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Men's Tennis

Aggies tennis teams beat Oklahoma Baptist

SHAWNEE, Okla. – The Cameron University tennis teams took down Oklahoma Baptist 7-2 in the men's side and 6-3 in women's action on Tuesday.
 
Both teams faced ranked opponents with the OBU women's team ranked 11th in the nation in NAIA play and 18th in the men's side.
 
The #35 Aggie women went 2-1 in double competition; in the three slot the pairing of  Antonia Moberg and Laura Roberts earned an 8-0 sweep.  In singles, Cameron fell in the top two slots but earned wins in the bottom half for the lineup to win 4-2.  
 
Moberg had to battle back from a 6-1 loss in set one to win 6-4, 6-3 in the six slot.
 
In men's action the #15 ranked Aggies took doubles 2-1 and they would only drop their top singles slot en route to the 7-2 win.
 
Both Dennis Merdan and Felipe Oyarzun had to rally from a 6-3 first set loss win to their respective matches.
 
The two victories on Tuesday place Head Coach James Helvey at 697 career wins overall.
 
Helvey will have a chance to win his 700th match with four opportunities on Friday and Saturday with both programs hosting their home openers against UA-Fort Smith and Metro State.
 
#35 Cameron 6, #11 Oklahoma Baptist 3
Singles competition
1. #14 Anastasiia Baranova (OBU) def. Angie Torres (CU) 6-2, 7-5
2. #8 Kateryna Shkot (OBU) def. Florencia Tornero (CU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Samantha Wood (CU) def. Olivia Charvat (OBU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Paula Gutierrez-Casas (CU) def. Ashlynn Abbe (OBU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Magdalena Kovinic (CU) def. Kelsi Lord (OBU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Antonia Moberg (CU) def. Alex Morales (OBU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
 
 Doubles competition
1. #6 Anastasiia Baranova/Kateryna Shkot (OBU) def. Florencia Tornero/Paula Gutierrez-Casas (CU) 8-3
2. Samantha Wood/Angie Torres (CU) def. Olivia Charvat/Ashlynn Abbe (OBU) 8-4
3. Antonia Moberg/Laura Roberts (CU) def. Kelsi Lord/Alex Morales (OBU) 8-0
 
Match Notes:
Cameron 2-0; National ranking #35; Regional ranking #4
Oklahoma Baptist 0-1; National ranking #11
Oklahoma Baptist's National Ranking is NAIA
 
#15 Cameron 7, #18 Oklahoma Baptist 2
Singles competition
1. #2 Marco Carvajal (OBU) def. #33 Rory de Boer (CU) 6-2, 6-3
2. #30 Dennis Merdan (CU) def. Daniel Aguilera (OBU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
3. #47 Felipe Oyarzun (CU) def. #45 Durio Maronavic (OBU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
4. Joao Fazendeiro (CU) def. Augustin Janssen (OBU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Angelo Lencioni (CU) def. Francisco DaSilva (OBU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Dean Weigelt (CU) def. Travis Gilliland (OBU) 6-3, 6-0
 
 Doubles competition
1. #6 Marco Carvajal/Durio Maronavic (OBU) def. Dennis Merdan/Joao Fazendeiro (CU) 8-6
2. Rory de Boer/Dean Weigelt (CU) def. Augustin Janssen/Daniel Aguilera (OBU) 8-3
3. Felipe Oyarzun/Angelo Lencioni (CU) def. Francisco DaSilva/Travis Gilliland (OBU) 8-2
 
Match Notes:
Cameron 3-2; National ranking #15; Regional ranking #1
Oklahoma Baptist 1-3; National ranking #18
Oklahoma Baptist's Ranking is NAIA
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