(LEBANON, Ill., March 31)—Despite playing without three starters in the lineup, the McKendree University men's tennis team registered a 6-3 victory Wednesday at Missouri Baptist University.

The Bearcats won four singles matches and both doubles contests that they played in to pick up their ninth consecutive victory. McKendree, now 9-1 on the season, will host Bethel University on the Lebanon campus for a 1 p.m. match on Friday.

McKENDREE UNIVERSITY MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 AT ST. LOUIS, MO.

McKendree University 6, Missouri Baptist University 3

Singles –

Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) (McK) def. Mike Rubinelle (MBU) 6-3, 6-1

Fabio Tsuchiya (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Ateneu) (McK) def. Nick Jannett (MBU) 6-0, 6-1

Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) (McK) def. Desmond Perrigord (MBU) 6-2, 6-0

Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (McK) def. Pershard Owens (MBU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5

Jake Halde (Troy, Ill./Triad) (McK) def. Goeffrey Schlafly (MBU) 6-3, 6-4

MBU wins by default at No. 6 singles

Doubles –

B. Toth/Tsuchiya (McK) def. Rubinelle/Jannett (MBU) 8-1

Venditto/Goncalves (McK) def. Owens/Schlafly (MBU0 8-2

MBU wins by default at No. 3 doubles

McKendree is 9-1 overall