Men Picked Fifth in GAC Tennis Poll

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist enters 2019 with a fifth-place ranking in the Great American Conference Pre-season Men's Tennis Poll. Southeastern Oklahoma was the predicted champion while Harding was second.
 
OBU will hope to build on last year's lone conference win against Ouachita Baptist.

OBU had considerable turnover from last year, losing Daniel Aguilera, Babji Atturu, and Luis Romero to graduation. OBU's No. 1, Lucas Castelo Branco, who to NCAA Division I Oklahoma.

Returning for the Bison are juniors Kevin Andrusch, Gianlucca Galdi, and Matias Le Fort. Freshmen Harrison Boggs, Ashish Komaragiri, and Rhett Rollins, as well as junior college transfer Andres Graterol round out the new faces for the OBU men.
 
Galdi saw the most success in October's GAC Individual Championships making it to the finals in Flight 1. Graterol and Andrusch make it to the consolation Flight 1.
 
The year's conference play will begin March 30 when Oklahoma Baptist faces Southern Arkansas in Magnolia, Ark. OBU finish conference play against Harding on April 12.