Northwest tennis teams each fall to Missouri-Kansas City

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s and women’s tennis teams each fell to Division I member UMKC, 5-2, on Wednesday afternoon at the Plaza Tennis Courts in Kansas City, Mo.

The men fall to 3-1 while the women are now 2-2 on the year. The UMKC men improved to 7-6 and the women are now 4-8 overall.

The Bearcat women got off to a very strong start, winning the doubles point. Lorena Rivas Jarolim and Kaja Emersic won 6-3 at the No. 1 position while Aniek Kolen and Margaux Jacquet won at No. 2, 6-3.

The Northwest men got wins at No. 5 singles from Fin Glowick in three sets and Aymeric Autones at No. 6 singles.

Andrea Gallardo won at No. 6 singles for the women, battling back to win in three after dropping the first set.

The match was played using Division I rules with doubles counting as one point.

Match Results
Men’s Matches (UMKC 5, Northwest 2)
1. Castellano,Airam (UMKC) def. Boissinot,Romain (NW) 6-2, 6-7, 6-0
2. Smirnov,Andrey (UMKC) def. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) 6-4, 6-2
3. Gaismins,Uldis (UMKC) def. Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5)
4. Psarros,Mike (UMKC) def. Tete,Mauro (NW) 6-3, 6-1
5. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Pham,Vinh (UMKC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
6. Autones,Aymeric (NW) def. Navette,Amaury (UMKC) 6-3, 6-1

1. Castellano,Airam/Psarros,Mike (UMKC) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Fontcuberta,Sergi (NW) 6-4
2. Navette,Amaury/Gaismins,Uldis (UMKC) def. Boissinot,Romain/Autones,Aymeric (NW) 6-2
3. Smirnov,Andrey/Pham,Vinh (UMKC) def. Tete,Mauro/Altmann,Josef (NW) 6-5 (10-8)

Women’s Matches (UMKC 5, Northwest 2)
1. Stavrianakou,Dimitra (UMKC) def. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Johnson,Melinda (UMKC) def. Emersic,Kaja (NW) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
3. Kurasbediani,Mariam (UMKC) def. Kolen,Aniek (NW) 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
4. Albert,Marina (UMKC) def. Jacquet,Margaux (NW) 6-1, 6-3
5. Argenal,Raquel (UMKC) def. Sestokaite,Vilune (NW) 6-0, 7-5
6. Gallardo,Andrea (NW) def. Linda Ammar Mouhoub (UMKC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

1. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas/Emersic,Kaja (NW) def. Stavrianakou,Dimitra/Johnson,Melinda (UMKC) 6-3
2. Kolen,Aniek/Jacquet,Margaux (NW) def. Argenal,Raquel/Kurasbediani,Mariam (UMKC) 6-3
3. Albert,Marina/Linda Ammar Mouhoub (UMKC) def. Gallardo,Andrea/Dibbins,Rachel (NW) 6-2

The Northwest women head to Springfield, Mo., to take on Arkansas Tech at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 11. The Bearcat men and women are scheduled to host Lindenwood at 1 p.m. in the MIAA opener on Saturday, March 12, at the Frank Grube Courts.

— Northwest Athletics —