Bison Heading to NCCAA Championship Match

MOBILE, Ala. – Oklahoma Baptist plays for its first men's tennis national championship Friday after knocking off Dallas Baptist, 5-0, Thursday in the semifinals of the NCCAA Men's Tennis Championships.
 
It is the third time this postseason the Bison have recorded a 5-0 win over the Patriots.
 
The Bison play Campbellsville in the championship match starting at 9 a.m. Friday. Campbellsville is 24-3 this season and has won 17 consecutive matches. OBU is 25-5 and owns a 14-match win streak.
 
Kevin Andrusch and Gianluca Galdi at No. 1 and Lucas Castelo Branco and Matias Le Fort at No. 2 scored 8-1 doubles victories with Babji Atturu and Patrick Sims claiming an 8-4 win.
 
Castelo Branco won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Atturu took a 6-0, 6-3 decision at No. 5 to give OBU the victory. All other OBU singles entrants were up one set on their DBU opponents.
 
 
Oklahoma Baptist 5, Dallas Baptist 0  
Singles Competition
1. Kevin Andrusch (OBU) vs. Cannon Jones (DBU) 6-1, 4-0 DNF
2. Lucas Castelo Branco (OBU) def. Nick Gilmore (DBU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Matias Le Fort (OBU) vs. Jordan Jackson (DBU)  6-0, 4-1 DNF
4. Gianluca Galdi (OBU) vs. Riley Smith (DBU) 6-1, 2-2 DNF
5. Babji Atturu (OBU) def. Isaac Childs (DBU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Patrick Sims (OBU) vs. Jacob Delao (DBU) 6-3, 0-3 DNF
 
Doubles Competition
1. Kevin Andrusch/Gianluca Galdi (OBU) def. Cannon Jones/Nick Gilmore (DBU) 8-1
2. Lucas Castelo Branco/Matias Le Fort (OBU) def. Riley Smith/Isaac Childs (DBU) 8-1
3. Babji Atturu/Patrick Sims (OBU) def. Jordan Jackson/Jacob Delao (DBU) 8-4