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SBU Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to #15 Drury 5-4

4/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team fell in a heartbreaker to #15 Drury on Tuesday afternoon 5-4. After the loss, SBU falls to 10-4 on the season.

The Bearcats started the day off strong, taking two of the three doubles match to take a 2-1 advantage heading into singles play. The doubles teams of Kristof Kinal/Sherif Abohabaga and Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau both picked up doubles victories. However, the Bearcats were only able to claim two singles victories, from Abohabaga and Alex Belote, as SBU would end up falling 5-4.

The Bearcats will return to action on Friday, April 10 when they host Ouachita Baptist. Play is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. from Bolivar, Missouri.

#15 Drury 5, #28 Southwest Baptist 4

Singles
1. Maximilian Hepp (DU) def. #36 Kristof Kinal (SBU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
2. Sebastien Amato (DU) def. Chris Blodig (SBU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. Christian Ellemann (DU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. Sacha Mourier (DU) def. Torben Semrau (SBU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Jorge Nadal (DU) def. Yannick Doering (SBU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Alex Belote (SBU) def. Damien Minguez (DU) 6-1, 7-5

Doubles
1. Kinal/Abohabaga (SBU) def. Hepp/Nadal (DU) 9-8
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Amato/Ellemann (DU) 8-4
3. Mourier/Minguez (DU) def. Doering/Belote (SBU) 8-4
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