Maryville, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team dropped a hard fought battle at #22 Northwest Missouri, but would fall 3-5 in the contest.

The doubles team of Domingos Carissimo and Daniel Cardona picked up the lone doubles victory for the Bearcats, while Carissimo and Kristof Kinal were able to pick up singles victories for SBU.

The Bearcats will close out their regular season on Tuesday, April 16 when they host #38 Washburn. Play is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. from Bolivar

#22 Northwest Missouri 5, #39 Southwest Baptist 3

Singles

1. #35 Domingos Carissimo (SBU) def. #38 Sergio De Vilchez (NWMSU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
2. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Rafael Bugiga (NWMSU) 7-6, 6-4
3. Luis Altimires (NWMSU) def. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) 6-3, 7-6
4. Alvaro Riveros (NWMSU) def. Daniel Cardona (SBU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Guilherme Narducci (NWMSU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Guido Margiotta (SBU) vs. Jason Harris (NWMSU) DNF

Doubles

1. #20 De Vilchez/Altimires (NWMSU) def. Kinal/El Kheshen (SBU) 8-6
2. Carissimo/Cardona (SBU) def. Riveros/Narducci (NWMSU) 9-7
3. Bugiga/Dylan Bernatzky (NWMSU) def. Margiotta/Belote (SBU) 8-4