WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Ouachita men's tennis team opened a four-match week on Tuesday with a 4-3 neutral-site victory over Cameron.
The Tigers started with a 1-0 lead after doubles wins on courts one and three from seventh-ranked Phil Exner and Ramon Strassmann and Yarin Aebi and Aaron Osmond.
Exner, ranked second nationally in singles, took care of business on court one by beating 51st-ranked Louis Boilevin 6-0 and 6-2. Other singles wins for the Tigers included No. 75 Ramon Strassmann taking down No. 32 Noe Milliard on court two in three sets for the clincher after Aaron Osmond won in straight sets on court four for the Tigers' third point.
The Tigers are back in action on Wednesday in Wichita Falls against UT-Dallas. First serve is set for 2 p.m.
NO. 38 OUACHITA 4, CAMERON 3
DOUBLES
1. No. 7 Exner & Strassmann (OUA) def. Rhys Edwards & Milliard (CU) 6-3
2. Kristian Kubik & Lachlan Setina (CU) def. Moritz Buss & Tinus Mueller (OUA) 6-4
3. Aebi & Osmond (OUA) def. Boileven & Brendan Lock (CU) 7-5
SINGLES
1. No. 2 Exner (OUA) def. No. 51 Boileven (CU) 6-0, 6-2
2. No. 75 Strassmann (OUA) def. No. 32 Milliard (CU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
3. Pavel Kelo (CU) def. Buss (OUA) 6-2, 6-0
4. Osmond (OUA) def. Edwards (CU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Vicente Preto (CU) def. Mueller (OUA) 6-4, 6-2
6. Raphael Valente (CU) def. Aebi (OUA) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4)