The Northwest Missouri State University men’s tennis team defeated UMKC, 6-1, on Wednesday afternoon at Frank Grube Courts in Maryville, Mo.

The match was the spring opener for the No. 12 Bearcats who moved to 1-0 on the year. UMKC falls to 6-4 on the year.

Wednesday’s match was played with Division I rules with doubles counting as one point.

Northwest moves to 16-5 all time against UMKC with the victory.

Sergi Fontcuberta and Romain Boissinot got a win at No. 2 doubles along with Josef Altmann and Aymeric Autones at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, Fontcuberta, Mauro Tete, Josef Altmann, Autones and Fin Glowick all picked up singles victories.

Singles competition
1. Castellano,Airam (UMKC) def. Boissinot,Romain (NW) 6-3, 6-3
2. Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) def. Gaismins,Uldis (UMKC) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Tete,Mauro (NW) def. Navette,Amaury (UMKC) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
4. Altmann,Josef (NW) def. Kruse,Tom (UMKC) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)
5. Autones,Aymeric (NW) def. Pham,Vinh (UMKC) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Izadifar,Daniel (UMKC) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Navette,Amaury/Gaismins,Uldis (UMKC) def. Tete,Mauro/Serrano,Jorge (NW) 6-1
2. Boissinot,Romain/Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) def. Kruse,Tom/Castellano,Airam (UMKC) 6-0
3. Altmann,Josef/Autones,Aymeric (NW) def. Izadifar,Daniel/Pham,Vinh (UMKC) 6-3

Up Next
Northwest will play a pair of neutral site matches this weekend starting with Midwestern State on Friday in Bolivar, Mo., followed by a neutral site match against UIndy in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday.

— Northwest Athletics —