Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis advanced to the semi-finals of the MIAA Men's Tennis Championship Tournament with a 5-0 victory over Washburn. With the victory, the Bearcats improve to 11-6 on the season.

The Bearcats swept all three doubles positions, with Kristof Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga, Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau, and Yannick Doering/Alex Belote all claiming victories, as SBU took a 3-0 lead heading into singles play. In singles, the Bearcats received wins from Semrau and Belote to finish off the Ichabods 5-0.

SBU will now take on #2 seed Nebraska-Kearney at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

#28 Southwest Baptist 5, #44 Washburn 0

Singles
1. #36 Kristof Kinal (SBU) vs. Martin Wieand (WU) DNF
2. Chris Blodig (SBU) vs. Blake Hunter (WU) DNF
3. Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) vs. Matt Barlow (WU) DNF
4. Torben Semrau (SBU) def. Trey Horton (WU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Yannick Doering (SBU) vs. Dario Munoz-Poletti (WU) DNF
6. Alex Belote (SBU) def. Todd Rillinger (WU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Kinal/Abohabaga (SBU) def. Hunter/Barlow (WU) 8-3
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Horton/Wieand (WU) 8-2
3. Doering/Belote (SBU) def. Munoz-Poletti/Rillinger (WU) 8-3