Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team advanced to the finals of the MIAA Men's Tennis Championships with a 5-4 victory over #38 Washburn on Saturday.

The Bearcats once again had solid doubles play with victories coming from the doubles teams of Kristof Kinal/Omar El Kheshen and Domingos Carissimo/Daniel Cardona. The Bearcats also received singles victories from Kristof Kinal and Daniel Cardona before Domigos Carissimo would win his singles match to give SBU the 5-4 victory.

SBU is now set to take on Northwest Missouri in the finals on Sunday. Play is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. from the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

#39 Southwest Baptist 5, #38 Washburn 4

Singles

1. #35 Domingos Carissimo (SBU) def. Arek Kozaczuk (WU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
2. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Thilo Schlenker (WU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Pascal Laucht (WU) def. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) 6-2, 0-6, 7-5
4. Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Steven Fletcher (WU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Bobby Florence (WU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Chance Joost (WU) def. Guido Margiotta (SBU) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles

1. Kinal/El Kheshen (SBU) def. Kozaczuk/Fletcher (WU) 9-8
2. Carissimo/Cardona (SBU) def. Joost/Florence (WU) 8-4
3. Laucht/Dario Munoz-Poletti (WU) def. Margiotta/Belote (SBU) 8-3