SPRINGFIELD, Missouri – The Ouachita men's tennis team picked up a 4-0 victory over Southern Arkansas on Thursday to clinch a spot in Friday morning's Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association/Great American Conference championship match.

Thursday's win for the Tigers, coupled with Washburn's 4-1 victory over Harding, sets up the two No. 1 seeds from the league meeting for the championship on Friday at 9 a.m. at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

In Thursday's win, Ouachita started with doubles wins from Phil Exner and Ramon Strassmann on court one and Yarin Aebi and Aaron Osmond on court three.

In singles, the Tigers clinched the match with two-set wins from Exner on court one, Aebi on court five, and Osmond on court six.

NO. 36 OUACHITA 4, SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 0

DOUBLES

1. No. 10 Exner & Strassmann (OUA) def. Tim Fischer & Uwe Diehl (SAU) 6-1
2. Moritz Buss & Elias Lagger (OUA) vs. Jinsei Tajima & Lluc Pasqual (SAU) 4-4 did not finish
3. Aebi & Osmond (OUA) def. Forde Neumann & William von Pongracz (SAU) 6-2

SINGLES

1. No. 1 Exner (OUA) def. No. 54 Fischer (SAU) 6-1, 6-3
2. No. 45 Strassmann (OUA) vs. Neumann (SAU) 7-6 (7-2), 1-1 did not finish
3. Lagger (OUA) vs. Tajima (SAU) 2-6, 2-5 did not finish
4. Buss (OUA) vs. Pasqual (SAU) 6-0, 4-5 did not finish
5. Aebi (OUA) def. Diehl (SAU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Osmond (OUA) def. Lucas Ibanez Martinez (SAU) 6-4, 6-3