JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- Former SBU tennis great Dante Cipulli lost in the quarterfinal round of the US Open National Playoffs, falling to fourth-seeded Chris Wettengel on Friday 7-6 (3), 6-3. The US Open National Playoffs - Men's Championship is the second stage in the first ever national qualifier for the US Open.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One hundred twenty-three Southwest Baptist University student-athletes earned academic recognition from the MIAA when the 2009-10 awards were announced recently. Eight of those achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs and a spot on the Academic Excellence list. Eight individuals also received MIAA Scholar Athlete recognition, having a 3.5 cumulative GPA and being named All-MIAA in their sport. All 123 student-athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- SBU's Domingos Carissimo was named 2010 MIAA Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year, and he and teammate Marton Zsiga earned First Team All-MIAA in singles play, when the awards were announced Thursday by the league office.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the semifinals of the MIAA Men's Tennis Championship Tournament, the second-seeded SBU Bearcats were beaten by the third-seeded Washburn Ichabods 5-2. After the Ichabods swept all three doubles matches, SBU got wins at the top two slots from Marton Zsiga and Domingos Carissimo.