SHAWNEE – After a great weekend in OKC at the Oklahoma City Collegiate Open, where Gianlucca Galdi and Lady Bison's
Kim Moosbacher walked away with singles titles, OBU Tennis hits the road for Russellville, Arkansas for the GAC Individual Tournament September 22
nd – 24
th.
With OBU being a part of the Great American Conference (GAC), this will be their first taste of conference play of the 2017-2018 season as all the teams which will be represented are in the GAC. Last year OBU's men's team won the conference championship, going 3-0 in conference play, with the Lady Bison getting 2
nd on the women's side with a 4-1 conference record. After a strong outing in OKC, hopes are high for this weekend and beyond.
Galdi, coming off his singles title in at the Oklahoma City Collegiate Open (OCCO), will be playing Ouachita Baptist University's Van der Ven in the Men's Flight 2 singles bracket on Friday, Sept. 22
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Senior
Babji Atturu, who made it to his respective singles finals match in OKC, will get his weekend going against Morgan Salvan from Harding University, also in the Men's Flight 2 singles bracket, as well as
Matias Le Fort as he faces Ouachita Baptist's Corbell.
Lucas Branco, who represented OBU in the first draw of the OCCO, will be in the Men's Flight 1 singles bracket and will face off against Braydon Montgomery Friday morning.
Also appearing in the Men's Flight 1 bracket will be OBU's
Kevin Andrusch, playing Ouachita Baptist's Luis Chab, and
Daniel Aguilera, playing Carlos Crisostomo from Harding University.
Moosbacher, looking to capitalize off her singles title in OKC, will begin her weekend on Friday, Sept 22
nd in the quarterfinals as she has a first round bye in the Women's Flight 1 Singles bracket. She will play the winner of Harding University's Laura Golubic vs. Henderson State's Annie Shannon in her first match.
Kateryna Shkot will represent the Lady Bison in Flight 2, and she as well will start her weekend off in the quarterfinals, awaiting the winner of Kami Ward from Arkansas Tech University vs. Noelia Gomez from Southern Nazarene University.
In Flight 3 of the women's singles,
Tahlia Walsh will play Harding University's Arisa Takanashi. Junior
Alex Bowers, after making it to the semis in her respective draw in OKC, will face the winner of Hana Folse from Harding University vs. Sydnee Parker from Henderson State University in the quarterfinals in flight 4 of the women's singles.
Flight 5 will feature OBU's
Caroline Abbe as she plays Harding University's Emily Faulkner. In Flight 6,
Megan Bowlin will play Jordan Shaw from Harding University and
Jacqueline Charvat will play Henderson State's Lauren Miller in Flight 7.
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