Eagles' national bid ends with loss to OLLU in regional semifinals

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The A&M-Texarkana men's tennis team had their national tournament hopes dashed Friday, dropping a 4-1 decision to Our Lady of the Lake in the semifinals of the NAIA Unaffiliated Regional Tournament at Xavier University.

The Eagles (13-7) started their match with OLLU at 9 am, then after just two hours, had to sit through a four-hour rain delay before finally resuming at around 2:45 pm. OLLU led 2-0 when the rain moved through and finished off the Eagles to advance to tomorrow's final against XULA.

With their postseason ended, the Eagles will host Jacksonville College on May 4 for one final match of the season.

DOUBLES

• Alex Oviedo/Mauricio Trevino won 6-1

• Fernando Martinez/Felip de la Carrera lost 6-4

• Andrew Otzenberger/Iker Alonso lost 6-1

SINGLES

• Alex Ovideo lost 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)

• Mauricio Trevino (match not finished due to rain)

• Andrew Otzenberger won 6-1, 6-3

• Fernando Martinez (match not finished due to rain)

• Felipe de la Carerra lost 6-2, 6-2

• Iker Alonso lost 6-0, 6-2