Maryville, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team picked up a 5-4 victory over #45 East Central on Saturday. With the victory, SBU improves to 8-3 on the season.

The Bearcats used strong doubles play, taking two of three matches, and split singles play with ECU to claim the 5-4 victory. Kristof Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga and Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau earned the doubles victories while Kinal, Blodig, and Abohabaga all picked up singles victories.

#28 Southwest Baptist 5, #45 East Central 4

Singles
1. #36 Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Marc Fillat (ECU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Alex Fillat (ECU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
3. Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. Marc Lerch (ECU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Max DeJuan (ECU) def. Torben Semrau (SBU) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
5. Stefan Schodlbauer (ECU) def. Yannick Doering (SBU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Adria Abella (ECU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. Kinal/Abohabaga (SBU) def. Fillat/Fillat (ECU) 8-3
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. DeJuan/Lerch (ECU) 8-4
3. Scholdlbauer/Kipping (ECU) def. Doering/Belote (SBU) 8-5