JACKSON, Miss. – For the second straight year, the East Texas Baptist University men's tennis team defeated the Belhaven University Blazers. This time, it was a clean sweep as ETBU shutout BU 9-0 to improve their record to 7-8 overall and 3-1 in the American Southwest Conference East Division.
 
ETBU started off with three doubles wins but two of the three wins were hard-fought as John Herr/Adam Morris (#1 doubles; 8-6) and Andrew Deutsch/Tyler Howard (#3 doubles; 8-5) had to battle to earn their wins. Meanwhile, Joseph Salinas and Ty Tarver teamed up for an 8-0 shutout win at #2 doubles.
 
Five of ETBU's six singles wins came in straight sets as Deutsch (#3 singles) and Morris (#6 singles) conceded no games in their wins. Howard would be the only player to win his match in a tiebreaker as he would rally to win 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 at #4 singles.
 
ETBU will be competing in Longview, Texas, next week in the ASC Tournament. They will have the first match at 9:00 AM against Hardin-Simmons University on Thursday, April 25^th.