ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita men's tennis team picked up a pair of home wins on Saturday starting with a 4-3 victory over Nebraska-Kearney and ending with a 4-0 triumph over Seward County Community College.

The Tigers move to 5-2 overall this spring and are now to set for a return trip to Mississippi College this Friday, March 7. The Choctaws edged the Tigers 4-3 on February 16 and are currently ranked 19th in the latest ITA national rankings.

OUACHITA 4, NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 3
DOUBLES
1.     No. 12 Phil Exner & Ramon Strassmann (OUA) def. Adrian Constantin & van den Dungen (UNK) 6-3
2.     Aaron Osmond & Yarin Aebi (OUA) def. Alex Jaulin & Ivan Melnik (UNK) 6-3
3.     Andy Brisdon & Jip Mens (UNK) def. Tinus Mueller & Moritz Buss (OUA) 6-4

SINGLES
1.     No. 2 Exner (OUA) def. Constantin (UNK) 6-2, 6-1
2.     Mens (UNK) def. Strassmann (OUA) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (12)
3.     Buss (OUA) def. Melnik (UNK) 6-0, 6-4
4.     Osmond (OUA) def. van de Dungen (UNK) 6-4, 6-3
5.     Brisdon (UNK) def. Aebi (OUA) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 1-0 (5)
6.     Jaulin (UNK) def. Mueller (OUA) 6-3, 7-6
 

OUACHITA 4, NO. 4 (JUCO) SEWARD 0
DOUBLES
1.     No. 12 Exner & Strassmann (OUA) def. Sebastian De Las Salas & Abubakar Yakuba-Lea (SC) 6-3
2.     Osmond & Aebi (OUA) def. No. 10 (JUCO) Ognjen Gajic & Pavle Markus (SC) 6-2
3.     Mueller & Buss (OUA) def. J. Luzuriaga & Yens Leenstra (SC) 6-1

SINGLES
1.     No. 2 Exner (OUA) vs. No. 17 (JUCO) De Las Salas (SC) 7-6 (2), 2-1 did not finish
2.     Strassman (OUA) def. No. 9 (JUCO) Yakuba-Lea (SC) 7-5, 6-1
3.     Buss (OUA) def. Juan Luzuriaga (SC) 6-2, 6-1
4.     Osmond (OUA) def. Markus (SC) 6-4, 6-4
5.     Aebi (OUA) vs. Gajic (SC) did not finish
6.     Mueller (OUA) vs. Lucas Barriga (SC) did not finish