MARSHALL, Texas — Southwestern men's tennis dropped a close match in doubles but recovered to defeat East Texas Baptist 8-1. 

Drew Shuvalov and Carlos Esteban Rodero lost 8-6 to John Herr and Joseph Salinas in No. 1 doubles. Hunter Bajoit and Vesko Lekovic defeated Noah Smistad and Dalton Barron 8-2 in No. 2 doubles. Alexander Joseph and Steven Tibbetts bested Adam Morris and Christian Dubec 8-0 in No. 3 doubles. 

"Carlos and Drew continue to play solid tennis for most of the match, and unfortunately, the trend of giving up a break late happened again," head coach Billy Porter said. 

In singles, Lekovic defeated  Salinas 6-0, 6-4 in No. 1 singles. Bajoit won 6-3, 6-1 over Herr in No. 2 singles. Joseph won in 6-0, 6-0 straight sets over Morris in No. 3 singles. Esteban Rodero defeated Smistad 6-3, 6-1 in No. 4 singles. Tibbetts won 6-1, 6-2 against Randal Lemmon 6-1, 6-2 in No. 5 singles. Anton Borovik defeated Barron 6-1, 6-2 in No. 6 singles. 

"Vesko played a much smarter match this afternoon and should be very pleased with that result," Porter said. "Alex played a strong singles match and got us that third point rather swiftly, which the guys fed off of." 

Southwestern remains undefeated at 13-0. The Pirates will host Sul Ross State on Friday, April 16, then travel to San Antonio to face Trinity on Saturday, April 17.