FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Oral Roberts University men's tennis team defeated No. 3 seed UMKC, 4-1, in The Summit League Semifinals on Friday at Dr. Rudy and Rhonda Kachmann Tennis Center.

After dropping the doubles point, the Golden Eagles won all four singles points to earn the 4-1 win.

The Kangaroos took the doubles point as Serge Ristivojevic and Patrick Smith defeated Alex Kotsiuk and Alex Dargel at the No. 1 spot and Dennis Schwarz and Erwin Quintanilla posted an 8-5 win over Clemens Geercken and Dennis Troyke at the No. 2 spot.

ORU secured the victory by taking Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 5 singles. Kotsiuk defeated Ristivojevic, 6-1, 6-0, Dargel beat Smith, 6-1, 6-4, Dario Beslic defeated Nick Patonai, 6-3, 6-1, and Geercken bested Nick Mader, 6-3, 6-1.

The No. 2 seed Golden Eagles will face the No. 1 seed Western Illinois in the championship match tomorrow at 9 a.m. central time.

#2 Oral Roberts 4, #3 UMKC 1
April 25, 2008 – Dr. Rudy and Rhonda Kachmann Tennis Center

Singles
No. 1 – Alex Kotsiuk (ORU) def. Serge Ristivojevic (UMKC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 – Alex Dargel (ORU) def. Patrick Smith (UMKC) 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 – Dennis Schwarz (UMKC) led Caun Farquharson (ORU) 7-6 (1) (DNF)
No. 4 – Denis Troyke (ORU) led Erwin Quintanilla (UMKC) 3-6, 6-0, 2-1 (DNF)
No. 5 – Clemens Geercken (ORU) vs. Nick Mader (UMKC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Dario Beslic (ORU) vs. Nick Patonai (UMKC) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 – Ristivojevic/Smith (UMKC) def. Kotsiuk/Dargel (ORU) 8-5
No. 2 – Schwarz/Quintanilla (UMKC) def. Geercken/Troyke (ORU) 8-5
No. 3 – Mader/Patonai (UMKC) led Farquharson/Beslic (ORU) 7-5

Order of Finish
Doubles: 1, 2
Singles: 1, 2, 6, 5

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