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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