The LeTourneau University men's tennis picked up a pair of wins defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor, 5-4 and Southwestern University, 6-3 on Saturday at the Davis Tennis Courts in Longview.
 
The YellowJackets (10-3) extended their winning streak to four with the two wins. The day began with LeTourneau taking all three doubles matches from Mary Hardin-Baylor. It was the third-straight match that the YellowJackets have took all three of the doubles matches.
 
With a 3-0 lead in the match, LeTourneau picked up the win with victories at No. 2 singles by Laird Beaty and at No. 3 singles by Sindre Johnsgaard. Beaty defeated his opponent, 6-0, 6-3 and Johnsgaard was also victorious in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
 
"All the guys have stepped up their doubles play the last two weeks and it made the difference for us today," said LeTourneau University head tennis coach Suzanne Merritt. "Laird Beaty and Sindre Johnsgaard each had great wins in singles to secure the match." 
 
LeTourneau wrapped up the day with a match against Southwestern University, who had earlier in the day played a match against Centenary in Shreveport.
 
The YellowJackets shuffled their lineup after such a grueling match against UMHB. Among the changes was at No. 6 singles where Merritt inserted freshman Kevin Warren (pictured) into the lineup. Plus, senior Josh Bailey played at No. 4 singles in just his second singles match of the spring.
 
Bailey teamed up with Michael McLaughlin for a 9-7 win at No. 3 doubles to begin the match for the YellowJackets; however, the visiting Pirates took the other two matches.
 
With wins at No. 2 (Sindre Johnsgaard) and No. 3 (Michael McLaughlin), the YellowJackets were ahead of Southwestern, 3-2. With the match still to be decided, the remaining four matches were engaged into tiebreakers.
 
Bailey picked up the come-from-behind at No. 4 singles, winning 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3) to give LeTourneau a 4-2 advantage. The Pirates picked up a win at No. 1 singles, cutting the LeTourneau lead to 4-3 with two matches to play.
 
Surrounded by support from teammates and fellow LeTourneau students' attention moved to No. 5 singles – Morgan Weaver and No. 6 singles – Kevin Warren. A win by either Weaver or Warren would clinch the match for the YellowJackets.
 
Warren, who was in a third-set tiebreaker, clinched the match with an 11-9 win. The win for the Ingram, Texas native was the first of his collegiate career and prompted a jubilant celebration among the fans as well as his teammates. Moments later, Weaver picked up at win in his second-set tie breaker for the final margin.
 
The YellowJackets will next travel to Mississippi College for an ASC match on Friday, Mar. 28 at 2 p.m.