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Cowboy tennis team rallies to slip past Memphis

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A huge grin spread across Lucas Gerch’s face as he tossed a tennis ball high in the air to celebrate.

While a biting wind replaced the sunshine Friday at the Greenwood Tennis Center, the Cowboys swapped their struggles for victory when they sneaked past No. 26 Memphis 4-3.

Oklahoma State launched a comeback against the Tigers to knot the match 3-3. Then it all depended on the outcome of Gerch’s singles match against Memphis’s Andrew Watson.

Gerch battled through an intense first set but, after a tiebreaker, gave it up to No.