The UAFS men’s tennis team continues to search for its first win of the season after dropping a pair of hard-fought matches to East Central University and Oklahoma Christian University on Friday in Edmond, Okla.
            UAFS (0-4) lost to NCAA Division II ECU 8-1 and NAIA No. 4-ranked OCU 9-0.
            The Lions’ only win against ECU came in the No. 1 doubles match where the tandem of senior Lubos Sobotka and freshman Seth Laster beat Andrew Cabato and Stefan Stein 8-4. ECU won the No. 2 doubles match with Julian Caminos and Victor Blasco beating senior Martin Tabler and senior Matheus Silva 8-3 and won the No. 3 doubles match with Marc Fillat and Carlos Muro beating sophomore Evan Daniel and freshman Pedro Carvalho 8-6.
            ECU (1-0) won all but one of the singles matches in straight sets. Doyle Springett beat Laster 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 in the No. 6 singles match.
            Ranked No. 4 in NAIA, OCU (1-0) played up to its lofty ranking by sweeping UAFS. It was the first time the Lions had been shutout in their four matches this season (fall and spring).
            OCU’s No. 1 doubles tandem of Martin Poboril and Bruno Tiberti, who are ranked No. 4 in the nation, beat Sobotka and Laster 8-2.
            The Lions faced five nationally-ranked players in singles play. Tiberti, who is ranked No. 2, beat Sobotka 6-2, 6-3 in No. 1 singles. Poboril, who is ranked No. 10, beat Silva 6-2, 6-1 in No. 2 singles. Renardy Guelfi, who is ranked No. 18, beat Tabler 6-0, 6-0 in No. 4 singles. Pier Pieracciani, who is ranked No. 27, beat Laster 6-2, 6-3 in No. 5 singles. Paulo Roessle, who is ranked No. 40, beat Braden Eads 6-0, 6-0 in No. 6 singles.
            UAFS will return to action at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday against Hendrix College at Conway, Ark.
 
COLLEGE TENNIS
MEN
EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY 8, UAFS 1
Friday
At Edmond, Okla.
Doubles
Lubos Sobotka and Seth Laster, UAFS, def. Andrew Cabato and Stefan Stein, ECU, 8-4
Julian Caminos and Victor Blasco, ECU, def. Martin Tabler and Matheus Silva, UAFS, 8-3
Marc Fillat and Carlos Muro, ECU, def. Evan Daniel and Pedro Carvalho, UAFS, 8-6
Singles
Stein, ECU, def. Sobotka, UAFS, 6-3, 6-4
Caminos, ECU, def. Silva, UAFS, 6-2, 6-1
Fillat, ECU, def. Carvalho, UAFS, 6-1, 6-2
Blasco, ECU, def. Tabler, UAFS, 6-4, 6-0
Muro, ECU, def. Daniel, UAFS, 7-5, 6-0
Doyle Springett, ECU, def. Laster, UAFS, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0
 
NO. 4 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 9, UAFS 0
Friday
At Edmond, Okla.
Doubles
No. 4 Martin Poboril and Bruno Tiberti, OCU, def. Lubos Sobotka and Seth Laster, UAFS, 8-2
 Pier Pieracciani and Renardy Guelfi, OCU, def. Martin Tabler and Matheus Silva, UAFS, 8-5
Julio Pulido and Paulo Roessle, OCU, def. Evan Daniel and Pedro Carvalho, UAFS, 8-2
Singles
No. 2 Tiberti, OCU, def. Sobotka, UAFS, 6-2, 6-3
No. 10 Poboril, OCU, def. Silva, UAFS, 6-2, 6-1
Jaime Sanchez, OCU, def. Carvalho, UAFS, 6-2, 6-0
No. 18 Guelfi, OCU, def. Tabler, UAFS, 6-0, 6-0
No. 27 Pieracciani, OCU, def. Laster, UAFS, 6-2, 6-3
No. 40 Roessle, OCU, def. Braden Eads, UAFS, 6-0, 6-0