St. Charles, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist Uniersity men's tennis team picked up their 11th victory on the season when they defeated future MIAA opponent Lindenwood 7-2 on Friday.

The Bearcats started the afternoon out well, sweeping all three doubles competitions before taking four of the six singles matches en route to a 7-2 win. Singles victories came from Domingos Carissimo, Jorge Margiotta, Jorge Palacios, and Alex Belote.

The Bearcats will quickly return to action when they travel to Kirksville, Missouri tomorrow to face off with the Bulldogs.

#28 SBU 7, Lindenwood 2

Singles:

1. #39 Domingos Carissimo (SBU) def. Rodrigo Traldi (LU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jorge Margiotta (SBU) def. Eric Tucoulou (LU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Gauthier Schilling (LU) def. Kristof Kinal (SBU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
4. Jorge Palacios (SBU) def. Mastroianni (LU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
5. Rahul Sadhwani (LU) def. Daniel Cardona (SBU) 6-4, 5-7, 10-8
6. Alex Belote (SBU) def. William Hale (LU) 6-3, 0-6, 10-8

Doubles:

1. #22 Carissimo/Margiotta (SBU) def. Mastro Ianni/Tucoulou (LU) 8-6
2. Cardona/Kinal (SBU) def. Octavio Costa/Hale (LU) 8-4
3. Palacios/Welch (SBU) def. Schilling/Sadhwani (LU) 8-4