Final Stats

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Lamar men's tennis team quickly jumped up 5-0 after it took the doubles point and first four singles matches, and defeated former Southland Conference member Oral Roberts 5-2 at a neutral site on Saturday in non-conference action.

Lamar improved to 9-8 on the season and stayed perfect against the Golden Eagles (8-9) since head coach Scott Shankles took the helm.

Oral Roberts took the first game of the doubles point when Ciaran Lavers and Amar Salerovic defeated Michael Feucht and Benny Schweizer 6-2 on court two. Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Nikita Lis tied the point when they took down Alejandro Capdequi and Jan Pehnec 6-3 on No. 1 doubles. Hoogneboezem and Lis remain undefeated as a doubles team, and Lis remains undefeated as an individual in doubles play.

Juuso Laitinen and Mikko Rajamaki clinched the doubles point on a 6-3 win over Alvaro Santamaria and Michael Sosnowski on court three. The duo improved to 4-4 this season and took the first its first match from line three.

Hoogenboezem gave Lamar a 2-0 advantage after his straight-set 6-2, 6-1 singles win over Santamaria on line four. He improved 10-6 on the season and 8-2 on court four. Schweizer also upped his season mark to 10-6 (6-4 line three) after a 6-3, 6-2 win in straight sets, which pushed the score to 3-0 in favor of Lamar.

Michael Feucht clinched the match from No. 2 on a comeback after he dropped the first set 6-3. He took the next two from Capdequi 6-1, 6-3 and improved his record 10-6 on the year and 8-6 on the second court.

Steven McMullan also had to make a comeback after losing his first set 6-3, but he bounced back and downed Lavers 6-4, 6-1 to give the Cardinals a 5-0 advantage.

Laitinen lost his first set 7-6 to Michael Sosnowski, but he battled back to the second 6-3 and forced a third. The third set when to a tiebreaker, but Laitinen eventually fell 10-6 and lost his match.

Lis also lost his match in three sets, but he took the first on line one 6-1. Salerovic rebounded and took the final two 6-4, 6-4.

Lamar finishes its five-game road stand at Texas-Arlington on Sunday at 11 o'clock. The Cardinals snapped a 21-game win streak the Mavericks held in 2014.

Lamar 5, Oral Roberts 2
Doubles:
1. Jeandre Hoogenboezem/Nikita Lis def Alejandro Capdequi/Jan Pehnec 6-3
2. Ciaran Lavers/Amar Salerovic def Michael Feucht/Benny Schweizer 6-2
3. Juuso Laitinen/Mikko Rajamaki def Alvaro Santamaria/Michael Sosnowski 6-3

Singles:
1. Alvaro Salerovic def Nikita Lis 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Michael Feucht def Alejandro Capdequi 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
3. Benny Schweizer def Jan Pehnec 6-3, 6-2
4. Jeandre Hoogenboezem def Alvaro Santamaria 6-2, 6-1
5. Michael Sosnowski def Juuso Laitinen 7-6, 3-6, 10-6
6. Steven McMullan def Ciaran Lavers 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Order of finish:
Doubles: 2, 1, 3
Singles: 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1