Mobile, Ala. (05.12.09) - The Bethel men's and women's tennis cruised into the second round of the NAIA National Championships with identical 7-2 scores. For men, the defeat of Indiana Wesleyan University makes it two years in a row that they have won their first round match. For the women, the defeat of Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) marked two new feats for their program; their first appearance in the National Tournament and their first win at Nationals. On Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:00am CST the men will play #5 Concordia University (Calif.). Then the women will play at 1:00pm against #2 Fresno Pacific (Calif.).

Doubles:

#1 - Fernando Ristow/Andres Mejia (BC) def. Ben Bischoff/Micah May (IW) 8-2

#2 - Amarit Sanchez/Gustavo Hoewell (BC) def. Matt Pederson/Carson Vanden Bossche (IW) 8-6

#1 - Ristow (BC) def. Pederson (IW) 6-3, 6-0

#2 - Mejia (BC) def. Bischoff (IW) 6-1, 6-1

#3 - Sanchez (BC) def. Vanden Bossche (IW) 6-0, 6-0

#4 - Hoewell (BC) def. May (IW) 6-1, 6-4

#5 - Newbold (BC) def. Montgomery (IW) 6-4, 6-1

#6 - Rasmussen (IW) def. Robertson (BC) 6-0, 6-0

Women's results:

Doubles:

#1 - Ayda Ardila/Juliana Costa (BC) def. Jessica Raatz/Claudia Voicu (ONU) 8-2

#2 - Marcela Vita Santos/Karen Martinez (BC) def. Erica Englebrecht (ONU) 8-3

#1 - Ardila (BC) def. Voicu (ONU) 6-2, 6-0

#2 - Costa (BC) def. Englebrecht (ONU) 6-2, 6-2

#3 - Vita Santos (BC) def. Raatz (ONU) 6-4, 6-2

#4 - Martinez (BC) def. Gonzalez (ONU) 6-3, 6-2

#5 - Dinh (BC) def. Ramsay (ONU) 6-1, 6-0

#6 - Alicia Cullen (ONU) def. Creaseman (BC) 6-4, 4-6 (10-8)

Fernando Ristow

Andres Mejia

Amarit Sanchez

Gustavo Hoewell