DURANT, Oklahoma – The Ouachita men's tennis team combined for four flight victories this past Friday and Saturday at the Savage Storm Invitational hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State.
The Tigers earned two flight wins in singles and another two wins in doubles.
In singles,
Phil Exner won flight one at 3-0 with two-set wins over opponents from the host Southeastern Oklahoma State and Seward County College before needing a tiebreaker to beat Seward's Samuel Antwi in the finals.
Aaron Osmond won flight three at 3-0 with two-set victories over opponents from Jacksonville College and Southeastern Oklahoma State before taking down UA-Fort Smith's Killian Darneaux in the finals in a tiebreaker.
Moritz Buss went 2-1 in flight four with the only loss coming in the finals in a tiebreaker.
Elias Lagger went 2-1 in flight two.
Ramon Strassmann went 1-2 in flight one.
Tinus Mueller went 1-2 in flight three.
In doubles, Exner and Strassman, last weekend's ITA regional doubles champions, kept their streak going in Durant as winners of flight one after posting three straight wins.
Mueller and Buss teamed up to win flight two in doubles at 3-0 needing extra points to win their first-round matchup before winning handily in the semifinals and finals.
Up next for Ouachita is the ITA Cup this upcoming weekend, October 10-13, in Rome, Georgia. Exner and Strassmann will be competing in doubles. Exner has also earned an at-large bid in singles.
