WICHITA, Kan.  – OBU men's tennis overthrew Newman in a hard-fought match by a score of 6-3 Saturday afternoon.
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Three singles matches entered extra sets and doubles tandems of
Luis Romero/
Thomas Ackerknecht and
Lucas Castelo Branco/
Matias Le Fort defeated their NU opponents 8-4 and 8-2 respectively.
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The Bison return to Shawnee to face Great American Conference foe No. 19 Southeastern Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Oklahoma Baptist 6, Newman 3
Singles competition
1.
Kevin Andrusch (OKBU) def. Eduardo Santos (NU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2.
Lucas Castelo Branco (OKBU) def. Alejandro Gonzalez (NU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Felipe Batistella (NU) def.
Luis Romero (OKBU) 6-3, 2-0, retired
4.
Matias Le Fort (OKBU) def. Diego Rojo (NU) 6-3, 6-2
5.
Gianluca Galdi (OKBU) def. Lucas Norbiato (NU) 6-3, 6-0
6. Blake Crawford (NU) def.
Thomas Ackerknecht (OKBU) 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Eduardo Santos/Alejandro Gonzalez (NU) def.
Kevin Andrusch/
Gianluca Galdi (OKBU) 8-5
2.
Luis Romero/
Thomas Ackerknecht (OKBU) def. Felipe Batistella/Diego Rojo (NU) 8-4
3.
Lucas Castelo Branco/
Matias Le Fort (OKBU) def. Lucas Norbiato/Enrique Coiras (NU) 8-2
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