SEARCY, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist headed to Arkansas to take on GAC opponent Harding Friday afternoon. The Lady Bison had a strong outing as their match went down to the last singles play with OBU winning the conference duel, 4-3. OBU's men, playing their second straight match without No. 3
Andres Graterol, fell to the Bisons, 6-1.
OBU nearly captured the men's doubles point as
Gianlucca Galdi and
Kevin Andrusch came up just short in their match, 6-4. Even closer was the team of
Carlos Felgueroso and
Nick Parker who fell, 7-6. The Lady Bison had
Alex Bowers and
Madeleine Boepple at No. 2 get the win, 6-4, with
Kim Moosbacher and
Ethne Dowling nearly claiming the point as they dropper their match, 7-6.
Galdi claimed a singles victory at No. 2 with his opponent retiring in the second set. For the ladies, Moosbacher won in straight sets, but
Tahlia Walsh, Bowers, and Boepple all saw hard-fought three set victories. Walsh won her last two sets 7-6, with the final being the overall match-clinching set as Walsh won 9-7 in the third-set tiebreaker.
Oklahoma Baptist is now 6-9 (men) and 7-11 (women) as the Lady Bison have won four in a row, including three straight Great American Conference matches, bringing their GAC record to 3-1. OBU's women's match against Arkansas Tech, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 13, has been rescheduled due to weather. The Lady Bison play at home for their next match on Monday, April 15, against GAC foe Henderson State.
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RESULTS
Men's Doubles
No. 1 Alejandro Sendra/Morgan Salvan (HU) def.
Gianlucca Galdi/
Kevin Andrusch (OBU) 6-4
No. 2 Luis Tirado/Arthur Bellan (HU) def.
Rhett Rollins/
Matias Le Fort (OBU) 6-2
No. 3 Pablo Trevino/Will Reeves (HU) def.
Carlos Felgueroso/
Nick Parker (OBU) 7-6 (8-6)
Men's Singles
No. 1 Arthur Bellan (HU) def.
Kevin Andrusch (OBU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2
Gianlucca Galdi (OBU) def. Alejandro Sendra (HU) 5-7, 2-1 (retired)
No. 3 Morgan Salvan (HU) def.
Matias Le Fort (OBU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Luis Tirado (HU) def.
Rhett Rollins (OBU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 Will Reeves (HU) def.
Nick Parker (OBU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Pablo Trevino (HU) def.
Carlos Felgueroso (OBU) 6-4, 6-2
Women's Doubles
No. 1 Rylie Cox/Arisa Takanashi (HU) def.
Kim Moosbacher/
Ethne Dowling (OBU) 7-6
No. 2
Alex Bowers/
Madeleine Boepple (OBU) def. Hana Folse/Lindy Carpenter (HU) 6-4
No. 3 Allison Carpenter/Emily Carpenter (HU) def.
Stefy Varon/
Tahlia Walsh (OBU) 6-3
Women's Singles
No. 1
Kim Moosbacher (OBU) def. Rylie Cox (HU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Arisa Takanashi (HU) def.
Ethne Dowling (OBU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3
Tahlia Walsh (OBU) def. Hana Folse (HU) 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 (9-7)
No. 4
Alex Bowers (OBU) def. Lindy Carpenter (HU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5
Madeleine Boepple (OBU) def. Allison Carpenter (HU) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 Emily Carpenter (HU) def.
Jacqueline Charvat (OBU) 6-2, 6-3
