Maryville, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team dropped a tight match at #19 Northwest Missouri on Saturday 5-4. With the loss, SBU falls to 10-6 (3-2 MIAA) on the season.

Southwest Baptist opened up play by taking two of three doubles matches, with victories coming from the doubles teams of Kristof Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga and Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau. SBU then picked up singles victories from Abohabaga and Blodig, but it wasn't enough as SBU fell 5-4.

The Bearcats will return to action on Monday, April 13 when they host William Jewell in the final regular season home contest. Play is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. from Bolivar, Missouri.

#19 Northwest Missouri 5, #28 Southwest Baptist 4

Singles
1. #34 Romain Boissinot (NWMSU) def. #36 Kristof Kinal (SBU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. #43 Mauro Tete (NWMSU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Chris Blodig (SBU) def. Alvaro Riveros (NWMSU) 7-6, 7-5
4. Hicham Azzaoui (NWMSU) def. Torben Semrau (SBU) 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
5. Josef Altmann (NWMSU) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Fin Glowick (NWMSU) def. Brad Cicek (SBU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
1. Kinal/Abohabaga (SBU) def. Riveros/Aymeric Autones (NWMSU) 8-2
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Boissinot/Tete (NWMSU) 8-3
3. Altmann/Glowick (NWMSU) def. Doering/Belote (SBU) 8-3