St. Louis, Mo. - The #14 Southwest Baptist University Men's Tennis team opened their season late Saturday night with a match against the #6 ranked in Division III Washington University. Washington University defeated the Bearcats by a 7-2 score. The loss drops SBU to 0-1 on the season while Washington University goes to 1-0.

The Bearcats were swept in the three doubles matches and lost the #1, #2, #3, and #5 singles matches. SBU got victories in the #4 singles match and #6 singles match with Torben Semrau and Marcel Castillo claiming 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-2 wins.

SBU will return to action on February 15th when they travel to Arkadelphia, Arkansas to challenge Harding University. The match is set to begin at 12:00 PM.  

Match-by-Match Results
Doubles:
1. Konrad Kozlowski/Daniel Li (WASHUM) def. Sanoja, Max/Corser, Carlos (SBU) 8-4
2. Johnny Wu/Bernardo Neves (WASHUM) def. Caballero, Raul/Semrau, Torben (SBU) 8-5
3. Mark Wu/Koki Takabatake (WASHUM) def. Agoston, Gyorgy/Szeri, David (SBU) 8-6
 
Singles:
1. Johnny Wu (WASHUM) def. Caballero, Raul (SBU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
2. Benjamin vander Sman (WASHUM) def. Corser, Carlos (SBU) 6-4, 6-1
3. J.J. Kroot (WASHUM) def. Szeri, David (SBU) 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 6-4
4. Semrau, Torben (SBU) def. Daniel Li (WASHUM) 6-3, 6-4
5. Bernardo Neves (WASHUM) def. Agoston, Gyorgy (SBU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Castillo, Marcel (SBU) def. Konrad Kozlowski (WASHUM) 6-4, 6-2