ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Tennis programs opened up the season on Friday and Saturday afternoon against the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff and Seward County Community College.
 
FRIDAY: Ouachita 7-Arkansas Pine Bluff 2
"I was very pleased with the way we focused and controlled the things we could control." Ouachita men's tennis coach Craig Ward said, "I have been giving the upper classmen more ownership in our practice and fitness training and I like what I saw today."

Ouachita (1-1) opened up the match by taking two out of three doubles matches against Arkansas Pine Bluff (0-1). The number one doubles pair of Lennart Lonneman and Dan Kaplan defeated Aravino Vangala and Le'Darrien Ledbetter 8-2. The number three doubles pair of Juan Moncada and Carlos Solorazano picked up the second point of the match for the Tigers with an 8-4 victory.

It did not take long for the Tigers to secure the victory as they won five out of six singles matches. Moncada picked up a 6-1. 6-2 win at No.1 singles to pick up his first win of the season. Kaplan picked up a straight sets victory at No.3 singles (6-1, 6-1), while Nair Adi did the same at the No.4 position (7-5, 6-2).

Braydon Montgomery and Carlos Solorazano also picked up straight set victories in the No. 5 and No. 6 singles positions to cap off the Tigers 7-2 victory. The only losses for the Tigers came at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles.

No.1 Singles    Juan Moncada defeats Jualon Greig                       6-1, 6-2            1-0 Ouachita
No.2 Singles    Sajid Rahman defeats Lennart Lonneman              6-4, 7-6            1-1
No.3 Singles    Dan Kaplan defeats Simon Lewis                            6-1, 6-1            2-1 Ouachita
No.4 Singles    Nair Adi defeats Aravino Vangala                            7-5, 6-2            3-1 Ouachita
No.5 Singles    Braydon Montgomery defeats Ledbetter                 7-5, 7-5            4-1 Ouachita
No.6 Singles    Solorazano defeats Ledwaba                                  6-1, 6-0            5-1 Ouachita
No. 1 Doubles Lonneman/Kaplan defeat Vangala/Ledbetter           8-2                   6-1 Ouachita
No. 2 Doubles Rahman/Greig defeat Montgomery/Adi                    8-5                   6-2 Ouachita
No. 3 Doubles Moncada/Solorazano defeats Ledwaba/Lewis         8-4                   7-2 Ouachita
 
Saturday: Ouachita 0-Seward County 9
"I don't believe in moral victories but I do believe you can improve from your losses." Ouachita men's tennis coach Craig Ward said, "I knew Seward would be a good test. We played very solid but when it came crunch time they were able to lift their games just enough to win. We learned today and we will get better."

It was a rough day for the Tigers as they were unable to figure out their opponents and were swept in the process. The matches were competitive and close throughout but it was clear that Seward County had the stronger team. Not a single match went to a third set in singles play as the Tigers suffered their first setback of the season.

No. 1 Singles              Rousset defeats Moncada                               6-4, 2-6 (10-7)    1-0 Seward
No. 2 Singles               Opacic defeats Lonneman                              6-1, 6-0               2-0 Seward
No. 3. Singles              Lobo defeats Kaplan                                       3-6, 6-4 (10-5)   3-0 Seward
No. 4 Singles               Lamare defeats Adi                                         6-3, 7-6               4-0 Seward
No. 5 Singles               Finet defeats Montgomery                              6-4, 7-5               5-0 Seward
No. 6 Singles               Soulerot defeats Solorazano                           6-4, 6-3               6-0 Seward
No. 1 Doubles             Lobo/Rousset defeats Lonneman/Kaplan        8-2                      7-0 Seward
No. 2 Doubles             Opacic/Lamare defeats Montgomery/Adi         8-5                      8-0 Seward
No. 3 Doubles             Finet/Izurieta defeats Moncada/Solorazano     8-6                      9-0 Seward
 
Saturday Women's Results: Ouachita 0 Seward County 9
It appears that the Ouachita Tigers women's tennis team will have to wait another match as to pick up their first win of the 2018 tennis season.

Seward County flexed their muscles from the start as Ouachita (0-1) could hardly win a game in any of the matches on Saturday afternoon.
No. 1 Singles               Panta defeats Tabler                           6-3, 6-2            1-0 Seward     
No. 2 Singles              Aveiga defeats Dinsmore                     8-2                   2-0 Seward
No. 3 Singles               Machorora defeats Phillips                  8-0                   3-0 Seward
No. 4 Singles              Bermindes defeats Hernandez             6-2, 6-0           4-0 Seward
No. 5 Singles               Borgges defeats Stanage                    6-0, 6-0           5-0 Seward
No. 6 Singles              Hegy defeats Boyd                                 8-0                6-0 Seward
No. 1 Doubles   Panta/Machorora defeats Tabler/Dinsmore      8-2               7-0 Seward
No. 2 Doubles   Maria/Bermindes defeats Phillips/Hernandez   8-0               8-0 Seward
No. 3 Doubles   Megan/Hegy defeats Stanage/Boyd                 8-1                9-0 Seward