Huskers Bring Home Doubles Championship at OU Invite

NORMAN, Okla. – The Nebraska Huskers men’s tennis team finished the final day at the OU Invitational on a great note winning the doubles championship.

 

“It was good to see our doubles teams finish strong today and dominate on the last day of the tournament,” Nebraska head coach Kerry Mcdermott said. “[Christopher] Aumueller and [Benedikt] Lindheim had two solid wins against Oklahoma State in the semis and Arkansas in the finals. It's nice to take home the doubles championship and bring home a fall trophy for the Huskers.”

 

The duo of Aumueller and Lindheim began Sunday’s doubles tournament defeating OSU’s Vlad Bondarenko and Rifat Biktyakov, 8-3, to advance to the finals. In the finals, Aumeuller and Lindheim kept their winning ways going when they knocked off Arkansas’ team of Nikolas Zogaj and Manfred Jeske, 8-3, to bring home the doubles championship.

 

Nebraska’s other doubles team of Eric Sock and Tom Blackwell won the consolation bracket defeating Oklahoma’s team of Ryan Proctor and John Warden, 8-5, in the consolation finals. Nebraska’s team advanced to the finals after OSU team of Eric West and Maniel Bains did not play in their semi finals match.

 

McDermott liked what he saw on Sunday and hopes that the Huskers can continue to keepthis momentum going next week when they compete in the Regional Tournament.

 

“Hopefully, we go back home and bring this type of confidence with us next week to the Regional Tournament,” McDermott said.

 

The Huskers will be back in action next week when the head to Tulsa, Okla., for the Regional Tournament. The tournament begins on Thursday, Oct. 20 and runs through the weekend. Continue to check back to Huskers.com for all your men’s tennis updates.