Box Score WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- UT Tyler's bid for back-to-back wins came up short Saturday, as the Patriots lost to Southwest Baptist by a 4-1 margin.
 
UT Tyler narrowly lost the doubles point, falling in a set tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles while the Patriots' No. 1 tandem held a 6-5 lead. In singles play, Gonzalo Fernandez Gil won in straight sets (6-2, 6-3), but after Southwest Baptist posted a straight-sets win at No. 4 singles, the Bearcats claimed 3-set wins at No. 1 and No. 3 to clinch the match victory.
 
With the defeat, UT Tyler fell to 2-5 overall. The Patriots take on UT Arlington in an exhibition match on Monday, March 8, which will be followed two days later by a match against NCAA Division II's No. 18-ranked Southeastern Oklahoma State.
 
 
Southwest Baptist 4, UT Tyler 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 Jan Lucca Marquardt/Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) vs. Carlos Corser/Max Sanoja (SBU) 6-5 (unfinished)
No. 2 Youssef Nabil/Adham Gaber (SBU) def. Moritz Mayer/Egor Shestakov (UTT) 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 David Szeri/Alvaro Nunez (SBU) def. Michael Apple/Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) 6-1
 
Singles
No. 1 Adham Gaber (SBU) def. Jan Lucca Marquardt (UTT) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) def. Carlos Corser (SBU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Alvaro Nunez (SBU) def. Egor Shestakov (UTT) 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 David Szeri (SBU) def. Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Youssef Nabil (SBU) vs. Jonas Dixon (UTT) 6-0, 4-6, 4-3 (unfinished)
No. 6 Ilyes Khelifi (SBU) vs. Moritz Mayer (UTT) 6-4, 2-3 (unfinished)