March 12, 2005

Peter Joos won both of his matches at #3 singles and doubles.

BOLIVAR, MO. ... Getting back to their winning ways, the Southwest Baptist University men’s tennis team came away with a 6-3 win over Graceland University. SBU is now 6-5 on the year.

SBU started the match off with a 2-1 lead as they took the #1 and #3 doubles. In the #1 doubles, Dante Cipulli and Johan Nortje shut out Guillermo Ripoll and Ricardo Lau, 8-0, and then Peter Joos and Brian Bajema took the #3 doubles, 8-3, over Jose Alaniz and Alvaro Dominguez.

Taking four wins in singles, SBU finished out the match with the 6-3 advantage. SBU won the #1 singles match as Cipulli made easy work of Zaudin, 6-1, 6-0. SBU then took the #3, #4, and #5 singles matches to claim the win.

SBU will travel to Maryville to take on Northwest Missouri State on March 21.

SBU (6) vs. Graceland (3)

Singles Play
#1 Dante Cipulli (SBU) def. Izo Zaudin (GU), 6-1, 6-0
#2 Ricardo Lau (GU) def. Daniel Prerad (SBU), 6-2, 6-1
#3 Peter Joos (SBU) def. Jose Alaniz (GU), 6-4, 6-0
#4 Johan Nortje (SBU) def. Mario Paz (GU), 6-2, 6-3
#5 Hunter Emmott (SBU) def. Romero (GU), 6-3, 6-3
#6 Alvaro Dominguez (GU) def. Brian Bajema (SBU), 6-4, 7-6

Doubles Play
#1 Cipulli/Nortje (SBU) def. Ripoll/Lau (GU), 8-0
#2 Zudin/Paz (GU) def. Prerad/Emmott (SBU), 8-4
#3 Joos/Bajema (SBU) def. Alaniz/Dominguez (GU), 8-3