Altamonte Springs, Fla. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team has advanced to the NCAA Championships Quarterfinals with a 5-4 victory over Bluefield State late Wednesday evening. With the victory, the Bearcats now move to 13-9 on the season.

SBU opened up play by taking two of three doubles matches, with the doubles teams of Kristof Kinal/Omar El Kheshen and Chris Blodig/Daniel Cardona picking up victories at #1 and #2 doubles. The Bearcats sealed the victory with singles wins by Kinal, El Kheshen, and Blodig as SBU went on to a 5-4 victory.

The Bearcats will now play #2 Hawaii-Pacific in the NCAA quarterfinals, with play set to begin at 12:00 p.m.

#38 Southwest Baptist 5, #48 Bluefield State 4

Doubles
1. #10 Kristof Kinal/Omar El Kheshen (SBU) def. Jacob Carey/Piotr Kruk (BSC) 8-4
2. Chris Blodig/Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Vishwesh Sinha/Aziz Yuldashev (BSC) 8-6
3. Connor Pickering/Vlad Catlan (BSC) def. Yannick Doering/Guido Margiotta (SBU) 8-5

Singles
1. #26 Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Jacob Carey (BSC) 6-4, 6-2
2. Omar El Kheshen (SBU) def. Piotr Kruk (BSC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Aziz Yuldashev (BSC) 6-2, 7-6
4. Vishwesh Sinha (BSC) def. Daniel Cardona (SBU) 7-6, 6-1
5. Braem Anthony (BSC) def. Guido Margiotta (SBU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Connor Pickering (BSC) def. Yannick Doering (SBU) 6-3, 6-1