THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Men's Tennis Team fell to the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 8-1. This would drop their season record to 5-7 and their Heartland Conference record to 0-4.

Leighton Forshee scored the lone point for the Patriots on the day.

In doubles play UA-Fort Smith swept all the matches with the closest being an 8-4 loss in Line 1 by Cannon Jones and Zane Nelson.

In singles action UAFS would take five out of the six matches, with Leighton Forshee winning Line 2 by a score of 6-2, 3-6, 16-14 to put DBU on the board.

RESULTS
UA Fort Smith 8 Dallas Baptist 1

SINGLES:
Cris Ramirez (UAFS) def. Cannon Jones (DBU) 6-1, 6-0
Leighton Forshee (DBU) def. Josh Coleman (UAFS) 6-2, 3-6, 16-14
Jesse Green (UAFS) def. Zane Nelson (DBU) 6-4, 6-1, 10-8
Sean Manning (UAFS) def. Isaac Childs (DBU) 6-2, 6-2
Seth Laster (UAFS) def. Anthony Burch (DBU) 6-3, 6-3
JT Tasker (UAFS) def. Jordan Jackson (DBU) 6-2, 7-6

DOUBLES:
Ramirez/Green (UAFS) def. Jones/Nelson (DBU) 8-4
Coleman/Laster (UAFS) def. Foshee/Forshee (DBU) 8-1
Manning/Heslop (UAFS) def. Johnson/Childs (DBU) 8-2

NEXT UP
On Friday, April 10 at 6:00 pm, the Patriots will take on Austin College in Sherman, TX.