DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern Oklahoma State men's tennis program remains undefeated this season after a 4-2 win over McKendree at home to move to 5-0.
The duo of
Jose Pinto and
German Vallejo gave SE the early advantage during the doubles round, winning 6-1 at No. 1, but the Bearcats won the next two at No. 2 and No. 3 to take the lead 1-0.
Luke Tinnock tied things up 1-all at the start of the singles play with a 6-3 and 6-2 win at No. 3, though MKU would add to its score with a victory at Court 1 to stay ahead 2-1. Once again, the match was tied after SE's
Luke Tinnock got a win at No. 3 6-3 and 6-2 to improve to 3-2 this season.
SE took the lead for the first time in the match through Vallejo, who grabbed a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6 to push the blue and gold ahead 3-2.
Djordje Kurcubic provided the match-clinching point at Court 5, winning 7-6 and 6-1 over MKU's Bendix Schroeder to win the match for SE 4-2.
Southeastern (5-0) heads south to the Lone Star state for a pair of matches versus Western New Mexico and No. 7 Lubbock Christian on Saturday and Sunday. SE faces WNMU first on Saturday at 2 p.m. before taking on LCU on Sunday at 10 a.m. from the Collin College Tennis Courts in Plano.
RESULTS
DOUBLES:
No. 1
Jose Pinto and
German Vallejo (SE) def. Bendix Schroeder and Felix Diedrichs (MKU) 6-1
No. 2 Luka Kalenic and Aimar Oregui (MKU) def.
Benjamin Fracassi and
Djordje Kurcubic (SE) 7-5
No. 3 Mathijs Aalpol and Stepan Mach (MKU) def
David Palomares and
Luis Ching (SE) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES:
No. 1 Seb Holden (MKU) def.
Luis Ching (SE) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2
Benjamin Fracassi (SE) def. Stpan Mach (MKU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 3
Luke Tinnock (SE) def. Luka Kalenic (MKU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4
David Palomares (SE) vs. Felix Diedrichs (MKU) 6-7, 5-2 unf.
No. 5
Djordje Kurcubic (SE) def. Bendix Schroeder (MKU) 7-6, 6-1
No. 6
German Vallejo (SE) def. Aimar Oregui (MKU) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 6, 5
