College Tennis News - Drury Men’s Tennis Team Improves To 4-1 With Wins Over Graceland College and Nationally-Ranked OBU

Drury Men’s Tennis Team Improves To 4-1 With Wins Over Graceland College and Nationally-Ranked OBU

March 12, 2005

Courtesy of the Drury Office of Sports Information

Springfield, Mo. - (For Release: Upon Receipt)...Last night the Drury men’s tennis team, ranked #12 in the most recent ITA NCAA-II national rankings, defeated Graceland College of Iowa, 9-0, and then turned around today and defeated the #8-ranked team in the latest NCAA-II national rankings, Ouachita Baptist University. O.B.U. defeated Drury earlier this season, 5-4, but today the Panthers avenged that loss with a 7-2 verdict. Results from the two matches follows.

#12-Drury University (3-1) vs. Graceland College (NA)
Drury University Wins: 9-0

Doubles
(Drury players listed first...Drury matches won in bold)
1. Matias Oddone/Igor Fejzula (Drury) defeated Simon Ouellet/Izo Zudin (Graceland) 8-2
2. Dante Bottini/Krisztian Kaplan (Drury) defeated Jose Alanis/Marcio Paz (Graceland) 8-2
3. Omar Laalej/Marcus Akesson (Drury) defeated Guillermon Ripoll/Andres Romero (Graceland) 8-3

Singles
(Drury players listed first...Drury matches won in bold)
1. Matias Oddone (Drury) defeated Ricardo Lau (Graceland) 6-0, 6-1
2. Dante Bottini (Drury) defeated Marcio Paz (Graceland) 6-1, 6-2
3. Igor Fejzula (Drury) defeated Jose Alanis (Graceland) 7-5, 6-1
4. Krisztian Kaplan (Drury) defeated Guillermo Ripoll (Graceland) 6-2, 6-2)
5. Omar Laalej (Drury) defeated Andres Romero (Graceland) 6-1, 6-1
6. Marcus Akesson (Drury) defeated Alvaro Dominguez (Graceland) 7-5, 6-3

#12-Drury University (4-1) vs. #8-Ouachita Baptist University (NA)
Drury University Wins: 7-2

Doubles
(Drury players listed first...Drury matches won in bold)
1. Matias Oddone/Igor Fejzula (Drury) defeated Emilien Ravin/Jakub Smit (OBU) 8-6
2. Dante Bottini/Krisztian Kaplan (Drury) defeated Ondrej Vana/Frederico Pintaluba (OBU) 9-7
3. Omar Laalej/Marcus Akesson (Drury) lost to Vagen Akapian/Joan Costa (OBU) 9-8 (2)

Singles
(Drury players listed first...Drury matches won in bold)
1. Matias Oddone (Drury) defeated Emilien Ravin (OBU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Dante Bottini (Drury) defeated Ondrej Vana (OBU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Igor Fejzula (Drury) defeated Vagen Akapian (OBU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
4. Krisztian Kaplan (Drury) defeated Jakub Smid (OBU) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
5. Omar Laalej (Drury) defeated Fredrico Pintaluba (OBU) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 10-6
6. Marcus Akesson (Drury) lost to Joan Costa (OBU) 6-1, 6-1

For more information contact Dan Cashel at (417) 873-7222 or Eric Pannell at (417) 873-7374 in the Drury Sports Information Office. Or visit the Drury web page at: ww.drury.edu