KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University junior Romain Boissinot was named the MIAA’s Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Monday in a release from the conference office. This is the second time this year that Boissinot has collected the conference’s weekly honor, winning back on March 7.

For the week, Boissinot went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles in team victories over No. 26 Ouachita Baptist and No. 11 Midwestern State. Against Ouachita Baptist, he knocked off the nation’s No. 47 ranked player and on Saturday, he beat the nation’s No. 44 ranked player from Midwestern State. Both of those matches were won in three sets. He teamed with Aymeric Autones to pick up doubles wins at the No. 2 position.

The Northwest men are 15-2 on the year and are 3-0 in MIAA play. The Bearcats will head to Bolivar, Mo., on Saturday, April 16, to face Southwest Baptist at 10 a.m. SBU is currently 9-5 overall and 2-0 in MIAA action.

— Northwest Athletics —