LAWTON, Okla. – McMurry men's tennis came up just shy of knocking off Cameron University – ranked No. 1 in the region and No. 17 in the nation – in a road loss, 5-4, at the Streich-Henry Tennis Complex.
 
The Aggies led in the team score, 2-1, after the completion of doubles.  The McMurry No. 1 team of Chris Breaux and Casjen Rico, ranked second in the NCAA II South Central Region, defeated CU's duo of Rory de Boer and Felipe Oyarzun (ranked No. 8), 9-8 (6-0).
 
The Aggies would pick up the singles match wins necessary to secure the match by claiming the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 bouts. CU had regionally-ranked players at all three of those contests.
 
However, at No. 2 singles, McMurry's Breaux upset No. 7-ranked Rory deBoar in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. It was Breaux's seventh singles win of the year.
 
The War Hawks also took the Nos. 5 and 6 matches. At the fifth slot, Rico duked it out with the Aggies' Joao Fazendeiro, winning in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8. The win improved Rico to a team-leading 14-3 in singles action in 2014.
 
At No. 6 singles, Cristiano Mendes dispatched of Dean Weigelt in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2.
 
#17 Cameron 5, McMurry University 4
Apr 10, 2014 at Lawton, OK (Streich-Henry Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

1. Dennis Merdan (CU) def. Felipe Cruz (MCMMT) 6-1, 6-3

2. Chris Breaux (MCMMT) def. Rory de Boer (CU) 6-1, 6-4

3. Felipe Oyarzun (CU) def. Dani Perez (MCMMT) 6-1, 6-4

4. Angelo Lencioni (CU) def. Preston Steblein (MCMMT) 6-3, 7-5

5. Casjen Rico (MCMMT) def. Joao Fazendeiro (CU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-8

6. Cristiano Mendes (MCMMT) def. Dean Weigelt (CU) 7-5, 6-2

 

Doubles competition

1. Chris Breaux/Casjen Rico (MCMMT) def. Rory de Boer/Felipe Oyarzun (CU) 9-8 (6-0)

2. Angelo Lencioni/Dean Weigelt (CU) def. Felipe Cruz/Dani Perez (MCMMT) 9-8 (4-0)

3. Dennis Merdan/Joao Fazendeiro (CU) def. Preston Steblein/Dustin Douglas (MCMMT) 8-6