Kansas City, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team placed 2nd in the MIAA Tournament when they lost the finals match against Northwest Missouri on Sunday, 4-5. The men's team finished 13-7 (3-1 MIAA) this season.

The Bearcats played well against Northwest Missouri, but were unable to pull off the upset. Northwest Missouri took a 2-1 lead after doubles play, with the Bearcats doubles victory coming from the team of Domingos Carissimo/Jorge Margiotta. Southwest Baptist and Northwest Missouri then split the singles matches as Northwest Missouri went on to the 5-4 victory. The Bearcats received singles victories from Domingos Carissimo, Kristof Kinal, and Daniel Cardona.

#26 Northwest Missouri 5, #28 Southwest Baptist 4

Singles

1. #39 Domingos Carissimo (SBU) def. Calvin Patterson (NWMSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Mario Jakovljevic (NWMSU) def. Jorge Margiotta (SBU) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
3. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Rafael Bugiga (NWMSU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Guilherme Narducci (NWMSU) def. Jorge Palacios (SBU) 7-6, 6-2
5. Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Luis Altimires (NWMSU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Jason Harris (NWMSU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. #22 Carissimo/Margiotta (SBU) def. #25 Jakovljevic/Jose Ortega (NWMSU) 8-6
2. Narducci/Bugiga (NWMSU) def. Kinal/Cardona (SBU) 8-4
3. Patterson/Altimires (NWMSU) def. Belote/Tyler Welch (SBU) 8-3