The 6th ranked Barton Community College men's tennis team knocked off Emporia State University Thursday on the road with a 6-1 victory.

The Cougars took two of the three doubles matches to claim a one point advantage into singles play where a third set tiebreaker stood in the way of sweep of the one-versus-one matchups.

Barton gained the early match lead on No. 2 doubles tandem of James Kaoma and Barnabas Kalaba winning 7-6 over the Hornets Luiz Maia and Pablo Carranza while the No. 3 duo of Samyak Bajracharya and Marno Du Plessis competed together for the first time of the season to win 6-4 over Jaden Tredway and Cameron Kienholz.

The No. 1 tandem of Gustavo Campos and Eduardo Morais took the lone doubles loss falling in a close 6-4 match to Emporia's Theo Belmonte and Sergio Vera.

In singles play, Campos took the No. 1 slot over Maia 6-2, 7-5, but Kaoma fell in the No. 2 by 6-3, 2-6, and 10-6 in the break to Belmonte for the Hornets lone singles victory.

Morais had little trouble in the No. 3 versus Vera on 6-1, 6-2, scores while Kalaba won the first set 6-2 of the No. 4 matchup with Tredway to clinch the match on a tighter 7-5 score.

The lower lineup also chalked up convincing victories, Bajracharya defeating Lleyton Fosha 6-0, 6-2, in the No. 5 slot while Sebastiao Vilas registered a 6-3, 6-2, win in the No. 6 over Carson Mosier.

The Cougars have nearly a week off from competition before a busy stretch of matches beginning next Wednesday in a 1:00 p.m. first serve at Pratt Community College before joining their women teammates on a trip to Plano, Texas, competing in the SW Juco Regional held April 8-9.