WICHITA, Kansas – The 17th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University men's tennis team opened its weekend trip to Kansas on Friday with a 7-0 win over Newman.
The Tigers swept through the Jets with three wins in doubles and six wins in singles, with only one match needing a tiebreaker to decide a victor.
Doubles
- Francisco Oliveira / Santiago Kearney (OUA) def. Gustavo Gil / Kurt Bruckner (NEW) 6-3
- Tobias Fuerschuss / Fernando Docters (OUA) def. Luca Penteado / Ali Mounir (NEW) 6-3
- Alex Blanchar / Phil Exner (OUA) def. Pedja Kolaric / Jarrod Nowak (NEW) 6-3
Singles
- Oliveira (OUA) def. Mounir (NEW) 6-2, 6-4
- Kearney (OUA) def. Kolaric (NEW) 1-6, 6-2, 10-4
- Docters (OUA) def. Bruckner (NEW) 6-1, 6-2
- Blanchar (OUA) def. Penteado (NEW) 6-1, 7-6
- Fuerschuss (OUA) def. Andrea Bramati (NEW) 6-1, 6-4
- Exner (OUA) def. Gil (NEW) 6-3, 6-0
The Tigers continue their Kansas trip on Saturday in Topeka against No. 22 Washburn starting at 1 p.m.