The Basics
ORU 2020 Record: 4-4
Match: Oral Roberts 4 – Prairie View A&M 0
Location: Beaumont, Texas
BEAUMONT, Texas - The Oral Roberts men's tennis team won 4-0 over Prairie View A&M Saturday morning in Beaumont, Texas.
Newcomer Jonathan Evans and Andre Russo gave the advantage to ORU with a 6-1 win doubles to start things off on Saturday. The doubles duo of Geronimo Busleiman Espon and Barnabas Koncz moved to 7-1 on the season after winning 6-2 today to claim the doubles point for ORU.
The Golden Eagles only needed three singles victories today to win the dual. Evans only allowed one point in the second set of the No. 6 match to win 6-0, 6-1 and make it a 2-0 score. Koncz made it 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win. Eddy Leardini capped it off for ORU with a 6-2, 6-3 score at No. 5. The ORU men are now on a three match win streak.
Up Next: ORU will battle Kansas City Friday, February 21 at 1 p.m. in Kansas City, Mo.
The Results
Match: Oral Roberts 4, Prairie View A&M 0
Doubles competition
1. Barnabas Koncz/Geronimo Busleiman (ORUM) def. Jorge Caballero/Xavier Lawrence (PVAM) 6-2
2. Rodrigo Yoshikata/Juan Malham Viada (PVAM) vs. Mert Celik/Eddy Leardini (ORUM) no result
3. Jonathan Evans/Andre Russo (ORUM) def. Kevin Ugarteche/T. Washington (PVAM) 6-1
Singles competition
1. Jorge Caballero (PVAM) vs. Geronimo Busleiman (ORUM) no result
2. Barnabas Koncz (ORUM) def. Xavier Lawrence (PVAM) 6-2, 6-3
3. Juan Malham Viada (PVAM) vs. Mert Celik (ORUM) no result
4. Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAM) vs. Andre Russo (ORUM) no result
5. Eddy Leardini (ORUM) def. Kevin Ugarteche (PVAM) 6-2, 6-3
6. Jonathan Evans (ORUM) def. T. Washington (PVAM) 6-0, 6-1
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