Bearcats enjoy weekend sweep

By Phil Cobb | April 19, 2015 |

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Northwest freshman Mauro Tete returns a shot during his No. 2 singles match Thursday against UMKC. Tete picked up a pair of doubles wins with sophomore partner Aymeric Autones over the weekend against Nebraska-Kearney and Lindenwood.

The Northwest men’s and women’s tennis teams both picked up a pair of conference victories over the weekend, beating Nebraska-Kearney Friday at home and Lindenwood Saturday in St. Charles.

Against Kearney, the No. 19-ranked men won 6-3 over the No. 27 Lopers while the women rallied for a 5-4 victory.

Freshman Mauro Tete and sophomore Aymeric Autones won 9-8 at No. 2 doubles against Joey Richards and Mohab El Zanaty while freshman Josef Altmann and sophomore Fin Glowick defeated Justin Hguyen and Jack Nicholson 8-5 at No. 3.

In singles play, sophomore Romain Boissinot beat Georges Wakim 6-2, 7-5 at No. 1, junior Alvaro Riveros won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 against Lucas Garces, sophomore Hicham Azzaoui defeated Aaron Reekie 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and Glowick won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 against Nicholson.

The women fell behind 2-1 after doubles play with sophomore Aniek Kolen and senior Stepahnie Mannix picking up the lone point against Kari Emery and Emma Neil, 8-5, at No. 3.

Senior Camila Quesada won 6-0, 6-1 over Kristin Weems at No. 1 singles while sophomore Lorena Rivas Jarolim picked up a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Sthefani Rodriguez at No. 2. Kolen defeated Emily Fink in straight 6-3 sets at No. 4 and sophomore Marianne Hull gave the Cats the win with a 7-6, 6-3 decision against Emery at No. 6.

On Saturday against Lindenwood, the men won 6-3 to improve to 14-6 on the year and 4-0 in conference play while the women won 7-2 to improve to 15-6 and 7-2 in MIAA action.

Altmann and Glowick were perfect on the day, teaming to win 8-0 at No. 3 doubles against Anvar Akhmetov and Slobodan Bavrlic. Altmann defeated Johannes Rabenhorst 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles and Glowick prevailed 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles over Nicholas Bruenger.

Autones and Tete won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles against Naoufal El Idrissi and Filip Bogic and Autones also picked up a win at No. 6 singles, beating Bavrlic in straight sets, 6-0.

Boissinot picked up the final point at No. 1 doubles, beating Bogic 6-0, 6-0.

Quesada and Jarolim won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, downing Gloria Marras and Clara Piccamiglio while Kolen and Mannix also won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles against Alexandra Medvedeva and Diana Castro Milan.

Quesada also won 6-0, 6-1 over Marras and freshman Marguax Jaquet defeated Daria Ivanova 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3. Kolen, Mannix and Hull swept Nos. 4-6 to take the match.

Kolen won 6-3, 6-2 against Mariona Pinol. Mannix claimed a 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 win over Milan and Hull won 6-3, 6-2 over Medvedeva.

Both teams head to Emporia State Tuesday, April 21 to play the Hornets, beginning at 6 p.m. The men’s team can claim an outright MIAA title with a win. Northwest has won 11 MIAA regular season titles under head coach Mark Rosewell, who now has 1,005 career victories.