ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- The #28 SBU Bearcat men's tennis team dropped a match Friday evening against the #6 Ouachita Baptist Tigers, falling 8-1 to the host squad. Newcomer Domingos Carissmio scored the lone point for the Bearcats, winning at #3 singles in three sets over 35th-ranked Till Helshorn of OBU. SBU's Marton Zsiga battled OBU's Jan Pelwinski in a matchup of nationally-ranked players, but fell in three sets.

The Bearcats (0-2) continue action Saturday in Arkadelphia against Delta State and Oklahoma Christian.

#6 Ouachita Baptist University 8, #28 Southwest Baptist University 1

DOUBLES:
 
1- Zsiga/Margiotta (SBU) vs Tafelski/Diame (OBU)       8-2 OBU
2- Finerty/Carissimo (SBU) vs Heilshorn/Kuhlmann (OBU)       8-3 OBU
3- Welch/Palacios (SBU) vs Plewinski/Moser (OBU)      8-1 OBU

(order of finish was 3, 1, 2)
 
SINGLES:
 
1- #30 Marton Zsiga (SBU) vs #18 Jan Plewinski (OBU)      2-6/7-5/10-3 OBU
2- Jorge Margiotta (SBU) vs #50 Jean Charles Diame (OBU)      6-1/6-4 OBU
3- Domingos Carissimo (SBU) vs #35 Teil Heilshorn (OBU)      4-6/6-2/7-5 SBU
4- Brandon Finerty (SBU) vs Pierre Tafelski (OBU)      6-2/6-3 OBU
5- Jorge Palacios (SBU) vs Tobias Kuhlmann (OBU)      6-2/6-3 OBU
6- Tyler Welch (SBU) vs Moser (OBU)      6-1/6-4 OBU

(order of finish was 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6)