Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team improved to 3-2 on the season with a 8-1 victory over Arkansas Fort Smith on Saturday.

The Bearcats swept doubles play with victories from Kristof Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga, Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau, and Yannick Doering/Alex Belote to take a 3-0 lead heading into singles play. In singles, SBU picked up victories from Kinal, Blodig, Semrau, Doering, and Belote to claim the 8-1 win.

SBU will return to action on Wednesday, March 11 when they host Holy Names with play begining at 1:00 p.m. from Bolivar, Missouri.

Southwest Baptist 8, Arkansas Fort Smith 1

Singles
1. Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. Cris Ramirez (UAFS) 6-4, 6-2
2. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Josh Coleman (UAFS) 6-2, 6-2
3. Torben Semrau (SBU) def. Jesse Green (UAFS) 6-2, 6-2
4. Yannick Doering (SBU) def. Sean Manning (UAFS) 6-0, 6-4
5. Alex Belote (SBU) def. Caleb Gunsch (UAFS) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
6. Ryan Heslop (UAFS) def. Lucas Rodgers (SBU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
1. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Ramirez/Coleman (UAFS) 8-1
2. Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. Grady McCain/Green (UAFS) 8-3
3. Doering/Belote (SBU) def. Manning/Gunsch (UAFS) 9-8