The Northwest Missouri State University men’s tennis team beat Southwest Baptist, 5-4, on Tuesday afternoon at Frank Grube Courts in Maryville, Mo.

The win advances Northwest into the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament for the fourth straight season.

Northwest improves to 20-3 overall while SBU ends its season at 13-8.

This was the third win over SBU in the NCAA Tournament for Northwest (3-0) and improves Northwest’s regional first round record to 10-6.

Northwest picked up two doubles points, capturing the No. 3 match with Mauro Tete and Josef Altmann in a 7-3 tiebreaker.

Sergi Fontcuberta and Alvaro Riveros won at No. 1 doubles, 8-4.

In singles, Northwest fell behind 2-0 before Tete gave Northwest life with a three-set win at No. 4.

After dropping the No. 3 singles point, No. 6 Fin Glowick delivered a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 to tie the match, 3-3.

No. 5 Aymeric Autones closed out the win for Northwest, capturing 6-3, 6-3 sets to clinch the point for Northwest.

Match Results
1. #16 Abohabaga,Sherif (SBU) def. #42 Boissinot,Romain (NW) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Blodig,Chris (SBU) def. Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) 6-4, 6-3
3. Argoston,Gyorgy (SBU) def. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
4. Tete,Mauro (NW) def. Semrau,Torben (SBU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
5. Autones,Aymeric (NW) def. Cabalero,Raul (SBU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Castillo,Marcel (SBU) 6-0, 6-1

1. #16 Riveros,Alvaro/Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) def. Abohabaga,Sherif/Argoston,Gyorgy (SBU) 8-4
2. Blodig,Chris/Semrau,Torben (SBU) def. Boissinot,Romain/Autones,Aymeric (NW) 9-7
3. Tete,Mauro/Altmann,Josef (NW) def. Cabalero,Raul/Diab,Omar (SBU) 9-8 (7-3)

Northwest will now await seeding for the NCAA Championship Tournament which starts on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in Denver, Colo., as part of the NCAA Divison II Spring Festival.

— Northwest Athletics —