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Box Score  |  NCAA Tournament Bracket

Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University men's tennis team beat Nebraska-Kearney in the opening round of the NCAA Central Region Tournament, 5-3.
- The match was played on Tuesday, May 5, at the Frank Grube Courts in Maryville, Mo.
- The No. 19 ranked Bearcats move to 19-6 overall with the win while the No. 23 Lopers end the season at 20-5.
- Northwest is now 15-17 all time in NCAA Tournament history.
- Fin Glowick provided the Bearcats with a pair of points. He and Josef Altmann won at No. 3 doubles. Glowick then clinched the victory with a straight-set win at No. 6 singles.
- The Bearcats trailed the Lopers, 2-1, following the doubles matches.
- In singles, Romain Boissinot, Mauro Tete and Hicham Azzaoui all provided the Bearcats with wins.
- Glowick closed out the match at No. 6. Altmann was tied at one set a piece at No. 5 singles when the match was called.
- The win was career victory No. 1,013 for head coach Mark Rosewell.

Match Results
Singles competition
1. #33 Boissinot,Romain (NW) def. Richards,Joey (UNK) 6-3, 6-3
2. Tete,Mauro (NW) def. Wakim,Georges (UNK) 6-3, 7-5
3. El Zanaty,Mohab (UNK) def. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) 6-0, 6-3
4. Azzaoui,Hicham (NW) def. Garces,Lucas (UNK) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Altmann,Josef (NW) vs. Reekie,Aaron (UNK) unfinished
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Nicholson,Jack (UNK) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Garces,Lucas/Wakim,Georges (UNK) def. Boissinot,Romain/Riveros,Alvaro (NW) 8-3
2. Richards,Joey/El Zanaty,Mohab (UNK) def. Autones,Aymeric/Tete,Mauro (NW) 8-4
3. Altmann,Josef/Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Nguyen,Justin/Nicholson,Jack (UNK) 9-7

Up Next
- Northwest will face Concordia College (N.Y.) on Wednesday, May 13, in Surprise, Ariz. The Clippers won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) title and are 20-4 overall. The top seed in the East region, Concordia was ranked No. 7 in the latest ITA poll. Match time will be released at a later date.