Oklahoma Baptist had a men's win and a women's loss in a tennis doubleheader with Arkansas-Fort Smith Tuesday in Shawnee. (
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The Bison won 6-3, while the Lady Bison played without top player
Paola Costa and lost 9-0.
The Bison got wins from
Gonzalo Garzon,
Dario Macanovic, Francisco DaSilva, Augustin Janssen and
Tucker Olsen in singles, while Garzon and
Michael Canavan won in No. 1 doubles and Janssen and Olsen won in third doubles.
The Lady Bison dipped to 8-8 on the season while the men improved to 5-10.
OBU's women host Southern Nazarene Thursday and both teams head for regional action next week.
Women
Arkansas-Fort Smith 9, OBU 0
Singleton, UAFS, def. Ferreira, 2-6, 6-5, 10-6
Belanger,UAFS, def.
Mariana Rosa, 6-2, 6-3
Whittemore, UAFS, def.
Katie Halbesleben 6-0, 6-0
Harvanova, UAFS, def.
Diana Barns, 6-1, 6-0
Hobson, UAFS, def.
Elisa Brito, OBU, 6-4, 1-6, 10-4
Default to UAFS
Singleton-Gilham, UAFS, def. Rosa-Ferreira, 8-4
Hobson-Belanger, UAFS, def. Halbesleben-Barns, 8-3
Default to UAFS
Men
OBU 6, UAFS 3
Gonzalo Garzon, OBU, def. Sobotka, 7-5, 6-2
Dario Macanovic,OBU, def. Silva, 6-4, 6-4
Piche, UAFS, def.
Michael Canavan, 6-3, 6-3
Francisco Da Silva, OBU, def. Holmes 7-5, 5-7, 10-7
Tabler, UAFS, def. Augustin Janssen, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Tucker Olsen, OBU, def. Helland, 6-1, 6-2