LIVINGSTON, Alabama – The Ouachita men's tennis team opened its Spring Break road trip on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to West Alabama.
UWA started with doubles wins on courts one and two to take the 1-0 lead into singles. Ouachita's
Yarin Aebi and
Aaron Osmond prevented the doubles sweep with a win on court three over the 43rd-ranked doubles duo in the nation.
Ramon Strassmann accounted for Ouachita's only point with a win at No. 2 singles that needed a tiebreaker. Mortiz Buss and
Tinus Mueller each forced a tiebreaker at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively.
The purple Tigers head to South Carolina for a pair of matches against NCAA Division I opponents, taking on The Citadel on Wednesday and Wofford on Thursday.
WEST ALABAMA 1, NO. 44 OUACHITA 1
DOUBLES
- No. 49 Tomas Almeida & Afonso Portugal (UWA) def. No. 2 Phil Exner & Strassmann (OUA) 6-4
- Eita Ishikawa & Francisco Oliveira (UWA) def. Moritz Buss & Elias Lagger (OUA) 6-4
- Aebi & Osmond (OUA) def. No. 43 Jacob Tapia & Federico Iturbe (UWA) 6-3
SINGLES
- Oliveira (UWA) def. No. 1 Exner (OUA) 6-1, 6-4
- No. 55 Strassmann (OUA) def. Portugal (UWA) 7-5, 6-7, 1-0
- No. 63 Ishikawa (UWA) def. Lagger (OUA) 6-2, 6-4
- Tapia (UWA) def. Buss (OUA) 6-1, 6-7, 1-0
- Almeida (UWA) def. Osmond (OUA) 6-1, 6-1
- Iturbe (UWA) def. Mueller (OUA) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0
