Box ScoreStory Headlines- The Northwest Missouri State University men's tennis team fell to Concordia (N.Y.) on Wednesday afternoon, 5-0, in the round of 16 at the 2015 NCAA Championship Tournament.
- The match was played at the Suprise Racquet & Tennis Complex in Surprise, Ariz.
- The No. 19 ranked Bearcats finish the season with a 19-7 overall record. Concordia, ranked No. 7 in the nation, improves to 21-4 and will face Lander on Thursday.
- The Clippers claimed all three of the doubles points to begin the match. Northwest's No. 2 tandem of
Mauro Tete and
Aymeric Autones fell in a tiebreak, 9-8.
- In singles, Tete fell at No. 2 singles and
Hicham Azzaoui fell at No. 4 to give Concordia the necessary five points.
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Romain Boissinot fell in the first set but rebounded to win the second set. His match was square at 2-2 in the third set when the match was called.
- At No. 3 singles,
Alvaro Riveros won the first set, 6-4, and held a 4-3 lead in the second set as well but was unfinished as well.
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Fin Glowick was up a set at No. 6 singles. It was 3-3 in the second set before it was called.
Match ResultsSingles competition
1. #33 Boissinot,Romain (NW) vs. #12 Jui Mao (CND-NY-M) 4-6, 6-1, 2-2, unfinished
2. #27 Juuso Ojanen (CND-NY-M) def. Tete,Mauro (NW) 6-4, 6-0
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) vs. Lorenzo Montegiorgi (CND-NY-M) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
4. Benas Majauskas (CND-NY-M) def. Azzaoui,Hicham (NW) 6-1, 6-2
5. Altmann,Josef (NW) vs. Rafael Ferreira (CND-NY-M) 1-6, 1-2, unfinished
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) vs. Ofir Ginat (CND-NY-M) 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
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Doubles competition
1. #6 Ofir Ginat/Jui Mao (CND-NY-M) def. Boissinot,Romain/Riveros,Alvaro (NW) 8-3
2. #21 Benas Majauskas/Lorenzo Montegiorgi (CND-NY-M) def. Autones,Aymeric/Tete,Mauro (NW) 9-8 (7-5)
3. Rafael Ferreira/Juuso Ojanen (CND-NY-M) def. Altmann,Josef/Glowick,Fin (NW) 8-3
Match Notes- This was the 18th appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the Bearcats.
- Northwest now has a 1-5 record all time in the NCAA Championship first round.
- This was the second meeting between Northwest and Concordia (N.Y.). The teams met in 2013 in the round of 16 with Concordia winning, 5-1, in Surprise, Ariz.
- The Bearcats have qualified for the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the championship rounds five times. Last season, Northwest advanced to the Elite Eight.
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