MARYVILLE, Missouri – The Ouachita men's tennis team went back-and-forth with No. 45 Northwest Missouri State on Thursday, but it was the Bearcats getting the final blow in a 4-3 decision.
The Tigers started off on a high note, sweeping through doubles to take a 1-0 lead into singles.
The Bearcats evened up the match with a win at No. 2 singles. Ouachita regained the lead on court six with a win from Yarin Aebi before Northwest answered back at No. 4 to make it 2-2.
Reigning MIAA/GAC South Division Athlete of the Week Phil Exner was next, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead with a win at No. 1. The Bearcats rallied in tiebreakers in the last two remaining matchups at No. 3 and No. 5.
The Tigers close out their trip to Missouri with a stop at William Jewell on Friday.
NO. 45 NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 4, OUACHITA 3
DOUBLES
- No. 5 Exner & Ramon Strassmann (OUA) def. Luc Mascitti & Louis Lieberz (NW) 7-5
- Moritz Buss & Elias Lagger (OUA) def. Antonin Leborne & Dominik Wijntjes (NW) 6-3
- Aebi & Aaron Osmond (OUA) def. Rafal Bednarczuk & Vinicius Rodrigues (NW) 6-2
SINGLES
- No. 2 Exner (OUA) def. Bednarczuk (NW) 6-3, 7-5
- No. 21 Wijntjes (NW) def. No. 62 Strassmann (OUA) 6-4, 7-5
- Mascitti (NW) def. Lagger (OUA) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- No. 75 Leborne (NW) def. Buss (OUA) 6-4, 6-4
- Rodrigues (NW) def. Tinus Mueller (OUA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- Aebi (OUA) def. Niccolo Chiriatti (NW) 6-1, 6-4
