Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team has advanced to the finals of the MIAA Tournament with a 5-1 victory over Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. The Bearcats now stand at 11-8 on the season.

SBU opened up play by sweeping all three doubles matches with victories coming from Kinal/El Kheshen, Cardona/Blodig, and Margiotta/Doering. SBU then used singles victories from Doering and El Kheshen to take home a 5-1 win.

The Bearcats will now face Northwest Missouri in the finals of the MIAA Men's Tennis Tournament on Sunday, April 27. Play is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. from the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

#47 Southwest Baptist 5, Nebraska-Kearney 1

Singles
1. Kristof Kinal (SBU) vs. Yeswanth Nadella (UNK) DNF
2. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) def. Neto Cacace (UNK) 6-1, 6-2
3. Chris Blodig (SBU) vs. Mohab El Zanaty (UNK) DNF
4. Lucas Garces (UNK) def. Daniel Cardona (SBU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Guido Margiotta (SBU) vs. Justin Nguyen (UNK) DNF
6. Yannick Doering (SBU) def. Jack Nicholson (UNK) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
1. Kinal/El Kheshen (SBU) def. Nadella/Cacace (UNK) 8-5
2. Blodig/Cardona (SBU) def. El Zanaty/Garces (UNK) 8-6
3. Margiotta/Doering (SBU) def. Nguyen/Fletcher Sheridan (UNK) 8-5