MIAMI SHORES, Florida- After a 2-0 start to doubles action, No. 3 Ouachita Baptist defeated No. 8 Florida Southern, 5-2, in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis South Region No. 2 Regional Championships on Friday at Miami Shores, Florida. The Tigers advance to play No. 4 Barry on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Regional final.
Ouachita (18-2) began action with an 8-1 victory from the No. 28 duo of freshman Tobias Kulmann and junior Till Heilshorn over Florida Southern’s Brian deMontfort and Ben Taylor. The Tigers picked up the No. 3 doubles match victory, as well, as Ouachita senior Jan Plewinski and sophomore Daniel Moser defeated Florida Southern’s C.J. Johnson and Christian Lange, 8-6. Florida Southern (17-3) picked up the lone doubles victory with the No. 14 duo of Roman Schirmaier and Michael Knoedler with a 8-4 victory over Ouachita sophomores Jean Charles Diame and Pierre Tafelski, 8-4.
In singles action, the Tigers split the opening pair of matches, as No. 15 Michael Knoedler for Florida Southern defeated Ouachita’s No. 26 Jan Plewinski, 6-2, 6-0, in the No. 1 singles spot, while Ouachita sophomore Daniel Moser defeated Ben Taylor, 6-4, 6-4, in the No. 6 spot.
With a 3-2 lead, the Tigers closed with a pair of singles victory to clinch the match, as Ouachita’s Till Heilshorn defeated Christian Lange, 6-3, 6-4, in the No. 3 spot, and Ouachita freshman Tobias Kuhlmann closed out the victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Guenther Fercher in the No. 5 spot.
No. 3 Ouachita Baptist 5, No. 8 Florida Southern 2
Doubles
1. #14 Roman Schirmaier/Michael Knoedler (FSM) def. Jean Charles Diame/Pierre Tafelski (OBU) 8-4
2. #28 Tobias Kuhimann/Till Heilshorn (OBU) def. Brian deMontfort/Ben Taylor (FSM) 8-1
3. Jan Plewinski/Daniel Moser (OBU) def. C.J. Johnson/Christian Lange (FSM) 8-6
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. #15 Michael Knoedler (FSM) def. #26 Jan Plewinski (OBU) 6-2, 6-0
2. #14 Jean Charles Diame (OBU) vs. #33 Roman Schirmaier (FSM) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
3. Till Heilshorn (OBU) def. Christian Lange (FSM) 6-3, 6-4
4. Pierre Tafelski (OBU) vs. Nicolas Bigler (FSM) 7-5, 2-3, unfinished
5. Tobias Kuhimann (OBU) def. Guenther Fercher (FSM) 6-4, 6-2
6. Daniel Moser (OBU) def. Ben Taylor (FSM) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 6, 3, 5
No. 3 Ouachita Baptist returns to the court on Saturday to face No. 4 Barry University on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Buccaneer Tennis Center in the South Regional final.
