Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team picked up a 8-1 victory over Emporia State to open up MIAA play on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the Bearcats improve to 5-2 (1-0 MIAA) on the season.

The Bearcats started off of a strong note by sweeping the doubles matches before Kristof Kinal, Chris Blodig, Sherif Abohabaga, Torben Semrau, and Alex Belote all claimed singles victory in the 8-1 SBU win.

SBU will return to action on Tuesday, March 17 when they host Cameron University. Play is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. from Bolivar, Missouri.

Southwest Baptist 8, Emporia State 1

Singles
1. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Keenan Smith (ESU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Sebastian Heimburger (ESU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. Gerard Pont (ESU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Torben Semrau (SBU) def. Mateus Mota (ESU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Alex Belote (SBU) def. Andrew Davids (ESU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-4
6. Patrick Cameron (ESU) def. Brad Cicek (SBU) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Kinal/Abohabaga (SBU) def. Smith/Heimburger (ESU) 8-6
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Mota/Cameron (ESU) 8-1
3. Doering/Belote (SBU) def. Pont/Davids (ESU) 8-4