ARKADELPHIA – The 17th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University men's tennis team completed the season sweep through the MIAA/GAC South Division with a 6-1 victory over 60th-ranked Harding on Saturday.
The win improves Ouachita to 15-3 overall, 3-0 in conference matches, and puts the finishing touches on an 8-0 record at home this year with one road match left in the regular season. The Tigers will be the No. 1 seed from the MIAA/GAC South Division in the conference tournament coming up April 27-28 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Doubles
No. 50
Alex Blanchar &
Phil Exner (OUA) def. Arthur Bellan & Dani Ortiz (HU) 6-3
Tobias Fuerschuss &
Fernando Docters (OUA) vs. No. 38 Morgan Salvan & Alvaro de Lorenzo (HU) unfinished
Francisco Oliveira &
Matias Parzajuk (OUA) def. Milosh Petrovic & Diego Pierola (HU) 6-4
Singles
No. 16 Oliveira (OUA) def. Ortiz (HU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Docters (OUA) def. Salvan (HU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
DeLorenzo (HU) def. Blanchar (OUA) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2)
Fuerschuss (OUA) def. Petrovic (HU) 6-1, 6-4
Exner (OUA) def. Cas de Ruiter (HU) 7-5, 6-3
Parzajuk (OUA) def. Bryce Walker (HU) 6-3, 6-1
The Tigers travel to McKinney, Texas this Saturday to face off against Cameron in a non-conference match to close the regular season.