Tennis sweeps Cameron

LAWTON, Okla. — The Northwest men’s and women’s tennis teams picked up wins over Cameron University on Tuesday afternoon as the No. 16-ranked men beat the No. 19 Aggies 6-3 to move to 8-4 on the year and the women won 5-4 over the No. 31 Cameron team — wins No. 989 and 990 for head coach Mark Rosewell.

Freshman Josef Altmann and sophomore Fin Glowick picked up the men’s only win in doubles — 9-7 over Florian Kartner and Andres Velasco at No. 3. However, sophomore Romain Boissinot, freshman Mauro Tete, junior Alvaro Riveros, sophomore Hicham Azzaoui and sophomore Aymeric Autones won in straight sets at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 singles.

The women’s team won two of three singles matches and held off the Aggies in singles competition.

Senior Camila Quesada and sophomore Lorena Rivas Jarolim won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles over Paula Gutierrez and Eugenia Sanchez and freshman Margaux Jaquet teamed with freshman Vilune Sestokaite to win 8-3 at No. 2 doubles against Angie Torres and Magdelena Kovinic.

Jarolim won 6-1, 6-0 over Torres at No. 2 singles while senior Stephanie Mannix won 6-3, 6-2 over Sanchez at No. 5 and sophomore Marianne Hull won 7-5, 6-4 against Dejana Veljic at No. 6 to clinch the match.

Both teams were in action Wednesday against Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas. Results were unavailable as of press time. The Bearcats continue their spring break road trip Thursday, playing at Emporia State before returning home to take on East Central (Oklahoma) at 10 a.m. Friday at Frank Grube Courts.