Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University women's tennis team cruised to an 8-1 victory over Northwest Missouri on Saturday. With the win, SBU improves to 16-3 (7-1 MIAA) on the season.

Southwest Baptist jumped out to a 3-0 lead after picking up doubles victories from all three positions. Christina Zentai/Lara Soares picked up an 8-3 victory from the number one position, while Klara Vickov/Zorana Jovanovic also earned the 8-3 victory from the number three position and Maria Josie Zehnder/Lani Tuemmers earned an 8-1 victory from the number two position. The Bearcats then went on to pick up five of the six singles victories en route to an 8-1 team win.

The Bearcats will return to action on Tuesday, April 19 when they travel to #33 Drury. Play is set to begin at 3:00 p.m. from Springfield, Missouri.

#11 Southwest Baptist 8, Northwest Missouri 1

Singles
1. Lorena Rivas Jarolim (NWMSU) def. #40 Christina Zentai (SBU) 6-2, 2-5, retired
2. #12 Maria Josie Zehnder (SBU) def. Kaja Emersic (NWMSU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Lara Soares (SBU) def. Margaux Jacquet (NWMSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
4. Klara Vickov (SBU) def. Andrea Gallardo (NWMSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Lani Tuemmers (SBU) def. Vilune Sestokaite (NWMSU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Zorana Jovanovic (SBU) def. Marie Berghaus (NWMSU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
#14 Zentai/Soares (SBU) def. Rivas Jarolim/Sestokaite (NWMSU) 8-3
Zehnder/Tuemmers (SBU) def. Jacquet/Rachel Dibbins (NWMSU) 8-1
Jovanovic/Vickov (SBU) def. Emersic/Gallardo (NWMSU) 8-3