Kansas City
Oral Roberts
UMKC Defeats Oral Roberts, 4-2; Ties School Record For Most Consecutive Wins
4/15/2011 7:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Kansas City, Mo. -- The UMKC men's tennis team won its 11 consecutive match of the season on Friday afternoon over Oral Roberts, 4-2. The Kangaroos win today tied the school record for most consecutive wins in a season, set by the 2010 `Roos. The `Roos improve to 13-6 overall and 5-0 in The Summit League.
The win over the Golden Eagles was also UMKC's 13th straight Summit League regular season victory. The `Roos haven't lost a regular season League match since April 9, 2009.
The Kangaroos close out the regular season on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Plaza Tennis Center against Oral Roberts.
UMKC 4, Oral Roberts 2
Singles
No. 1 Nino Hasandedic (UMKC) def. Mikhail Trukshanin (ORU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Igor Sobolta (ORU) def. Grant Fleming (UMKC) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Serge Ristivojevic (UMKC) def. Dmitry Suslov (ORU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Dario Beslic (ORU) def. Abdulrahman Alawadhi (UMKC) 7-6, 6-3
No. 5 Gustavo Guerin (UMKC) def. Matthew Tansil (ORU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Cameron Schoenhofer (UMKC) def. Matthew Prevost (ORU) 6-1, 6-0
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