Springfield, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University men's tennis team picked up their third straight victory over ranked opponents on Tuesday with a 6-3 victory at #40 Drury. With the win, SBU improves to 11-5 on the season.

The Bearcats opened up by taking two of three doubles matches as they claimed points on number two doubles (Blodig/Semrau) and number three doubles (Cabalero/Diab) to take the 2-1 lead. Abohabaga then avenged a fall loss to DU's Hepp (ranked #18 in the NCAA), winning easily at the number one position 6-2, 6-0 followed up by victories from Argoston at number two, Cabalero at number five, and Castillo at number six as SBU picked up the 6-3 victory.

SBU will return to action on Saturday, April 23 when they travel to Emporia State in an MIAA contest. Play is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. from Emporia, Kansas.

#31 Southwest Baptist 6, #40 Drury 3

Singles
1. #46 Sherif Abohabaga (SBU) def. #18 Maximilian Hepp (DU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Gyorgy Argoston (SBU) def. Kay Bartmann (DU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Sebastien Amato (DU) def. Chris Blodig (SBU) 6-3, 3-6, 10-4
4. Sacha Mourier (DU) def. Torben Semrau (SBU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Raul Cabalero (SBU) def. Damien Minguez (DU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Marcel Castillo (SBU) def. Trevor Bachus (DU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. #17 Hepp/Bartmann (DU) def. Abohabaga/Argoston (SBU) 8-1
2. Blodig/Semrau (SBU) def. Amato/Mourier (DU) 8-6
3. Cabalero/Omar Diab (SBU) def. Minguez/Bachus (DU) 8-2