TAMPA, Fla. –– The sixth-seeded Tulsa men's tennis team fell in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday 4-2 against the No. 3 seed USF Bulls. The 43rd-ranked Golden Hurricane dropped to 11-12 on the year, while the 29th-ranked USF Bulls improved to 14-9.
USF took the doubles point before Tulsa knotted the score at 1-1 as USF's Jakub Wojcik, ranked 37th nationally, retired his No. 1 singles match to No. 80 Kody Pearson due to injury. Pearson was ahead 6-5 in the first set at the time.