MARSHALL, Texas – Sweeping out their matches on the weekend, the East Texas Baptist University men's tennis team shut out Texas Lutheran University, 9-0. ETBU is now 2-1 on the year.
 
ETBU started off with a 3-0 lead in doubles. Dalton Barron and Adam Morris blanked Dristan Weaver and Aaron Bulla at #3 doubles. John Herr and Joseph Salinas then won, 8-2, at #1 and Andrew Deutsch and Tyler Howard won 8-3 at #2 doubles.
 
Deutsch and Howard both took their singles matches at #3 and #4, 6-0, 6-0, for two points to make it 5-0. Noah Smistad and Herr then won the #6 and #2 singles, 6-2, 6-2, for the 7-0 lead. Morris won the #5 singles match, 6-3, 6-2, and then Salinas completed the shutout with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 win for the final point.
 
ETBU will be at home again on Friday, February 14, when they host the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at 1:00 p.m.