The Northwest Missouri State University men’s tennis team fell to Barry University, 5-1, on Tuesday in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 16. The match was played at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

The No. 19 ranked Bearcats finish the year at 18-4 overall while No. 2 ranked Barry improves to 24-1 and advances to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

This season marked the ninth time in Northwest history the team had advanced to the NCAA Championship Tournament and the fifth straight appearance for the Bearcats.

After falling at No. 3 and No. 1 doubles, Northwest’s Romain Boissinot and Sergi Fontcuberta battled to win an 8-5 decision at the No. 2 position.

At No. 1 singles, Boissinot took No. 3 ranked Ahmed Tirki to a first set tie breaker but fell behind 7-6. His match was unfinished when the competition was called.

Aymeric Autones took the first set at No. 5 singles, 6-2, but dropped the second set when the match was called.

Sergi Fontcuberta battled back after dropping the first set at No. 2 singles to lead the second set, 4-2.

Scores
1. #34 Boissinot,Romain (NW) vs. #3 Ahmed Triki (BARRY) 6-7, 1-3, unfinished
2. #35 Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) vs. #26 Pierre Montrieul (BARRY) 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
3. #13 Carlos Gomez (BARRY) def. Tete,Mauro (NW) 6-3, 6-3
4. #47 Nico Dreer (BARRY) def. Altmann,Josef (NW) 6-2, 6-2
5. Autones,Aymeric (NW) vs. Fabian Pronnet (BARRY) 6-2, 1-6, 0-1, unfinished
6. Thomas Bugeaud (BARRY) def. Glowick,Fin (NW) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #2 Ahmed Triki/Pierre Montrieul (BARRY) def. Tete,Mauro/Sherif,Youssef (NW) 8-4
2. Boissinot,Romain/Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) def. #25 Carlos Gomez/Vivien Versier (BARRY) 8-5
3. Nico Dreer/Fernando Tous (BARRY) def. Altmann,Josef/Autones,Aymeric (NW) 8-2

— Northwest Athletics —