Bison Ward Off Warner

MOBILE, Ala. – Oklahoma Baptist started pool play at the NCCAA Men's Tennis Championship Tuesday with a 5-1 win over Warner.
 
OBU took a 2-1 lead after doubles with Thomas Ackerknecht and Luis Romero taking No. 2 doubles 8-4 and Lucas Castelo Branco and Matias Le Fort grabbing an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
 
Ackerknecht won at No. 6 singles via injury after taking a 6-1, 3-0 lead. Kevin Andrusch won at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-0, and Le Fort claimed a No. 4 singles victory, 6-0, 6-1.
 
The Bison were leading the unfinished singles matches.
 
Now 22-5, the Bison continue pool play at 2:30 p.m. against Dallas Baptist.
 
 
Oklahoma Baptist 5, Warner 1
Singles Competition
1. Kevin Andrusch (OBU) def. Francisco Perafan, 6-2, 6-0
2. Lucas Costelo Branco (OBU) vs. Rafael Coutinho, 6-3, 0-0, DNF
3. Luis Romero (OBU) vs. Martynas Lukosiunas, 6-2, 5-2, DNF
4. Matias Le Fort (OBU) def. Carlos Pinel, 6-0, 6-1
5. Gianluca Galdi (OBU) vs. Julian Cuartas, 6-2, 3-1, DNF
6. Thomas Ackerknecht (OBU) def. Renan Gamim, 6-1, 3-0, Inj.
 
Doubles Competition
1. Coutinho/Lukosiunas (CU) def. Andrusch/Galdi, 8-6
2. Ackerknecht/Romero (OBU) def. Perafan/Cuartas, 8-4
3. Castelo Branco/Le Fort (OBU) def. Pinel/Gambim, 8-3