The 14th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University men’s tennis team, playing with one of its top players because of an injury, won the final match of the weekend Sunday, edging No. 11 Drury, 5-4, at the Heflin Tennis Center.
The Tigers (8-0), who was playing without Jan Plewinski on Sunday, went 2-1 in doubles play for the third straight day.
The team of Jean Charles Diame and Pierre Tafelski defeated Dahom Serekeberhan and Ivan Marevic, 8-4, while Till Heilshorn and Daniel Moser fell to Antonio Garcia and Alex Kacamakis, 8-6. Szymon Judek and Vasek Stverka beat Anton Khadasevich and Jaun Ponce, 9-8.
The fourth match of the day began singles action as Diame defeated Ponce, 6-1, 6-3, but Judek fell to Kacamakis, 7-5, 6-1. Tafelski topped Khadasevich, 6-3, 6-4 and Drury kept things close by winning No. 5 singles as Moser fell to Garcia, 6-0, 6-4. The eighth match clinched the victory as Stverka defeated Marevic, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 to give Ouachita the win. Heilshorn dropped his match at No. 1 singles to No. 47 Serekeberhan, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The two teams meet again, noon, Saturday, March 7 at Drury. Ouachita finished the weekend by going 3-0 with wins over No. 9 West Florida, No. 6 Cameron and No. 11 Drury.
