Fort Smith, Ark. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team improved to 2-0 on the season with an 8-1 victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith on Thursday evening.

The Bearcats took two of the three doubles matches, before sweeping the singles matches as they cruised to an 8-1 victory.

SBU will return to the court on Friday, February 14 when they travel to Arkadelphia, Arkansas to take on #24 Ouachita Baptist. Play is set to begin at 4:00 p.m.

#30 Southwest Baptist 8, Arkansas-Fort Smith 1

Singles

1.  #35 Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Chris Ramirez (UAFS) 7-5, 6-2
2. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) def. Jesse Green (UAFS) 6-1, 7-5
3. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Sean Manning (UAFS) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
4. Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Matt Tabler (UAFS) 6-3, 7-5
5. Guido Margiotta (SBU) def. Caleb Gunsch (UAFS) 6-1, 6-2
6. Yannick Doering (SBU) def. Ryan Heslop (UAFS) 7-6, 6-7, 10-4

Doubles

1. Kinal/El Kheshen (SBU) def. Ramirez/JT Tasker (UAFS) 8-2
2. Blodig/Cardona (SBU) def. Green/Tabler (UAFS) 8-5
3. Margiotta/Alex Belote (SBU) def. Manning/Heslop (UAFS) 9-8