Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University women's tennis team had no problems in the first round of the MIAA Women's Tennis Championship on Friday morning, taking down Missouri Western 5-1. With the victory, Southwest Baptist improves to 20-2 on the season.

The Bearcats opened up play by taking two of the three doubles matches with victories coming from Fanni Varga/Christina Zentai and Maria Josie Zehnder/Lani Tuemmers. SBU then quickly swept the top three singles positions, with Varga, Zentai, and Zehnder all claiming victories, as SBU cruised to a 5-1 team victory.

SBU will return to action on Saturday, April 25 when they play 3rd seeded Northwest Missouri at 9:00 a.m. from the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri.

#19 Southwest Baptist 5, Missouri Western 1

Singles
1. #20 Fanni Varga (SBU) def. Sarah Giraldo (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #22 Christina Zentai (SBU) def. Sofia Aguilera (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Maria Josie Zehnder (SBU) def. Kayla Dysart (MWSU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Lani Tuemmers (SBU) vs. Yasmine El Ghazi (MWSU) DNF
5. Beatrix Federer (SBU) vs. Ceara Boldridge (MWSU) DNF
6. Zorana Jovanovic (SBU) vs. Meara Smith (MWSU) DNF

Doubles
1. #4 Varga/Zentai (SBU) def. Giraldo/El Ghazi (MWSU) 8-5
2. Tuemmers/Zehnder (SBU) def. Dysart/Aguilera (MWSU) 8-1
3. Denise Chiao/Boldridge (MWSU) def. Federer/Jovanovic (SBU) 8-3