Midwestern State sweeps Bearcats
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The Northwest men’s and women’s tennis teams dropped their non-conference matchups with Midwestern State Wednesday afternoon.
The No. 19-ranked men fell to No. 14 Midwestern State 6-3 to fall to 8-5 on the year. In the women’s matchup, the No. 14 Mustangs beat Northwest 8-1 to drop the Cats to 7-4.
Sophomore Aymeric Autones was a double winner for the Bearcats winning 6-0, 7-6 at No. 6 singles against Matt Tyer and teaming with junior Alvaro Riveros at No. 1 doubles for an 8-5 victory over tomas Grejak and Ramon Toyos. Sophomore Hicham Azzaoui claimed Northwest’s other point at No. 5 singles, beating Keegan Sullivan 6-3, 6-2.
On the women’s side, senior Camila Quesada scored the only point with a 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 win at No. 1 singles over Kayla Casey.
The Bearcats wrapped up their spring break road trip with a pair of conference matches against Emporia State Thursday night, but results were unavailable as of press time. Northwest returns home to face East Central (Oklahoma) at 10 a.m. Friday at Frank Grube Courts in both men’s and women’s action.
