika Sivaraman quickly followed with a 6-4 win of their own, and the Patriots went into singles up 1-0.
 
That lead would double to 2-0 thanks to Akshaya Suresh winning the #5 singles slot in a walkover.
 
That set up a quick 2-0 lead, and Ross would go to work to make it a 3-0 lead after a big 6-4 win in set number one. In that set, she faced a 4-1 deficit before rolling to five straight game wins. In set number two, she never trailed while on her way to a 6-2 win and the third point for UT Tyler.
 
That meant that the match came into the hands of Tanvikhaa Saravanan in the #2 slot, and she responded with a quick 3-0 lead to start the match. That lead would be cut down into a 5-5 tie by her opponent, but Saravanan closed out the first set with two straight game wins.
 
In the second set, the Savage Storm would go up by a 3-1 score, but Saravanan caught fire with five straight game wins to claim the set and the match for the Patriots.
 
Both UT Tyler tennis programs will now take on Newman tomorrow at 12 p.m. in a neutral site matchup that will take place in Durant, Oklahoma.
 
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Players Mentioned

Brooklyn Ross

Brooklyn Ross

6' 0"
Senior
Tanvikhaa Saravanan

Tanvikhaa Saravanan

5' 11"
Junior
Kanika Sivaraman

Kanika Sivaraman

5' 3"
Sophomore
Joaquin Bianchi

Joaquin Bianchi

6' 2"
Senior
Jonas Dixon

Jonas Dixon

6' 1"
Senior
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil

Gonzalo Fernandez Gil

6' 2"
Senior
Egor Shestakov

Egor Shestakov

6' 1"
Junior
Akshaya Suresh

Akshaya Suresh

5' 6"
Senior
Jordi Garcia Portell

Jordi Garcia Portell

5' 8"
Freshman
Carel Wessel

Carel Wessel

6' 4"
Freshman
Violetta Khisamova

Violetta Khisamova

5' 5"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Brooklyn Ross

Brooklyn Ross

6' 0"
Senior
Tanvikhaa Saravanan

Tanvikhaa Saravanan

5' 11"
Junior
Kanika Sivaraman

Kanika Sivaraman

5' 3"
Sophomore
Joaquin Bianchi

Joaquin Bianchi

6' 2"
Senior
Jonas Dixon

Jonas Dixon

6' 1"
Senior
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil

Gonzalo Fernandez Gil

6' 2"
Senior
Egor Shestakov

Egor Shestakov

6' 1"
Junior
Akshaya Suresh

Akshaya Suresh

5' 6"
Senior
Jordi Garcia Portell

Jordi Garcia Portell

5' 8"
Freshman
Carel Wessel

Carel Wessel

6' 4"
Freshman
Violetta Khisamova

Violetta Khisamova

5' 5"
Junior