The Northwest Missouri State men’s tennis team dropped Thursday’s match against Division I member UMKC, 6-1, in Maryville.

The #19 Bearcats are now 12-6 on the year, while the Kangaroos improved to 12-11 this season.

The match was played using Division I scoring rules, in which the doubles matches are worth one total point.

After taking one doubles match to drop the doubles point, the Bearcats forced a pair of third sets, but were unable to seal victories in either match.

Alvaro Riveros came away with the lone singles victory, a 6-3, 7-6 win in the third position.

Match Scores
Singles competition
1. Airam Castellano (UMKC) def. #34 Boissinot,Romain (NWMSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
2. Andrey Smirnov (UMKC) def. #43 Tete,Mauro (NWMSU) 7-5, 6-4
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NWMSU) def. Vinh Pham (UMKC) 6-3, 7-6
4. Uldis Gaismins (UMKC) def. Azzaoui,Hicham (NWMSU) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
5. Conner Edwards (UMKC) def. Glowick,Fin (NWMSU) 7-6, 2-1
6. Mike Psarros (UMKC) def. Autones,Aymeric (NWMSU) 6-3, 4-1

Doubles competition
1. Airam Castellano/Mike Psarros (UMKC) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Boissinot,Romain (NWMSU) 8-4
2. Andrey Smirnov/Uldis Gaismins (UMKC) def. Autones,Aymeric/Tete,Mauro (NWMSU) 8-2
3. Glowick,Fin/Altmann,Josef (NWMSU) def. Conner Edwards/Amaury Navette (UMKC) 9-8

Both the men and women will be back in action Friday for a pair of matches against MIAA rival Nebraska Kearney. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —