ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The No. 18 ranked Northwest Missouri State University men’s tennis team defeated No. 30 Northwood University, 5-2, on Wednesday evening at Sanlando Park in the opening round of the 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championship. The Bearcats move on to the quarterfinals, the furthest any Northwest team has advanced in the NCAA Tournament. The Bearcats are now 19-3 on the year.
Northwest opened the match with a victory at No. 3 doubles as Julien Couronne and Romain Boissinot defeated Northwood’s Austin Woody and Salikh Gilmutdinov, 8-6.
In singles, Couronne led things off with a win at No. 5 singles, followed by Fin Glowick’s win at No. 6 singles to give Northwest a 3-2 advantage in the match. Lluis Altimires captured a win at No. 4 singles to increase the Bearcats’ advantage to 4-2. With the deciding point on the line, Sergio De Vilchez defteated Jen Menard at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-4, to give Northwest the 5-2 decision.
This is the fifth time Northwest has appeared in the championship round of the NCAA Tournament. Northwest is now 1-4 all time after last appearing in 2013 in Surprise Ariz., where the Bearcats lost to Concordia.
In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Northwest will play No. 5 ranked Armstrong Atlantic State, who defeated NYIT 5-1. The match is scheduled to begin at noon CST.
No. 18 Northwest Missouri 5, No. 30 Northwood University 2
May 14, 2014, Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Sanlando Park)
Singles competition
1. DeVilchez,Sergio (NW) def. Jean Menard (NU), 6-2, 6-4
2. Boissinot,Romain (NW) vs. Lorenzo Montegiorgi (NU), no result
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) vs. Salikh Gilmutdinov (NU), no result
4. Altimires,Lluis (NW) def. Konstantin Zhukov (NU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Couronne,Julien (NW) def. Austin Woody (NU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Felipe C. Bastistella (NU), 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Jean Menard/Lorenzo Montegiorgi (NU) def. Altimires,Lluis/DeVilchez,Sergio (NW), 6-8
2. Samual Walendowsky/Konstantin Zhukov (NU) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Clews,Amery(NW), 8-9 (2-7)
3. Boissinot,Romain/Couronne,Julien (NW) def. Austin Woody/Salikh Gilmutdinov (NU), 8-6
— Northwest Sports Information —