ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas Men's Tennis team moved to 2-0 in Great American Conference play this season as the squad defeated Ouachita 4-0 at the Ward Tennis Center in Arkadelphia on Thursday afternoon. The win for the Muleriders improved the team's overall record to 17-4 and snapped a five-match winning streak by the 29
th-ranked Tigers.
#30 Southern Arkansas used singles wins from freshmen
Marko Nikoliuk,
Alexandre Machaj and
Aleksandr Pokusaev and took the doubles point with wins by the pairs of Rehfuss/Pokusaev and Gondouin/Kikoliuk.
Singles competition (3-0)
- Stuart Rehfuss (SAU) vs. Juan Moncada (OUA) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 (UF)
- Yuri Gondouin (SAU) vs. Francisco Oliveira (OUA) 6-7 (5), 6-3 (UF)
- Marko Nikoliuk def. Dan Kaplun (OUA) 6-4, 6-3
- Alexandre Machaj (SAU) def. Santiago Kearney 6-4, 6-3
- Raymond Marin Garcia (SAU) vs. Nair Adi 2-6, 6-5 (UF)
- Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) def. Tobias Fuerschuss 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition (1-0)
- Rehfuss/Pokusaev (SAU) def. Moncada/Oliveira (OUA) 6-3
- Gustavo Kerber/Machaj (SAU) vs. Kaplun/Kearney (OUA) 3-4 (UF)
- Gondouin/Nikoliuk (SAU) def. Adi/Fuerschuss (OUA) 6-3
The Muleriders return to action on Saturday at the Live Oaks Tennis Courts for a Great American Conference match against Oklahoma Baptist at 11 a.m. Results will be made available at
www.MuleriderAthletics.com.