SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Northwest Missouri State University men's tennis team wrapped up its 24th MIAA regular season championship with a 6-1 dual victory over the Augustana Vikings at the Huether Tennis Centre.
 
The Bearcat men matched the Northwest women in capturing the regular season MIAA title. It is the seventh time that the Bearcats have won both the women's and men's regular season MIAA crowns. It also occurred in 1987, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2010 and 2023.
 
Northwest is the only MIAA school to have won the regular season title with both genders seven times. The double-MIAA crowns have occurred in the span of five decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s) under the direction of head coach Mark Rosewell.
 
Friday's victory marked the seventh straight dual win for the No. 13-ranked Bearcats. Northwest improved its season mark to 13-5 overall and 7-0 in MIAA/GAC dual action.
 
Northwest breezed through the doubles play with wins in all three matches to take a 1-0 lead.
 
The Bearcats added five singles' wins to close out the 6-1 dual victory. Northwest tallied singles victories from No. 2 Fabien Calloud, No. 3 Jan Skerbatis, No. 4 Fillippo Piranomonte, No. 5 Mason Meier and No. 6 Simon Birgerson.
 
NOTES: Rosewell has compiled a Northwest men's coaching record of 588-274 in 39 seasons at the helm of the program … Northwest is 6-0 all-time against Augustana with wins in 1986, 1991, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023 … Calloud moved his career singles' mark to 72-30 and his doubles' record to 69-33 … Calloud has recorded 141 total wins and needs three more to join the all-time top-five list for combined wins in Northwest men's tennis history ... Birgerson and Calloud have each won eight consecutive singles matches ... Calloud has posted a team-best 14 singles wins this spring ... Delebois ranks second this spring with 13 wins in singles action.