Tennis prepares for short fall slate
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Bearcats junior Alvaro Riveros smashes a forehand during a 5-3 win against Nebraska-Kearney in the NCAA Central Region Tournament on May 5.
With just a few tournaments during the fall season in preparation for the spring, the Northwest men’s and women’s tennis teams are ready to go yet again.
In defending their 2014 MIAA title, the men will play four fall tournaments, beginning Sept. 4 and 5 in the Emporia State Chicken Dinner Tournament.
The women will also begin their season in the same event, but will play just three fall tournaments.
Last season, the men’s side was led by junior Alvaro Riveros, sophomores Romain Boissinot, Aymeric Autones, Fin Glowick and Hicham Azzaoui and freshmen Josef Altmann and Mauro Tete. The Bearcat men will also compete in the Drury University Tournament Sept. 12 and 13, the Midwestern State Tournament Sept. 18 and 19 and end their fall slate with the ITA Regional Tournament Oct. 2 through 4.
The Northwest women will have to replace seniors Stephanie Mannix and Camila Quesada. They were also led by sophomore Lorena Rivas Jarolim, freshman Margaux Jaquet, sophomore Marianne Hull and sophomore Aniek Kolen. The Bearcat women will join the men in the Drury University Tournament and the ITA Regional Tournament, but won’t compete alongside them in the Midwestern State Tournament.
