MOBILE, Al. --- The Asbury men's tennis team looked to bounce back today as they met up with the 4 seed in the NCCAA National Tournament, Oakland City. Despite AU taking an early 1-0 lead after doubles, Oakland City charged back in singles to take the match over Asbury, 2-4. 

The AU men's doubles team of Gregorio Ingles and Alejandro Caceres had to win 7 games to take a hard fought victory over Oakland City, 7-5. The two saved 4 match points, coming down from 4x5 and 0x40. Asbury's combo of Tanner Sparks and Luiz Hartkopf played very well together in doubles, taking a 6-2 win. 

Luiz Hartkopt also played well in singles taking the win over Oakland City, 6-0 and 6-3. Tanner Sparks had a very close match with Oakland City, winning a set 6-4 but dropping the deciding set 5-7. Rodrigo Cavero cruised through his second singles set (6-0) to even the score at 1-1 but the fell in the deciding set 5-7. Alejandro Caceres won a set 4-6 but his deciding set was not played due to Oakland City securing the victory.

Asbury 2, Oakland City 4

Singles Competition

1. Teodor Zlatar (OCU) def. Gregorio Ingles (AU) 7-6 (5), 6-0

2. Andre Baltazar (OCU) def. Joseph Lewis (AU) 6-2, 6-3

3. Gustavo Marangoni (OCU) def. Rodrigo Cavero (AU) 3-6, 6-0, 7-5

4. Alejandro Caceres (AU) vs. Carlos Hernandez (OCU) 6-4, 4-6 DNF

5. Angel Gomez (OCU) def. Tanner Sparks (AU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

6. Luiz Hartkopf (AU) def. Noah Peak (OCU) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles Competition

1. Andre Baltazar/Gustavo Marangoni (OCU) def. Joseph Lewis/Rodrigo Cavero (AU) 6-2

2. Gregorio Ingles/Alejandro Caceres (AU) def. Teodor Zlator/Carlos Hernandez (OCU) 7-5

3. Tanner Sparks/Luiz Hartkopf (AU) def. Angel Gomez/Noah Peak (OCU) 6-2

Asbury will match up with Grace College Thursday at 10 AM for the final match in round robin play