ARKADELPHIA – The 13th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University men's tennis team wrapped up its weekend of three home matches on Sunday with a 4-2 loss to 19th-ranked University of Texas at Tyler.
The Tigers (3-2) started by winning the doubles point with wins in first and third position, including
Phil Exner and
Alex Blanchar's win over the sixth-ranked doubles team in the nation. The Patriots (2-1) rallied to win four of the six singles matchups.
Ouachita is off next weekend gearing up for four straight matches on the road in the first two weekends of March.
#19 UT-TYLER 4, #13 OUACHITA 2
DOUBLES
- No. 23 Phil Exner / Alex Blanchar (OUA) def. No. 6 Gonzalo Fernandez / Joaquin Bianchi (UTT) 7-6
- Egor Shestakov / Jordi Garcia (UTT) def. Fernando Docters / Aaron Osmond (OUA) 7-5
- Matias Parzajuk / Ramon Strassmann (OUA) def. Cal Wessel / Jonas Dixon (UTT) 7-6
SINGLES
- No. 26 Joaquin Bianchi (UTT) def. Alex Blanchar (OUA) 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Gonzalo Fernandez (UTT) def. No. 24 Phil Exner (OUA) 6-4, 6-4
- Egor Shestakov (UTT) def. Fernando Docters (OUA) 6-3, 7-5
- Carl Wessel (UTT) def. Matias Parzajuk (OUA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Aaron Osmond (OUA) vs. Jordi Garcia (UTT) 6-7 (7-3), 6-4 (did not finish)
- Ramon Strassmann (OUA) def. Yudai Watanabe (UTT) 6-4, 6-4
