The Barton County Community College men's tennis team opened up their 2021 season Saturday but came up short on a 5-2 loss at McPherson College.
The Cougars won two of the three doubles matches but in singles action it was all Bulldogs as the home squad took five of the six matches.
Barton's next action comes Friday in a 1:00 p.m. first serve at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.
Doubles:
D1: Jacob Turley / Martin Millos def. Samrakshyak Bajracharya / Victor Pestana 6-3
D2: James Kaoma / Yordi Ponce def. Julien Bodin / Michael Beltran 6-4
D3: Barnabas Kalaba / Leonel Caspe def. Trey Murphy / Jakob Komel 6-4
Singles:
S1: Julien Bodin def. Samrakshyak Bajracharya 7-6(3), 6-3
S2: Michael Beltran def. James Kaoma 6-1, 6-4
S3: Martin Millos def. Victor Pestana 6-2, 6-3
S4: Jacob Turley def. Eduardo Morais 6-1, 6-0
S5: Barnabas Kalaba def. Trey Murphy 6-4, 6-3
S6: Jakob Komel def. Leonel Caspe 6-0, 7-6(7)