Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team came up just short in the MIAA Men's Tennis Tournament, falling in the finals to Northwest Missouri 5-1. The Bearcats now stand at 11-9 as they await confirmation of participation in the NCAA Tournament.

Southwest Baptist trailed Northwest Missouri 2-1 after doubles play, with the doubles teams of Daniel Cardona/Chris Blodig picking up the lone victory. Three singles matches were still in progress when the required five point victory was accomplished by NWMSU.

The Bearcats will now wait and see if they will receive an at-large bid into the NCAA National Tournament. In the most recent regional rankings released by the NCAA, SBU was ranked 2nd in the Central Region with four teams qualifying.

#16 Northwest Missouri 5, #47 Southwest Baptist 1

Singles
1. Kristof Kinal (SBU) vs. Sergio De Vilchez (NWMSU) DNF
2. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) vs. Romain Boissinot (NWMSU) DNF
3. Alvaro Riveros (NWMSU) def. Chris Blodig (SBU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Lluis Altimires (NWMSU) def. Daniel Cardona (SBU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Julien Couronne (NWMSU) def. Guido Margiotta (SBU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Yannick Doering (SBU) vs. Hicham Azzaoui (NWMSU) DNF

Doubles
1. De Vichez/Altimires (NWMSU) def. Kinal/El Kheshen (SBU) 9-8
2. Blodig/Cardona (SBU) def. Riveros/Amery Clews (NWMSU) 8-5
3. Boissinot/Couronne (NWMSU) def. Margiotta/Doering (SBU) 8-6