ARKADELPHIA – The 22nd-ranked Ouachita Baptist University men's tennis team defended its home court on Thursday with a 5-2 win over eighth-ranked Southern Arkansas.

With the win, Ouachita remains undefeated at home with a 6-0 mark, moved to 2-0 in Great American Conference play, and picks up its fourth win of the year over a nationally-ranked opponent.

The Tigers (13-3, 2-0 GAC) started the match with an impressive doubles win with 31st-ranked Francisco Oliveira and Santiago Kearney knocking off SAUs third-ranked team of Sander Jans and Marko Nikoliuk by a score of 6-1. Fernando Docters and Tobias Fuerschuss followed with a 6-4 win in second position to secure the doubles point.

In singles, the Tigers earned wins in first, second, fifth, and sixth positions.

Doubles

1. No. 31 Oliveira & Kearney (OUA) def. No. 3 Jans & Nikoliuk (SAU) 6-1
2. Docters & Fuerschuss (OUA) def. Stuart Refhuss & Sofiane Bah (SAU) 6-4
3. Phil Exner & Matias Parzajuk (OUA) vs. Matthew Tennant & Ole Valkyser (SAU) 4-4 inc.

Singles

1. No. 19 Oliveira (OUA) def. No. 43 Jans (SAU) 7-5, 6-3
2. No. 46 Kearney (OUA) def. Rehfuss (SAU) 6-3, 6-3
3. No. 18 Nikoliuk (SAU) def. Docters (OUA) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
4. Valkyser (SAU) def. Fuerschuss (OUA) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)
5. Exner (OUA) def. Yuri Gondouin (SAU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Parzajuk (OUA) def. Bah (SAU) 6-3, 6-1

The Tigers are back in action next Saturday, April 16 at home against Texas A&M-Texarkana.