LAWTON – No. 15 Cameron continued their regional dominance on Monday with a 5-1 win over No. 24 St. Mary's for their fourth NCAA South Central title in a row and pushed head coach James Helvey to win No. 799.

With the women winning earlier in the day, the Aggies will be sending both programs to nationals joining an elite company of Division II programs.

"We have a sense of pride," said Helvey.  "We talk about it at the beginning of the year that we expect to get here and I got them believing that they belong here and it makes a big difference.  About ten years ago we would get to this point but never passed it and I would tell the players that you got to believe, and once we got over that hump now they have gotten used to being there, and it's a good thing."

"Sometimes teams get relaxed and don't make it back but I try to keep that fire going in them that you belong here."

Cameron set off in the right direction in doubles with Dennis Merdan and Joao Fazendeiro taking the three-slot, 8-4.  The Rattlers pulled even with CU by taking the two-slot 8-3 before Felipe Oyarzun and Mateo Velasco rolled late in their match to win 8-5 and take the 2-1 lead into singles play.

"Winning doubles was huge and St. Mary's can be a dangerous team," added Helvey. "With a 2-1 lead for them that means now we have to get four of those singles matches and it would have been tough."

With the lead and momentum, the Aggies never looked back on St. Mary's and Vinicius Santos was off first with a win on court three, 6-2, 6-1.   After 30 minutes of play the match ended quickly with courts two and five swinging CU's way.  Fazendeiro clinched a 6-0, 6-3 win on court two and within a minute later Mateo Velasco who rallied back from a massive set one hole won 7-5 and 6-0 for the regional win.

The victory for the Aggies will send them into the Sweet-16 with a Division II record of 16-4 and St. Mary's sees their season end at 14-10.

Cameron will find out in the coming days on their Sweet-16 opponent once the other national regional tournaments are completed.

Singles competition
1. #45 Dennis Merdan (CU) vs. #49 Michael Maciel (STMU) 6-2, 2-5, unfinished
2. Joao Fazendeiro (CU) def. Adam Dockery (STMU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Vinicius Santos (CU) def. Jose Aantelo (STMU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Felipe Oyarzun (CU) vs. Aldo Maldonado (STMU) 4-6, 3-5, unfinished
5. Mateo Velasco (CU) def. Felix Hollaway (STMU) 7-5, 6-0
6. Bruno Babic (CU) vs. Richard Foley (STMU) 6-4, 2-3, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. Felipe Oyarzun/Mateo Velasco (CU) def. Adam Dockery/Brien Galon (STMU) 8-5
2. Michael Maciel/Jose Aantelo (STMU) def. Vinicius Santos/Andres Velasco (CU) 8-3
3. Dennis Merdan/Joao Fazendeiro (CU) def. Richard Foley/Felix Hollaway (STMU) 8-4