Kansas City, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team opened up the 2012 MIAA Conference Tournament with a 5-2 victory over Washburn University. With the victory, the Bearcats are now set to play in the championship match against #26 Northwest Missouri on Sunday.

The Bearcats took two of the three doubles matches to start out, and then claimed three of the four completed singles matches to come away with a 5-2 victory. The Bearcats had singles victories from Jorge Margiotta, Kristof Kinal, and Daniel Cardona and doubles victories from the teams of Margiotta/Domingos Carissimo and Kinal/Cardona.

The Bearcats will battle #24 Northwest Missouri on Sunday, April 22 for the 2012 MIAA Men's Tennis Championship. The match is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Plaza Tennis Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

#28 SBU 5, Washburn 2

Singles:

1. #39 Domingos Carissimo (SBU) def. Arkadiusz Kozaczuk (WU) No Result
2. Jorge Margiotta (SBU) def. Pascal Laucht (WU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Steven Fletcher (WU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Jorge Palacios (SBU) def. Bobby Florence (WU) No Result
5. Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Maciej Winiarz (WU) 7-6, 6-1
6. Chance Joost (WU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles:

1. #22 Carissimo/Margiotta (SBU) def. Kozaczuk/Winiarz (WU) 8-4
2. Cardona/Kinal (SBU) def. Florence/Laucht (WU) 8-6
3. Fletcher/Dario Munoz (WU) def. Palacios/Belote (SBU) 8-5