Match Details
No. 56 Tulsa 4 , No. 58 USF 3
South Florida (12-12), Tulsa (11-11)
Friday, April 14, 2023 | 1:30 p.m. ET
Orlando, Fla. | USTA National Campus
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 14, 2023) – The No. 58-ranked South Florida Bulls dropped their final match of the regular season against No. 56-ranked Tulsa in Orlando, Fla. Friday afternoon, 4-3, at the USTA National Campus.
South Florida's
Alvin Tudorica and
Erik Grevelius, who are ranked No. 84 in doubles, topped the No.89-ranked duo of Kody Pearson and Connor Di Marco, 6-3.
However,
Thomas Pavlekovich-Smith and
Samuel Frizelle were unable to tip the point in the Bulls' favor. The pair dropped their match on court two, giving the Golden Hurricanes a 1-0 advantage entering singles play.
Tulsa continued to put up points on the board. Court six finished first, with Timothy Segar defeating Pavlekovich-Smith, 6-2.
Tudorica played position three for the second time this season. Unlike his first go around against Central Florida on April 7, he would win his match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. This gave the Bulls their first point of the afternoon.
Elijah Cham dropped court five, 6-4 in both sets. With three courts still in play, South Florida trailed 3-1 in the dual.
Both
Davide Tortora and
Bruno Oliveira on courts one and four, respectively, played for three sets on their courts. Despite the seemingly endless battle, both would secure a victory and tie the contest, 3-3.
Everything came down to Grevelius on court two. After outlasting his opponent in the first set, 7-6 (11-9), he was unable to keep pace for the remainder of the match. He dropped his remaining two against Stefan Hampe, 5-7, 2-6,resulting in Tulsa clinching the match.
Doubles
- #84 Alvin Tudorica/Erik Grevelius (USF) def. #89 Kody Pearson/Connor Di Marco (TLS) 6-3
- Daniel Siddall/Timothy Seger (TLS) def. Davide Tortora/Bruno Oliveira (USF) 6-4
- Stefan Hampe/Ezequiel Santalla (TLS) def. Thomas Pavlekovich-Smith/Samuel Frizelle (USF) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2)
Singles
- Davide Tortora (USF) def. #51 Kody Pearson (TLS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Stefan Hampe (TLS) def. Erik Grevelius (USF) 6-7 (9-11), 7-5, 6-2
- Alvin Tudorica (USF) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TLS) 6-3, 6-3
- Bruno Oliveira (USF) def. Volodymyr Zakharov (TLS) 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 6-2
- Adham Gaber (TLS) def. Elijah Cham (USF) 6-4, 6-4
- Timothy Seger (TLS) def. Thomas Pavlekovich-Smith (USF) 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: Singles (6,3,5,1,4,2)
Up Next
The Bulls now await the outcomes of other matches in The American to determine their seeding in the upcoming 2023 AAC Men's Tennis Championship, April 21-23, back at the UTSA National Tennis Campus.
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