ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita men's tennis team moved to 2-0 in conference matches and gave Phil Exner a win on Senior Day with a 4-3 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State on Monday at home.

Exner, the lone senior on 2024-25 squad, was 2-0 in Monday's match. He and teammate Ramon Strassmann, the fifth-ranked doubles duo in the nation, started with a 6-3 win on court one. Moritz Buss and Elias Lagger had already won on court two to put the Tigers up 1-0 heading into singles.

Strassmann was the first to finish in singles, earning a convincing win on court two to put the Tigers up 2-0. Exner, ranked No. 2 in the nation in singles, followed up with a closer two-set win on court one.

Southeastern rallied to tie up the match at 3-3 with singles wins on courts three, four, and five. Tinus Mueller was the clincher for the Tigers with a three-set win on court six.

The Tigers head to Missouri later this week for their final two non-conference matchups, taking on Northwest Missouri State on Thursday in a neutral-site match in St. Louis before heading across the state to take on William Jewell on Friday.
 

OUACHITA 4, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 3

DOUBLES
1.     No. 5 Exner & Strassmann (OUA) def. Jose Pinto & German Vallego (SE) 6-3
2.     Buss & Lagger (OUA) def. Djordje Kurcubic & Benjamin nahuel Fracassi (SE) 6-2
3.     Luis Ching & Luke Tinnock (SE) def. Yarin Aebi & Aaron Osmond (OUA) 6-3

SINGLES
1.     No. 2 Exner (OUA) def. Ching (SE) 6-3, 6-4
2.     Strassmann (SE) def. David Palomares (SE) 6-0, 6-2
3.     Tinnock (SE) def. Lagger (OUA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
4.     Fracassi (SE) def. Buss (OUA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
5.     Vallejo (SE) def. Osmond (OUA) 7-5, 7-5
6.     Mueller (OUA) def. Kurcubic (SE) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2