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ORU Falls to UIW, 5-2, on Senior Day

TULSA, Okla. -

Oral Roberts University finished the home portion of their 2014 schedule on Saturday afternoon with a 5-2 loss to Incarnate Word at the Club at Indian Springs. Seniors Parker Allen and Jack Busby were honored prior to their final home appearances as Golden Eagles.

UIW (14-5, 2-3 Southland Conference) started the day by winning two of three doubles matches. Leonard Ivic and Josip Smoljan dropped Busby and Jason Mechali in the top flight, 8-6, while Allen and Amar Saletovic fell to Jair Assuncao and Tucker Brown, 8-2. ORU earned their lone pairs win came on the third court, where Michael Sosnowski and Fabian Zierleyn doubled up Brandon Davis and Antonio Cavazos, 8-4

ORU (7-11, 0-5 SLC) won the top singles court, where Zierleyn edged Assuncao, 7-5, 6-3. But the next four courts went to the Cardinals.

Ivic won on the second court, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, over Saletovic, and Smoljan defeated Busby in the third flight, 7-6, 6-2. Brown knocked off Allen at the No. 4 spot, 6-4, 6-1, and Davis bested Sosnowski, 6-2, 6-0, in the fifth.

ORU earned a consolation point on court six, where Cole Guy defeated Cavazos, 7-5, 6-1.

The Golden Eagles play their next-to-last match of the season on Sunday afternoon, when they face Tulsa. Match time at the Case Tennis Center is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT.

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