SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Oklahoma Baptist collected its first win of the 2019 tennis season as both the men and women teams won Saturday at Lindenwood.
The men got rolling early with the doubles point after getting wins at No. 1 and 2 from
Kevin Andrusch /
Gianlucca Galdi and Andres Graterol / Matias Le-Fort, respectively. Both pairs won the day before at Drury. Andrusch / Galdi are 3-0 as partners.
In singles, Andrusch, Le-Fort, Graterol, and
Rhett Rollins all claimed victory, giving the Bison the 5-2 win. Rollins won both of his singles matches over the weekend.
For the women, OBU's dominance continued against Lindenwood as for the third straight year sweeping the Lions. OBU did not drop a single set in the match.
"I'm proud of these wins because we didn't change anything, we didn't panic, and we continued to go about our business with the knowledge that," OBU Coach
Jason Proctor said. "At the end of the day, our diligence will yield favorable results."
OBU will play its first home match Saturday, Feb. 23 against Kansas Wesleyan. The OBU women will also play on Friday, Feb. 22 at Northeastern State.
RESULTS: MEN
Doubles
No. 1
Kevin Andrusch/
Gianlucca Galdi (OBU) defeated Theo Butaeye/Guillaume Teste (LU) 6-1
No. 2 Andres Graterol/Matias Le-Fort (OBU) defeated Logan Orr/Hector Horcajada (LU) 6-3
No. 3 Juan Albin/Michelle Gaspari (LU) defeated
Rhett Rollins/
Nick Parker (OBU) 6-0
Singles
No. 1
Kevin Andrusch (OBU) defeated Theo Butaeye (LU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Hector Horcajada (LU) defeated
Gianlucca Galdi (OBU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
No. 3 Matias Le-Fort (OBU) defeated Michelle Gaspari (LU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 Andres Graterol (OBU) defeated Guillaume Teste (LU) 7-6, 6-2
No. 5
Rhett Rollins (OBU) defeated Tudor Ghenea (LU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 Logan Orr (LU) defeated
Nick Parker (OBU) 6-0, 6-1
RESULTS: WOMEN
Doubles:
No. 1
Kim Moosbacher /
Tahlia Walsh (OBU) defeated Alexis McCarthy/Haya Hamed (LU) 6-1
No. 2
Alex Bowers /
Madeleine Boepple (OBU) defeated Dana Minakova/Laura Castro Milan (LU) 6-0
No. 3
Ethne Dowling /
Jacqueline Charvat (OBU) defeated Lindenwood
Singles:
No. 1
Kim Moosbacher (OBU) defeated Dana Minakova (LU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2
Alex Bowers (OBU) defeated Haya Hamed (LU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3
Tahlia Walsh (OBU) defeated Natalia Cordero (LU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4
Madeleine Boepple (OBU) defeated Alexis McCarthey (LU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5
Ethne Dowling (OBU) defeated Laura Castro Milan (LU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6
Stefy Varon (OBU) defeated Lindenwood